HIST451 - US AND THE WORLD SINCE 1898

Status
O
Activity
LEC
Title (text only)
HIST451 - US AND THE WORLD SINCE 1898
Term
2019A
Syllabus
Subject area
HIST
Section number only
001
Section ID
HIST451001
Meeting times
TR 1030AM-1200PM
Meeting location
COLLEGE HALL 314
Instructors
OFFNER, AMY
Description
This class examines the emergence of the U.S. as a world power since 1898, and considers both the international and domestic consequences of U.S. foreign relations. In one respect, the twentieth century was a strange time to become a global empire: it was the period when colonial systems centered in Europe, Russia, Japan, and Turkey collapsed, and new nations emerged throughout Africa and Asia. This class explores the changing strategies of military, economic, and political intervention that the U.S. pursued as colonization lost legitimacy. Within that framework, the class invites students to think about several questions: How did the idea and practice of empire change over the twentieth century? How did the United States relate to new visions of independence emerging in Africa, Asia, and Latin America? How did global interactions both inform and reflect racial ideology in the United States? Finally, how did international affairs transform U.S. politics and social movements?
Course number only
451
Use local description
No
LPS Course
false
Major Concentrations
Major/Minor Requirements Fulfilled