HIST 1653 - COLD WAR AMERICA IN THE WORLD

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course explores the impact of the Cold War on the American home front during its years of peak influence, 1945-1965. We will investigate the postwar division of the world into two opposing camps, and then take up topics such as McCarthyism, American reactions to the atomic bomb, the culture of consumption, suburbanization, and youth culture. We will ask how the Cold War climate fostered (or hindered) social movements for racial equality, participatory democracy, and women's rights. At its close, the course asks which hallmarks of the early Cold War - from lonely crowds to paranoid politics - persist today.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis

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