American Studies B1
30 credits
Reading list, Bachelor's level, 5EN721
A revised version of the reading list is available.
Main group 1
American History
- Holsti, Ole R, To see ourselves as others see us: how publics abroad view the United States after 9/11, 2008Compulsory
- Nolan, Mary, The transatlantic century: Europe and America, 1890-2010, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2012Compulsory
- Tyrrell, Ian R., Transnational nation: United States history in global perspective since 1789, Second edition., New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2015Compulsory
- American Political ThoughtCompulsory (Vol 1, No 1 (spring 2012). Articles by James Ceaser, Patrick Deneen, Rogers Smith.)
- The American Economist: journal of the International Honor Society in EconomicsCompulsory (62:27, 2017. Ramrattan, Lall B. "American Exceptionalism: An Appraisal-Political, Economic, Qualitative and Quantitative".)
- Bender, Thomas., A nation among nations: America's place in world history, 1st ed., New York, Hill and Wang, 2006Compulsory (116–181, chapter 3.)
Photocopied material.
American Politics
- The Articles of Confederation, Champaign, Ill., Project Gutenberg, [199-]Compulsory
- The Constitution of the United States of America, 199uCompulsory
- ALEXANDER HAMILTON et al., Federalist Papers, Yale University Press, 2009Compulsory (No 10, 51, 78)
- Mill, John Stuart, On liberty, Raleigh, N.C., Alex Catalogue, [199-?]Compulsory (Excerpts)
- O'Brien, David M., Struggles for power and governmental accountability, Tenth edition., New York, W.W. Norton & Company, [2017]Compulsory (Excerpts)
- O'Brien, David M., Constitutional law and politics: 2 Civil rights and civil liberties., Tenth edition., New York, W.W. Norton & Company, 2017Compulsory (Excerpts.)
American Mass Media
The course reading is compiled in a compendium supplied by the department.
American 20th-Century Literature
- Williams, Tennessee; Browne, E. Martin, A streetcar named desire, [New ed.], London, Penguin, 2009Compulsory
- Lee, Harper, To kill a mockingbird, London, Vintage, 2004Compulsory
- Morrison, Toni, Beloved, London, Vintage Books, 2005Compulsory
- Villanueva, Tino, Scene from the movie Giant, 1. ed., Willimantic, CT, Curbstone Press, 1993Compulsory
- Foer, Jonathan Safran, Everything is illuminated, Penguin Books Ltd., 2003Compulsory
- Hamid, Mohsin, The reluctant fundamentalist, [New ed.], London, Penguin, 2008Compulsory
Ginsburg, Allen. "Howl", "A Supermarket in California", "America" (handout)
Cisneros, Sandra. "Never Marry a Mexican" (handout)
* Compulsory