HIST 338: American Modernity: The United States, 1890-1945
- Instructor: Dr. Leslie Paris
- Term 1
- Schedule: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11 am to 12:30 pm
Course Description: How did the United States become such a powerful economic, military, and cultural force? This course examines American history from the late nineteenth century through the Second World War. Students will explore an era of rapid change, looking at themes including the impact of immigration and urban growth, the labour movement, race and gender relations, social and moral reform movements, the Great Depression, the expansion of the military, and the development of consumer culture and new media. HIST 338 has no prerequisites, and all are welcome.
HIST 339: The United States Since 1945: The Limits of Power
- Instructor: Dr. Leslie Paris
- Term 2
- Schedule: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11 am to 12:30 pm
Course Description: At the end of World War II, the United States was the world’s foremost superpower. The decades that followed witnessed both American might and the unravelling of an American consensus on many issues. This course looks at key elements of American history from the mid-1940s onward, including postwar prosperity, the Cold War and the rise of the military-industrial complex, the civil rights movement and other rights movements, the emergence of a youth counterculture, the rise and decline of the social welfare state, and the ascendance of the New Right. HIST 339 has no prerequisites, and all are welcome.
