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Apr 24, 2024
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HIST 3324 - Recent America from 1960 to the Present
Credit Hours: 3
This course focuses on key social, cultural, political, and economic developments in United States history from 1960 to the present. Major topics include the social, cultural, and political upheavals of the 1960s, with particular attention to the “movementof movements” and the presidencies of JFK and LBJ; the evolution of the Cold War into the 1960s, especially by way of the conflict in Vietnam; the conservative ascendancy and the rise of the New Right, with close attention to the presidencies of Nixon andReagan; the impact of the information revolution and globalization at the end of the twentieth century; America’s continued changing role in the world, especially pre-and post-9/11; and significant sociocultural and political transformations at the turn-of-the-twenty-first century.
Prerequisite(s): HIST 1108 ; Sophomore Standing
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