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3.00 Credits
Focuses on the "Progressive Era" in American life. A time of enormous change and development and a period that saw numerous reforms at the local, state, and national levels. Examines the major forces changing American life, such as industrialization, finance capitalism, urban growth, burgeoning immigration, trade unionism, the urban poor, and the plight of laborers, women, and minorities. Looks at the perceived loss of traditional values and the sharp conflicts between urban and rural areas. Finally, analyzes the nation's rise to become an international, military, economic, and financial power. May not be taken for credit by students who have received credit for HIST 300B.
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3.00 Credits
An exploration of society in the United States from 1920 to 1945. Between these years the United States moved from seemingly widespread prosperity through the Great Depression and into WWII. All of these phases induced profound changes in American society which will be monitored by examining how Americans from diverse backgrounds responded to the challenges of these eras. Covers such issues as the intolerance of the 1920s which included the "Red Scare" and a renewal of racism; the class divisions of the 1920s which became so apparent during the depression, and the impact that WWII not only had on American society as a whole, but specifically on women and minorities. May not be taken for credit by students who have received credit for HIST 342.
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3.00 Credits
A history of society and culture in the United States since World War II, with particular attention to the social movements of the period, as well as the impact of the Cold War. Focuses on the struggle of Americans from diverse backgrounds for inclusion and equality, with special attention to the links between the Civil Rights Movement, feminism, the Student Movement, the Antiwar Movement, and the Chicano Movement. Examines the backlash to multicultural inclusion in the 1980s. May not be taken for credit by students who have received credit for HIST 340.
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3.00 Credits
The historical experience of American Indians from the arrival of Europeans to the end of the 19th Century.
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3.00 Credits
Development of U.S. Indian policy and responses of Indian people since the imposition of the western reservation system in the nineteenth Century. Considers allotment, reduction of the Indian land base, the Indian New Deal, termination, and demands for self- determination and sovereignty. May not be taken for credit by students who have received credit for HIST 338.
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3.00 Credits
Students will read, consider, and discuss in detail scholarly studies in the history and ethnography of native communities in Southern California, beginning with the background of colonization (beginning in San Diego in 1769) and write a substantial research paper dealing with a specific theme. (For example, the paper might concern the experience of indigenous women, the construction of native leadership, or the development of a specific event through time, such as the exile of the Cupe?s from Kupa and Agua Caliente.) May not be taken for credit by students who have received credit for HIST 300J.
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3.00 Credits
The development of urban areas in the United States and their influence on American thought, life, and economic development from the colonial period to the present.
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3.00 Credits
Considers the complex relationship between humans and the natural environment in the United States. Specific subjects include: the Native American interaction with the environment, nature's influence on European colonization, the role of natural resources in America's national development, the human attempt to control nature in the industrial era, the emergence of conservation and preservationist movements at the end of the nineteenth century, and the development of current environmental issues and concerns over the course of the twentieth century. May not be taken by students who have received credit for HIST 300R.
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3.00 Credits
The development and change of social, political, religious, and economic ideas in American History from the colonial period to the present.
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3.00 Credits
Religious traditions studied in the context of changes social, cultural, and political traditions of the United States from 1600 to the present.
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