HIST 615: Problems in American History

HIST 615-DL5: Technology and Power
(Fall 2020)

07:20 PM to 10:00 PM M

Online

Section Information for Fall 2020

Do artifacts have politics? asked Langdon Winner. This reading seminar believes that they do, and it asks just what politics they have. Students will explore some general approaches to the interrelationship of state power and technology, and then read scholarship about specific technologies shaped by the state. The main emphasis will be Europe and the United States in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and the course is intended to serve students with a general interest in those periods as well as those with particular interest in politics or technology.

HIST 615 DL5 is a distance education section taught synchronously. Students should expect to meet on the day and time scheduled.

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 1-6

Readings and discussion of bibliographies, interpretations, and research trends in topics selected by instructor. Notes: May be repeated for credit when topic is different. May be repeated within the term.
Specialized Designation: Green Leaf Related Course, Topic Varies
Registration Restrictions:

Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.

Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.

Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.

Schedule Type: Lec/Sem #1, Lec/Sem #2, Lec/Sem #3, Lec/Sem #4, Lec/Sem #5, Lec/Sem #6, Lec/Sem #7, Lec/Sem #8, Lec/Sem #9, Lecture, Sem/Lec #10, Sem/Lec #11, Sem/Lec #12, Sem/Lec #13, Sem/Lec #14, Sem/Lec #15, Sem/Lec #16, Sem/Lec #17, Sem/Lec #18
Grading:
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.

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