Social and Cultural, 19th Century. The colonial background is consdered briefly, but emphais is given to the first half of the nineteenth century. Competing regional trends in economic, social, political, and intellectual attitudes and institutions provide the dynamics for understanding the failure of nationalism during the antebellum period. Social and Cultural, 20th Century. A survey of the growth of government action in social welfare.
Emphasis is given to the advent and growth of a mass, popular culture.
Women in American History to 1865. A survey of U.S. women's history from the fifteenth century to 1865. Women in American History Since 1865. A study of the history of American women after the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Consitution. The course will examine historical events and their signficance for women of diverse cultures and classes.