AMS 5850 - Explaining America

What does being American mean? When did that start meaning something? Where have we come from and why are we here? Why are we special, or are we? The things we use or left behind, the thoughts we share or hide, the data we generate daily all are the media used by social scientists to find the nature of the Americans and become the basis by which Explaining America clarifies the American experience.

(4 Credits)