- 18 Mar, 2021
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History
1. What happened to the American Dream born after WWII? Did America fulfill its promises of “The American Century” or was it sidetracked? What happened to the immense potential and promise of the forties and fifties and the revolutionary optimism of the sixties to remake a better country? Did they persevere, change, disappear, or were they left partially or entirely unfulfilled, and if so why? Try to construct a coherent narrative that covers various aspects (politics, economics, culture, race, gender etc.) and offers a compelling explanation for the postwar experience: was it good, bad, disappointing, encouraging and what if anything is its legacy?
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3. How does America’s postwar experience continue to shape the present?Write an essay tracing a contemporary problem/issue in American society to the postwar experience we have studied throughout the course that explains: why is the topic you have chosen still an “issue” or a “problem”? Why hasn’t it been resolved? What are the roots of this contemporary issue? You can focus on whatever topic interests you – gender, race, poverty, economic inequality, gay rights, foreign policy, even Trump’s election – in order to locate how a particular issue that emerged in the postwar era continues to shape America today (for good or bad).
These 6 sources should be incorporated in the essays. 3 sourcess for each essay, if the writer needs additional sources to use for the paper, that’s also fine.
The essays calls for both depth and breadth so avoid broad generalizations and be as specific and detail/example oriented as you can. You must incorporate at least THREE readings into each response (preferably different ones for each essay. Each essay 500-600 words.