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

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Corequisites

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Schedule of Classes

Registration Dates Course Dates Session
09/26/11 - 02/26/12 03/05/12 - 06/24/12 Winter 2012 Session C - 16 Week session
10/31/11 - 03/25/12 04/02/12 - 07/22/12 Spring 2012 Session A - 16 Week session
11/28/11 - 04/29/12 05/07/12 - 08/26/12 Spring 2012 Session K - 16 Week session
12/26/11 - 05/27/12 06/04/12 - 09/23/12 Spring 2012 Session C - 16 Week session
01/30/12 - 06/24/12 07/02/12 - 10/21/12 Summer 2012 Session A - 16 Week session

Course Materials

Book Title: Restless Giant - ebook available in the APUS Online Library to be used while awaiting text and also available to purchase at www.ebooks.com
ISBN: 0195305221
Publication Info: Oxford University Press
Author: Patterson, James T.
Unit Cost: $19.95

Book Title: Pivotal Decades
ISBN: 0393956555
Publication Info: New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company Incorporated, 1990
Author: Cooper, John J
Unit Cost: $26.95

Book Title: Liberalism and Its Challengers : From FDR to Bush, 2nd Ed
ISBN: 0195070305
Publication Info: Oxford University Press
Author: Hamby, Alonzo L.
Unit Cost: $50.00

 

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