1930'S AMERICA

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Prerequisite: Not open to students who already have credit for HIST 3103. Open to graduate students and qualified undergraduates (those who have completed a minimum of 96 undergraduate credits with an overall GPA of at least 3.2). Qualified undergraduates must contact the Office of Graduate Studies for the required permission form. Through folk music, visual arts, photographs, oral histories, short stories, a novel, and documentaries,this class will examine how a wide range of North Americans experienced the Great Depression and New Deal. This course draws heavily on primary sources to answer key conceptual questions about the 1930s: Was the period conservative or revolutionary? How well did political leaders respond to the crisis of the time? Was there a New Deal for women, African Americans, workers, etc.? How does the Updated: October 2017 Depression compare to our current economic troubles? This course aims to teach students to read primary and secondary sources critically, to interpret historiographical debates, and to develop and defend arguments.