History of the United States, Reconstruction to the Present (210-2-20)
Instructors
Elizabeth Barahona
Meeting Info
Harris Hall L06: Mon, Wed 10:30AM - 1:00PM
Overview of class
History 210-2 surveys the course of American history from the end of Reconstruction to the present. That is to say, it explores the forces, events, ideas, and individuals who have shaped the way we live.
The course will center on the tension between the nation's foundational promise of equality and the profound inequalities that have run through the American experience since the Civil War. It will pay particular attention to racial and class dynamics as they operated within the American economic system and to the United States' relationship to other nations, from the imperialist drives of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to the intensified globalization of recent decades.
Learning Objectives
This course emphasizes analytical writing through a set of required essays, based on lectures and course readings, and intellectual engagement through class discussion.
Evaluation Method
Students will write a series of essays. The course grade have also have a discussion component.
Class Materials (Required)
TBA
Class Notes
History Area(s) of Concentration: Americas
Class Attributes
Historical Studies Foundational Discipline
Historical Studies Distro Area
U.S. Perspectives on Power, Justice, and Equity