United States Since 1945

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This course incorporates lectures, readings, discussions, and videos to give students an in-depth view of U.S. history from 1945 to the present. This period of history has produced rapid and often disruptive and controversial changes in American life, and we discuss the people, events, and ideas that characterized the era. This course combines the study of politics, ideology, economics, society, and culture to encourage students to think critically and write analytically. We will also consider some historiographical and methodological challenges in researching and writing about recent history.