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3.00 Credits
Includes such matters as immigration, the World Wars, the New Deal and welfare capitalism, nuclear diplomacy and presidential power.
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3.00 Credits
Focuses on America at the time of the break with England. Looks at Constitutional documents - their sources and their inclusions. Includes the development of Constitutional aspects of order in the United States as the country grew from an agrarian and simple commercial republic to an urban and industrialized world power, and from a homogeneous to a widely diversified people.
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3.00 Credits
Studies the evolution of United States foreign policy from colonial and revolutionary experience; and the social, economic and political influences as well as the myths and traditions that have shaped that policy to the present.
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3.00 Credits
Makes a historical analysis of forces that define economic developoment. Considers concentration on economic theories and principles since the Renaissance and the adoption of capitalistic forms in early America. Pictures 19th-century applications in industry and the 20th century, especially contemporary developments.
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3.00 Credits
This course looks at the history of work and the American worker from, roughly, the late 19th century to the present. It considers such issues as shifting styles of work, i.e., the evolution and meaning of the assembly line, scientific management, and the re-engineered workplace of today. It also examines the changing nature of working-class life and community among native-born and immigrant workers, women, and racial minorities. It explores the evolution of organized labor movements in the U.S. and their relationships to government and politics. This leads us into discussion of the role of law and government in workers' lives through the state response to strikes, government support or opposition to unionization, and anticommunism. D
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3.00 Credits
Examines the relationship of the American people to their tools and machines, broadly understood, from colonial times to the present. It considers factors that encourage and discourage innovation. It pays particular attention to shifts in the organization of production, the military's connection to technological change, and the increasing importance of science-based technology in American society.
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3.00 Credits
Examining the drama of the Cold War, the policies that defined it, and the resulting search for a post-Cold War approach to world relations, HI 249 analyzes the twists and turns of recent U.S. foreign affairs. Meant to hone one's powers of analysis, this course is especially valuable to students with interests in international business and the general "global mission" of Bentley College.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the historical experiences of minorities in the United States. Looks specifically at Mexican-American, Afro-American, Native American and Asian American peoples. Discusses their experiences in the development of the United States and their contributions to contemporary American society and culture. Focuses on major figures, events, presidential actions and legislative fiats that have impacted the American experiences of these minority groups. The diverse nature of contemporary American society will be examined and discussed. D
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the history of economic development in the United States since the 1890s. It considers the emergence of mass production and consumption, changes in the organization of business, changes in the role of government, the impact of depression and war on the economy, globalization and the impact of international economic activity, and gender and race as they relate to the economy. Other topics may include (but are not limited to) agriculture, labor, the environment, health, education, and technology in the economy.
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3.00 Credits
Focuses on geographical expansion and the political, cultural, social and economic life of the United States. Explores such concepts as the age of Jackson, the Civil War, and the emergence of the U.S. as an industrialized world power.
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