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HIST142

The United States in the Twentieth Century

Subject code

HIST

Course Number

142

Department(s)

Instructor(s)

Department/Program Faculty

Course Long Title

The United States in the Twentieth Century

Description

This course surveys the American experience in the twentieth century from a deliberately interpretive point of view, examining political, social, economic, and cultural dimensions of life in the United States. Special attention is directed to the impact of war, corporate globalism, and movements for change upon the development of an increasingly complex, variegated modern society confronting the paradox of simultaneous social segmentation-by race, class, gender, ethnicity-and cultural homogenization. Students consider the disjunction between Americans' democratic ideals and their administered reality and what can be done to heal the split.

Writing Credit

No writing credit

Departmental Course Attributes - Major/Minor Requirements

(History: Modern), (History: United States)

INDS Program Relationship

IDAM - AMST Program

Offering Frequency

Normally offered every year