HISTORY 108

Rise and Fall of the USA


Please note: this is archived course information from 2016 for HISTORY 108.

Description

How can a nation founded in slavery and offering equality and opportunity for only some claim to be a land of freedom? Is the increasing gap between rich and poor a sign that the age of American power and prosperity is over? Approaching the history of the United States as one of triumph, tragedy, and, ultimately, paradox, this course tackles these and other questions as it explores how Americans have contended with one another over the meanings of freedom, equality, opportunity, and justice from the founding of their nation to the present.

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Availability 2016

Semester 1

Lecturer(s)

Coordinator(s) Dr Paul Taillon

Recommended Reading

Eric Foner, Give Me Liberty! An American History, 3rd Edition, New York, 2012.

Assessment

Coursework + exam

Points

HISTORY 108: 15 points

Restrictions

HISTORY 105