This course offers a new examination of some of the most notable and best selling books in American History.  The novels that the course considers are those that not only have had an impact on our culture and politics, but also reveal to us certain truths about our society.  I expect that most people who take this course will have read, or at least familiar with each of the books that we will discuss.  I hope that the lectures on each book will encourage the student to read or re-read the novels we discuss.

Want to understand how differing multifaceted political cultures can explain not only what is happening in individual countries, but also in professional settings or social organizations in which you may participate? The theoretical material underlying political cultures will be presented and then a survey of how this material effects not only countries but individual organizations. Aspects of political cultures, among others, includes differing governing ideology, governing systems, dominate religions, economic systems, and civic and social engagement.