CHIST 1100 United States and the World: Encounters and Resonances
This course will explore and compare two periods of intersection between the United States and the wider world: the Era of Imperialism, Progressivism, and World War I (c. 1885-1925) and the Post- Cold War, Globalizing Contemporary World (c. 1980-Present). Making use of materials that range from newspapers to city plans, from presidential addresses to short stories, from treaties to philosophical tracts, from battle deaths to symphony programs students will pick up the separate threads that, in different intensities and weaves, form the historical fabric of each era. The overall goal is to acquire some sense of historical development from earlier to later. What has changed significantly about the United States and the world during the "long twentieth century," and what has remained much the same?