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1、The Automobile in the United States History 389, section 3. George Mason University. Spring 2010Science and Technology I, room 224. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 12 1:15 pm.Course Blackboard site: courses.gmu.eduGeneral advice: www.schrag.info/teachingProfessor Zachary M. SchragE-mail: zschraggmu.edu (ple
2、ase include “389” in subject header). Office: Robinson B 357A. Tel. 703/594-1844. http:/www.schrag.infoOffice Hours: Mondays, 2-4 pm. While I greatly enjoy meeting students individually, department meetings and other commitments occasionally force me to cancel scheduled office hours, so please let m
3、e know in advance if you are coming to office hours. If you would like to meet some other time, please send me an e-mail with two or three proposed times. Course DescriptionThis course examines the biography of one of the most important characters in twentieth-century U.S. history: the automobile. E
4、mbracing the histories of business, policy, labor, the environment, technology, and culture, this course seeks a holistic understanding of the role of the car in American life. It will examine the invention and adoption of the automobile, the rise of assembly-line manufacturing, the evolution of roa
5、dside architecture, and the challenges posed by oil shortages. It seeks to draw a variety of students and encourage them to think about one of the fundamental interactions between humans and machines in the history of the nation and in their own lives.GoalsIn this course, students will: Reflect on t
6、he significance of the automobile in shaping the America we know today, including their own daily lives. Use the automobile to understand the interconnections among technology, business, labor, culture, and politics. Practice critical reading of primary and secondary sources, including texts, images
7、, music, and motion pictures. Practice research skills using sources in electronic databases, on paper, and in the world around us. Practice skills of writing, editing, and revision. Administrative informationAll assignments are governed by the George Mason University honor code, online at http:/www
8、.gmu.edu/departments/unilife/honorcode.html. You are expected to work independently and to acknowledge all sources, including assigned texts and materials found online. Gordon Harveys Writing with Sources is required reading and should answer most questions about citation, but ask me if you need cla
9、rification. In general, any sentence in your work that can be traced to a single sentence in someone elses work should bear a footnote. Any collaboration, such as consultation with the Writing Center, should also be acknowledged. Violations of academic integrity will be reported to the administratio
10、n and may result in grade penalties, including failure of the course. All work for this course must be original. You may not submit work based whole or in part on work you have done for credit in other courses without written permission of the instructor. In case of inclement weather, please call th
11、e main switchboard at 703-993-1000 or consult the main web page at http:/www.gmu.edu/ to see if classes are cancelled. I expect to cancel class only when the university cancels all classes. If you are a student with a disability and you need academic accommodations, please see me and contact the Dis
12、ability Resource Center (DRC) at 703-993-2474. All academic accommodations must be arranged through the DRC.All students are expected to check their gmu.edu e-mail regularly and are responsible for information sent to their GMU addresses.Please do not send Microsoft Works (.wps) attachments; I canno
13、t open them. If you need to send me word-processing documents, save your files as .doc, .rtf, or .pdf formats. Laptops may be used for notetaking and other course purposes, provided they do not become a distraction. If they do, permission to use them may be revoked for individual students or the cla
14、ss as a whole.Please do not eat in the classroom, before or during class.Readings Kathleen Franz. Tinkering: Consumers Reinvent The Early Automobile. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005. ISBN-10: 0812238818 Stephen Meyer. The Five Dollar Day: Labor Management and Social Control in the Ford Motor
15、Company, 1908-1921. State University of New York Press, 1981. ISBN-10: 0873955099 Chester Liebs. Main Street to Miracle Mile: American Roadside Architecture. The Johns Hopkins University Press; Reprint edition, 1995. ISBN-10: 0801850959 Tom McCarthy. Auto Mania: Cars, Consumers, and the Environment.
16、 Yale University Press (2009), Paperback. ISBN-10: 0300158483. ISBN-13: 9780300158489 Gordon Harvey. Writing With Sources: A Guide for Students. Second edition. Hackett, 2008. ISBN13: 9780872209442 Zachary M. Schrag, “Guidelines for History Students,” http:/www.schrag.info/teaching/teaching.html.CollaborationThis course is designed to encourage the kind of collaboration that makes scholarship
