UNITED STATES HISTORY SINCE RECONSTRUCTION

Undergraduate

This survey course in modern United States History examines economic development, modern political trends, social themes, and the growth of the United States as a world power. The course will provide an overview of U.S. history, while engaging with recent historical trends to globally contextualise American historical developments. Topics covered include continental settlement and Indigenous resistance, Progressivism, the American role in World Wars I and II, the New Deal, the Cold War, the Civil Rights Movement, Counterculture and contemporary American society. Lecture: Three hours a week