HISTORY 238 - The Conservative Revolution:America from Watergate to Cyberspace

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Bard College

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American Studies One historian wrote of the 1970s, "It seemed like nothing happened." We now know that in that decade and the period that followed America was transformed in profound ways. This course focuses on the key dynamic informing this period, the struggle over the legacy of the 1960s in both politics and culture. It turns out a great deal did happen in the 1970s and after: the New Deal coalition collapsed during the Reagan Revolution, cable transformed television, the personal computer and the Internet created a new information culture, fundamentalist Christians became a defining force in American politics, the sexual liberation movement confronted AIDS, the Cold War ended, and the United States struggled to understand its role in the NewWorld order.

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4.00

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Lecture

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www.bard.edu

Phone Number:

(845) 758-6822

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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