FWIS 217: AMERICANIZATION OF THE WORLD
Spring 2025 · Section 001 · CRN 26378
This FWIS course seeks to introduce Rice freshmen to the hidden layers of the story of the Americanization of the world in the twentieth century. The topics to be explored include the role played by private philanthropy in shaping and transmitting American cultural forms, the impact of the Cold War on the diffusion of American culture in such diverse arenas as literature, visual and performing arts, movies, TV programming and science and technology.
- Credits
- 3
- Instructors
- Sayuri Shimizu