A study of the growth of a denominational society in the United States. The course is especially concerned with the impact of the American environment on religions imported from Europe and elsewhere, the development of new American faiths, and the contributions of religion to the core values of American society. Native Americans, the English, Germans, and Irish, Jews, Mexicans and other Hispanic peoples, Africans, eastern and southern Europeans, Asians, and others who became part of the American people are considered, but from semester to semester different groups are emphasized. The most recent changes in immigration patterns are considered. 32.322 American Presidency A study of the historical development of the presidency of the United States as reflected in the character, attitudes and issues facing the chief executives.
Major emphasis is on twentieth-century presidents.
A course in United States history. A study of the changing roles of women from colonial times to the present. A treatment of the political, social, economic and military history of the United States during the Second World War. Campaigns of the war by land, air, and sea in the Mediterranean, European, and Pacific theaters are covered in detail. As a sequel to 32.368 Intellectual History of Early Europe, an evaluation of outstanding ideologies which have appeared between the seventeenth and twentieth centuries.