American Studies 101: Comparative Perspectives on Power, Resistance and Change

Students in 'America Then and Now' in class at the Princeton University Art Museum. Photo by Sarah Malone

Students in “America Then and Now” in class at the Princeton University Art Museum. Photo by Sarah Malone

Signature ideas, events and debates from America’s past and present

AMS 101 / ASA 101 / LAO 101 This course introduces students to methods of American Studies, Asian American Studies and Latino Studies through discussion of some of the signature ideas, events, and debates in and about America's past and present. 

It presents students various scholarly approaches to historical and mythic manifestations of America from local, national, and global perspectives and considers the historical and cognitive processes associated with the delineation of America. The course examines a wide range of material and media from the point of view of multiple fields of study.