5EN711, 30 hp, Grundnivå
USA-kunskap A1
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Notes from the course
- Delkurs 1. Amerikansk historia: Skannat material och online-resurser.
- Delkurs 2. Amerikansk politik: Skannat material och online-resurser
- Delkurs 3. Ras och etnicitet i USA: Equal Justice Initiative, Lynching in America: Confronting the Legacy of Racial Terror (3rd ed., 2017): https://lynchinginamerica.eji.org/report/. Utvalda kapitel.
- Delkurs 3. Ras och etnicitet i USA: Skannat material och online-resurser.
- Delkurs 4. Amerikanska massmedier I: Skannat material och online-resurser.
Required reading
Delkurs 1. Amerikansk historia
A history of the United States
Jenkins, Philip
Fifth edition., 2017, Palgrave, an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited
ISBN 9781137573537, print
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Jenkins, Philip, A history of the United States, Fifth edition., London, Palgrave, an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, 2017
This America: the Case for the Nation
Lepore, Jill
2020, John Murray
ISBN 9781529386110, print
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Lepore, Jill, This America: the Case for the Nation, London, John Murray, 2020
Encounter on the Great Plains: Scandinavian settlers and the dispossession of Dakota Indians, 1890-1930
Hansen, Karen V.
2014, Oxford University Press
ISBN 9780199369478, e-book
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"Introduction" läses.
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Hansen, Karen V., Encounter on the Great Plains: Scandinavian settlers and the dispossession of Dakota Indians, 1890-1930, New York, Oxford University Press, 2014 ("Introduction" läses.)
America First, Immigrants Last: American Xenophobia Then and Now
Part of The journal of the gilded age and progressive era
Lee, Erika
2020, nr. 1
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Lee, Erika, America First, Immigrants Last: American Xenophobia Then and Now, Ingår i: The journal of the gilded age and progressive era, vol. 19, nr. 1, 2020
Delkurs 2. Amerikansk politik
The disinformation age: politics, technology, and disruptive communication in the United States
Bennett, W. Lance, Livingston, Steven
2021, Cambridge University Press
ISBN 9781108843058, print
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Utvalda kapitel. tillgänglig online.
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Bennett, W. Lance; Livingston, Steven, The disinformation age: politics, technology, and disruptive communication in the United States, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2021 (Utvalda kapitel. tillgänglig online.)
Partisan Gerrymandering: Weeds in the Political Thicket
Part of Social science quarterly: published on behalf of the Southwestern Social Science Association
Engstrom, Richard L.
2019, nr. 1
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Engstrom, Richard L., Partisan Gerrymandering: Weeds in the Political Thicket, Ingår i: Social science quarterly: published on behalf of the Southwestern Social Science Association, vol. 101, nr. 1, 2019, s. 23–36
State Resistance to "ObamaCare"
Part of The forum: a journal of applied research in contemporary politics
Rigby, Elisabeth
1501, nr. 2
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Rigby, Elisabeth, State Resistance to "ObamaCare", Ingår i: The forum: a journal of applied research in contemporary politics., vol. 10, nr. 2, 2012, s. 1–16, https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/1540-8884.1501/html
The basics of American politics
Wasserman, Gary, Fullmer, Elliott
Sixteenth edition., 2019, Pearson
ISBN 9780135213919
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Wasserman, Gary; Fullmer, Elliott, The basics of American politics, Sixteenth edition., Hoboken, N.J., Pearson, 2019
Coronavirus, Civil Liberties, and the Courts: The Case Against "Suspending" Judicial Review
Part of Harvard law review
Wiley, Lindsay F.
2020, nr. 9
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Wiley, Lindsay F., Coronavirus, Civil Liberties, and the Courts: The Case Against "Suspending" Judicial Review, Ingår i: Harvard law review, vol. 133, nr. 9, 2020, s. 179–198, https://harvardlawreview.org/2020/07/coronavirus-civil-liberties-and-the-courts/
Delkurs 3. Ras och etnicitet i USA
The new Jim Crow: mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness
Alexander, Michelle
Rev. ed., 2012, New Press
ISBN 9781595586438, print
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Utvalda kapitel.
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Alexander, Michelle, The new Jim Crow: mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness, Rev. ed., New York, New Press, cop. 2012 (Utvalda kapitel.)
Race and ethnicity in America: a concise history
Bayor, Ronald H.
2003, Columbia University Press
ISBN 9780231129404, print
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Bayor, Ronald H., Race and ethnicity in America: a concise history, New York, Columbia University Press, c2003
No Common Ground: Confederate Monuments and the Ongoing Fight for Racial Justice
Cox, Karen L.
ISBN 9781469662695, e-book
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Utvalda kapitel.
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Cox, Karen L., No Common Ground: Confederate Monuments and the Ongoing Fight for Racial Justice, uuuu-uuuu (Utvalda kapitel.)
On the run: fugitive life in an American city
Goffman, Alice
2014, The University of Chicago Press
ISBN 9780226275406, print
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Goffman, Alice, On the run: fugitive life in an American city, Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, 2014
Delkurs 4. Amerikanska massmedier I
American television news: the media marketplace and the public interest
Barkin, Steve Michael
2003, M.E. Sharpe
ISBN 9780765609236, print
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Barkin, Steve Michael, American television news: the media marketplace and the public interest, Armonk, N.Y., M.E. Sharpe, c2003
The hybrid media system: politics and power
Chadwick, Andrew
2nd edition., 2017, Oxford University Press
ISBN 9780190696764, e-book
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Utvalda kapitel.
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Chadwick, Andrew, The hybrid media system: politics and power, 2nd edition., New York, NY, Oxford University Press, 2017 (Utvalda kapitel.)
Race and Media: Critical Approaches
2020, New York University Press
ISBN 9781479895779, e-book
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Utvalda kapitel.
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Race and Media: Critical Approaches, 2020 (Utvalda kapitel.)
Media and everyday life
Markham, Tim
2017, Palgrave
ISBN 9781137477255
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https://www.macmillanihe.com/resources/sample-chapters/9781137477187_sample.pdf. Utvalda kapitel.
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- 9781137477187, 2017, Palgrave, print
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Markham, Tim, Media and everyday life, London, Palgrave, 2017 (https://www.macmillanihe.com/resources/sample-chapters/9781137477187_sample.pdf. Utvalda kapitel.)
The marketplace of attention: how audiences take shape in a digital age
Webster, James G.
2014, The MIT Press
ISBN 9780262027861, print
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Utvalda kapitel.
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Webster, James G., The marketplace of attention: how audiences take shape in a digital age, Cambridge, Massachusetts, The MIT Press, 2014 (Utvalda kapitel.)
Other reading (not marked as required)
Delkurs 3. Ras och etnicitet i USA
Whiteness of a different color: European immigrants and the alchemy of race
Jacobson, Matthew Frye
1998, Harvard University Press
ISBN 9780674063716, print
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Utvalda kapitel.
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Jacobson, Matthew Frye, Whiteness of a different color: European immigrants and the alchemy of race, Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 1998 (Utvalda kapitel.)
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