The Great Depression

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This course examines the Great Depression as a cultural event that challenged Americans core assumptions about the economy, the state, and the progress of modernity. We will examine not only origins, politics, and legacies of the Depression, but also how Americans made sense of this event through art, literature, music, film, politics, protests, and new amusements. We will examine the culture of the Depression and its place within American iconography and memory. We will ask what the Depression meant to those who experienced it and what it has meant to us since. Course Attributes: ERS Focus Elective, Gender & Diversity Studies, Humanities Elect/Integrations, History - US Region, Peace & Justice Studies Minor College of Arts & Sciences History