Lehrende/r: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Axel Schäfer
Veranstaltungsart: online: Vorlesung
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Semesterwochenstunden: 2
Credits: 2,0
Unterrichtssprache: Englisch
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Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches: VL 412 “The U.S. in the Twentieth Century” This lecture course seeks to engage you in a critical and analytical look at crucial themes in America's domestic development from the Progressive Era to the end of the Cold War. It offers a diversity of perspectives and will provide you with the basic historical tools for more detailed investigation. Particular emphasis will be put on the impact of war on society, the growth of the state, economic change, social movements, cultural transformations, and political realignments. Among the key themes to be explored are the emergence of modernity, including urbanization, secularization, and technology; the transition from producer to consumer capitalism; the rise of big business and “big labor”; state-building and the politics of economic growth; the shift from an industrial to a postindustrial economy; and changes in gender and race relations. The course engages with differing interpretations of important developments in this time period and its historical focus provides a backdrop for understanding events and debates which shape current politics and culture in the United States.
