American Studies

Throughtout the course a common theme that has been brought up is the fact that American Studies is "interdisciplinary". I can certainly see how that can be said about the field, but it seems, to me at least, that it is most closely tied to the various History subjects. In class our readings have progressed from hte colonies to the era of westward expansion, to how the Native Americans were dealt with, and now to the rise of the suburbs. With every new theme studied, regardless of the other fields involved, it always seems like something that could be taught in an American History class. Almost as if the whole subject of American Studies is a sub-section of it. It makes sense i suppose. It would be kind of difficult to study things about America that havent happened yet.