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  • History 2: History of the United States since 1877

    3.00 Credits
    Dartmouth College

    08F, 09X: 12 10W: 10 History 2 carries forward the study of national development from 1877, but History 1 is not prerequisite. The course treats such issues as industrialization and its impact; changes in political behavior, ideology, and the American party system; the Black American and the consequences of racism; origins of the Cold War; and the emergence of modern welfare programs. Each student is assigned to a small section which meets with a History faculty member, but section meetings are occasionally supplemented with special lectures, films, or symposia. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: US & CAN. Butler.
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  • History 20: American Thought and Culture to 1865

    3.00 Credits
    Dartmouth College

    09W: 10 This course examines leading thinkers, writers, artists, and reformers as a way of understanding American intellectual and cultural history. Some of the issues explored include: the nature and meaning of American Puritanism; the impact of the Enlightenment; the evolution of American political thought; ideas about slavery and race; Transcendentalism and Romantic reform; the American Renaissance in literature; and the role of intellectuals in the Civil War. Almost all of the readings will be drawn from primary texts (including material by Franklin, Jefferson, Emerson, Fuller, Hawthorne, Douglass, and Lincoln). Open to all classes. Dist: TMV; WCult: W. Major Dist: US & CAN; <1800. Butler.
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  • History 21: Modern American Thought and Culture

    3.00 Credits
    Dartmouth College

    09X: 10 This course examines leading thinkers, writers, artists, and reformers as a way of understanding American intellectual and cultural history. Some of the issues explored include: the impact of Darwinism; social science and the modern university; responses to industrialization; the tension between self and society; debates over democracy; the challenge of civil rights and feminism; and recent debates over multiculturalism. Almost of all the reading will be drawn from primary sources (including material by Mark Twain, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, William James, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., W.E.B. DuBois, John Dewey; Langston Hughes; Lionel Trilling; Martin Luther King, Jr.; and Malcolm X). Open to all classes. Dist: TMV; WCult: W. Major Dist: US & CAN. Butler.
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  • History 22: The Working Class in American Society

    3.00 Credits
    Dartmouth College

    Not offered in the period from 08F through 10S This course will examine the development of the American working class in relation to four major themes and time periods: the rise of a labor movement and an awareness of social class in the 19th century; trade unionism and labor radicalism during a watershed era of 'incorporation' (1885-1920); the triumph of industrial unionism in the 1930s and '40s; and the development of labor-management relations and working-class culture in post-World War II America. During each of these time periods the course will pay close attention to the themes of ethnicity, gender, and raceOpen to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: US & CAN.
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  • History 23: Recent United States History

    3.00 Credits
    Dartmouth College

    09S: 11 This course will focus on the United States in the period following World War II. It will examine both domestic and international themes, exploring relationships between the two. Specific topics will include U.S. policy in Europe and Asia, National Security, the economy, developments in organized labor, political repression in the 1950s, political parties, mass culture, intellectual and artistic innovations, the civil rights movement, and the student protest movement. Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: US & CAN. Nelson.
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  • History 24: American Foreign Relations to 1900

    3.00 Credits
    Dartmouth College

    10W: 12 This course explores the history of America's relations with the world from the colonial era to 1900. In addition to examining the diplomatic and military dimensions of American interactions with non-Americans, this course also investigates the economic, cultural and ideological dimensions of those interactions. Specific topics include: American relations with Indian nations; the Wars of 1812 and 1898; the Monroe Doctrine; the colonization of Liberia; Manifest Destiny; and U.S. territorial expansion. Open to all classes. Dist: SOC or INT; WCult: W. Major Dist: US & CAN; <1800. Miller.
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  • History 25: American Foreign Relations since 1900

    3.00 Credits
    Dartmouth College

    09W, 10S: 11 This course explores the expansion of American diplomatic, military and economic power since 1900, with particular attention to the ways that ideas and culture have shaped America's relations with the world. Specific topics include: U.S. imperialism in the Philippines and elsewhere; U.S. anti-imperialism; America's overseas nation building ventures; Wilsonianism; U.S. intervention in the World Wars; the Cold War; and American relations with the "Third World.Open to all classes. Dist: SOC or INT; WCult: W. Major Dist: US & CAN. Miller.
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  • History 26: The Vietnam War

    3.00 Credits
    Dartmouth College

    09S: 11 This course examines the conflict which Americans call "The Vietnam War" as a major event in the 20th century histories of both the United States and Vietnam. In addition to exploring the key decisions made by U.S. and Vietnamese leaders, students will also learn about the experiences of ordinary soldiers and civilians. This course incorporates multiple American and Vietnamese sources and perspectives, and also investigates multiple explanations of the war's origins and outcomeOpen to all classes. Dist: SOC or INT; WCult: W. Major Dist: INTER. Miller.
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  • History 27: Gender and Power in American History from the Colonial Period to the Civil War

    3.00 Credits
    Dartmouth College

    09W: 12 This course examines the history of men and women from the period of colonial settlement to the achievement of woman's suffrage. We will explore the construction of gender particularly as it relates to social, political, economic, and cultural power. Topics will include: the role of gender in political thought and practice, the intersection of gender with categories of class and race; gender in the debate over slavery and the Civil War; and the rise and evolution of the woman's rights movement.Open to sophomores, juniors and seniors. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: US & CAN; <1800. Butler.
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  • History 28: American Women's History,Civil War to the Present

    3.00 Credits
    Dartmouth College

    09W: 2A (Description pending faculty approval.) This course is a multi-cultural multi-media history of American women from the Civil War to the present. We will discuss race and class tensions in the woman suffrage movement; women, labor and radicalism from the 1910s through the 1940s; civil rights, welfare rights, the rebirth of feminism in the 1960s and 70s, and backlash politics from the 1950s to the 1980s. Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: US & CAN. Orleck.
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