Arguably the single most powerful agency shaping life in the United States since the beginning of the twentieth century has been the automobile. Making cars go-building and maintaining them and the systems they require-is by far the nation's largest industry. From cities and towns to the smallest hamlets and the uninhabited wilderness beyond, the American landscape has been totally transformed by the automobile. In a hardly less important vein, automobiles have left an indelible imprint on the dreams we dream. They have also changed forever where we live; the way we rear our children; how and what we consume; the demands we make on government; the crimes we commit; the way we enforce the law-even the way we go to our graves. The course will consider this protein phenomenon selectively and in detail. Readings will be drawn from a wide variety of sources. Format: seminar/discussion. Requirements: both short and long papers, an optional final exam. No prerequisites. Enrollment: 30 (expected: 25). Preference given to History majors. Group A