HIST 497 - U. S. History, 1945 to the Present

Credit(s): 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
When Offered: Spring - Even

This course examines the United States from the height of its power at the close of World War II, into the Cold War, through the Civil Rights Revolution, the turbulent 1960s, the Vietnam conflict, America’s de-industrialization, the rise of conservatism, and on to the age of Obama, in an effort to make sense of the present by studying this, the most recent past.

Crosslisted With: HIST 697