HISTORY 257

Making Modern America 1877-1924

Please note: this is archived course information from 2016 for HISTORY 257.

Description

A survey of the United States from the end of Reconstruction through the 1920s that evaluates the role of ordinary people as well as influential figures. Themes include industrialisation; labour conflict and organisation; segregation; reform; literary and intellectual movements; popular culture; imperialism; politics and the state.

Availability 2016

Not offered in 2016; planned for 2017

Lecturer(s)

Coordinator(s) Dr Paul Taillon

Recommended Reading

Nell Irvin Painter, Standing at Armageddon: The United States, 1877-1919, New York, 2008

Points

HISTORY 257: 15 points

Prerequisites

30 points at Stage I in History, or 15 points in Stage I in History and either ASIAN 100 or MĀORI 130

Restrictions

HISTORY 357