Emerge Mod America

This course provides an in-depth study of the emergence of modern America between 1880 and 1945. Special attention is given to such developments as immigration, urbanization, and industrialization; the rise of corporations and trade unions, the Great War, the 1920s, Great Depression, and World War II. It takes note of the ascendancy of national government, its conduct of foreign affairs, and its response to social and economic change. The course also focuses on cultural and intellectual affairs, paying particular attention to competing visions of progress.