HIST408 - The United States: 1900 to Second World War
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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 examines the impact of World War I. It also examines the changing values of the 1920’s, the stock market crash of 1929, the Great Depression that followed, and the prelude to the second world war.
(Prerequisite - HIST300/HS334 for History and Military History majors only).
Prerequisites
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Corequisites
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Schedule of Classes
| 11/28/11 - 04/29/12 |
05/07/12 - 07/01/12 |
Spring 2012 Session I - 8 Week session |
Course Materials
| Book Title: |
Pivotal Decades
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| ISBN: |
0393956555
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New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company Incorporated, 1990
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| Author: |
Cooper, John J
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| Unit Cost: |
$26.95
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| Book Title: |
The Great War and the Search for a Modern Order, 2nd Ed
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| ISBN: |
0881339733
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| Publication Info: |
Waveland Press, 1997
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| Author: |
Ellis W. Hawley
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| Unit Cost: |
$17.50
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Stateside & Canadian Students: The e-book is available via the Online Library and the access information is provided in the classroom. If you wish to purchase the hard copy text, you may do so through the bookseller of your choice.
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Online Library E-book Note
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FDR's Folly-E-book provided in the APUS Online Library
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| ISBN: |
140005477X
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| Publication Info: |
Random House, Inc.
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| Author: |
Powell, Jim
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| Unit Cost: |
$10.50
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