HIS 154 - Making of Modern America (1)

The late nineteenth century ushered in a plethora of momentous changes in the economic, political, and social spheres of American life that heralded the birth of modern society. Massive upheavals brought about by revolutions in American industry, transportation systems, immigration patterns, and urbanization fundamentally altered the very structure of American society. This course examines the underlying changes that gave rise to a new era in American history epitomized by the “mass” character of modern life by focusing on mass production, mass consumption, mass culture, and mass movements (including civil rights and women’s rights) from the mid-nineteenth century through the late 1960s. Not open to seniors without permission of the instructor. No S/U option.
(Humanities)