| Description |
This course introduces students to major themes in the history of the emergence of modern American society and government. It covers 1877-1920, paying particular attention to such crucial post-Civil War developments as the modern business corporation and changing labor conditions; the transformative effects of industrialization, urbanization, immigration, and internal migration; the unsettling of traditional gender and racial arrangements; the origins of modern democracy and liberalism in labor organization, Populism and Progressivism; and U.S. participation in global politics through its colonial ventures and World War I. |