LEC 1 | MWF 08:00 - 08:50 | |||||
Notes: Cold War Culture and Society
This course considers encounters between Americans and the world that emerged during the Cold War. Moving to the suburbs, watching TV, buying kitchen appliances, fighting for civil rights, and having more babies seem removed from the escalating geopolitical tensions over the Berlin Wall, missiles in Cuba, and wars in Korea and Vietnam. Others, like building bomb shelters, participating in civil defense, resisting the draft, and worrying about communism had a more direct connection. A closer look, through the use of novels, movies, magazines, music, and government documents, shows connections between all of these trends in American society and the global conflict between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. |