HISTORY 165 - Making Modern America

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Bard College

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The rise of industrial capitalism in the late 19th century deeply transformed the United States. Railroad and telegraph lines linked the nation, connecting small towns to urban centers. Factories grew in size and number. Millions of immigrants fromAsia, LatinAmerica, and Europe settled in the States, and cities grew in size and increasingly dominated the surrounding countryside. At the same time, the country pursued, for the first time, overseas imperial ventures. All of these changes provoked conflict. This course explores how different Americans dealt with this new world in the first part of the 20th century. It focuses on Americans' interactions with industrial capitalism and the changes, crises, and inequalities that stemmed from it. Readings are drawn from a variety of sources, including histories of black women in North Carolina, gay men in New York, workers in Chicago, and farmers on the Great Plains, along with novels, poems, paintings, and films.

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

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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