Department of American and Canadian Studies

American politics

From US foreign policy to immigration and ethnicity, joint honours student Sana explains why it’s the politics side of American Studies which she loves best.

Maria and Robin give you an overview of their politics modules

United States Foreign Policy 1989 - Present

Key Texts in American Social and Political Thought

 

Other politics modules you can choose from include:

  • American Freedom? Empire, Rights and Capitalism in Modern US History, 1900-Present
  • Race, Power, Money and the Making of North America, 1607-1900
    American Radicalism
  • American Violence: A History
  • The US and the World in the American Century: US Foreign Policy, 1898-2008
    Prohibition America
  • Troubled Empire: The Projection of American Global Power from Pearl Harbor to Covid-19
 

In my A levels I was very interested in literature. As I started my degree, I became more interested in history and then realised that I was more interested in political history and politics. That ability to form your own path was really important.

Natalie Shortall, American and Canadian Studies (Study Abroad) BA

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