HIST 637 Politics & Society :20th Century United States
Exploration of a tumultuous period of depression and world war; focuses on such issues as the causes of economic depression and recovery, the nature of the New Deal, the rise of organized labor, the character and influence of mass culture, the relationship of art and politics, and domestic effects of war mobilization, and continuities and changes in the lives of ordinary Americans. Special efforts to integrate the perspectives offered by political, cultural, and social history.