HIST 3740

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HIST 3740
America Becomes Modern: The Gilded Age and Progressive Era

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"America Becomes Modern" offers an upper-level survey of major themes in American history between 1877 and 1917. The course will have a lecture/discussion format; student participation is highly valued and encouraged. The last two decades of the 19th century and the first two of the twentieth marked an abrupt shift in the life experiences of the American people. Daily life changed radically from 1877-1920, as the agrarian republic gave way to an urbanizing consumer society. Debates about "progress" characterized the period, as new technologies, new peoples, new forms of politics and culture, and new patterns of living transformed the United States. This course will explore the political, economic, diplomatic and cultural history of the Gilded age and Progressive eras, focusing on the ways American tried to make sense of, to order, to moralize and to shape rapid change.

When Offered Fall.

Distribution Category (HA-AS)

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 3744

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15978 HIST 3740   LEC 001

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  • 15979 HIST 3740   DIS 201

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  • 15980 HIST 3740   DIS 202

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  • 15981 HIST 3740   DIS 203

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  • 15982 HIST 3740   DIS 204

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