HIST142
The United States in the Twentieth Century
History
BC
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