Painting the American insignia on airplane wings is a job that Mrs. Irma Lee McElroy, a former office worker, does with precision and patriotic zeal. (Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA-OWI Collection, [reproduction number LC-USW361-387 DLC].)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Meg Jacobs
MIT Course Number
21H.952J / STS.410J
As Taught In
Fall 2003
Level
Graduate
Translated Versions
Course Description
Course Description
This seminar aims to develop a teaching knowledge of the field through extensive reading and discussion of major works. The reading covers a broad range of topics - political, economic, social, and cultural - and represents a variety of historical methods.