Dr. Andrew Wood
Office: HGH 210; phone: (408) 924-5378
Email: wooda@email.sjsu.edu
Web: http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/wooda

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Syllabus

Aug 29 Introduction: The age of mobility   Oct 24 Midterm Exam (review)
Sept 5 No class - Labor Day   Oct 31 The Road to nowhere
Sept 12 Ways of seeing (Bryson & Löfgren)   Nov 7 Quick Stops (Stilgoe)
Sept 19 Automobility and democracy (Belasco)   Nov 14 Motel Americana (Jakle)
Sept 26 Get your kicks on Route 66 (Scott & Kelly)   Nov 21 Airport Culture (Wood)
Oct 3 Creation of the "American West" (Rothman)   Nov 28 Student Presentations I
Oct 10 "Natives" (Nicholson-Lord, Kincaid I)   Dec 5 Student Presentations II
Oct 17 Unreal beauty (Kincaid II)   Dec 12: Final Exam (review) - 5:15 p.m.