HIST555 - The United States in the 20th Century
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This course examines the changes in American society at the end of the 19th century as it confronted the issues of industrialization, immigration, and urbanization. It explores the open conflict between the advocates of isolationism and collective security and studies the impact of World War I. It also studies the changing values of the 1920s, the stock market crash of 1929, the Great Depression, and the cultural, social, political, military, and economic growth of the United States from World War II to the present.
Prerequisites
N/A
Corequisites
N/A
Schedule of Classes
| 11/05/09 - 03/28/10 |
04/05/10 - 07/25/10 |
Spring 2010 Session A - 16 Week session |
| 11/30/09 - 04/25/10 |
05/03/10 - 08/22/10 |
Spring 2010 Session K - 16 Week session |
| 12/28/09 - 05/30/10 |
06/07/10 - 09/26/10 |
Spring 2010 Session C - 16 Week session |
| 05/31/10 - 10/24/10 |
11/01/10 - 02/20/11 |
Fall 2010 Session K - 16 Week session |
| 06/28/10 - 11/28/10 |
12/06/10 - 03/27/11 |
Fall 2010 Session C - 16 Week session |
Course Materials
| Book Title: |
Restless Giant - ebook available in the APUS Online Library to be used while awaiting text
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| ISBN: |
0195305221
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| Publication Info: |
Oxford University Press
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| Book Title: |
Pivotal Decades
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| ISBN: |
0393956555
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| Publication Info: |
New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company Incorporated, 1990
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| Book Title: |
Liberalism and Its Challengers : From FDR to Bush, 2nd Ed
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| ISBN: |
0195070305
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| Publication Info: |
Oxford University Press
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