HIST 1412

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HIST 1412
FWS: Alone in the Crowd: Self and Society in American Thought

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

Is the United States a nation of freedom-loving individualists or club-joining conformists? Both, obviously. How, then, have Americans reconciled their enthusiasm for personal independence and individual conscience with their need for mutual aid and collective harmony? From the early days of the republic to our own digitally-mediated age, clergy, activists, psychologists, feminists, and social scientists such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, bell hooks, Betty Friedan have grappled with this question. In this First-Year Writing Seminar, we will study their essays, sermons, and manifestos in both content and form, responding with our own reflective, comparative, and persuasive essays.


Writing and Languages (FWS)

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025SP

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  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18230 HIST 1412   SEM 101

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    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Clark, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.