U.S. History from the end of the Civil War to the Present: syllabus
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Eyal Naveh, Tel Aviv University
Week 1 New Born Nation: The aftermath of the Civil War. The age of Reconstruction
Week 2 The Gilded Age: Industrialization and Urbanization. The Rise of Big Business
Week 3 Labor Reaction and Unrest, New Immigration, Farmers Discontent
Week 4 The Progressive Reform Movement: origins, profile, goals, achievements and
Week 2 The Gilded Age: Industrialization and Urbanization. The Rise of Big Business
Week 3 Labor Reaction and Unrest, New Immigration, Farmers Discontent
Week 4 The Progressive Reform Movement: origins, profile, goals, achievements and
shortcomings
Week 5 Imperialism New Empire: The First World War and its impact on American Society
Week 6 The Twenties: “normalcy”, prosperity, reaction, experimentation and alienation
Week 7 The Great Depression and the New Deal
Week 8 America and the Second World War: The shadow of Auschwitz and Hiroshima
Week 9 The Cold War and McCarthyism
Week 10 The Fifties: politics, economic prosperity, social conformity Cold World Liberalism.
Week 11 The Sixties: New Frontier and Great Society. Civil Rights, Vietnam: American
Week 5 Imperialism New Empire: The First World War and its impact on American Society
Week 6 The Twenties: “normalcy”, prosperity, reaction, experimentation and alienation
Week 7 The Great Depression and the New Deal
Week 8 America and the Second World War: The shadow of Auschwitz and Hiroshima
Week 9 The Cold War and McCarthyism
Week 10 The Fifties: politics, economic prosperity, social conformity Cold World Liberalism.
Week 11 The Sixties: New Frontier and Great Society. Civil Rights, Vietnam: American
Counter-culture
Week 12 The Seventies: economic stagnation, social discontent, crisis of confidence.
Week 12 The Seventies: economic stagnation, social discontent, crisis of confidence.
The rise of conservatism
Week 13 The "Reagan Revolution" and the End of the Cold War
Week 14 US at the Turn of the Century: Identity Politics, postmodernism, Globalization
Week 13 The "Reagan Revolution" and the End of the Cold War
Week 14 US at the Turn of the Century: Identity Politics, postmodernism, Globalization
