HIST 376: Cold War America

HIST 376-001: Cold War America
(Spring 2025)

01:30 PM to 02:45 PM MW

Exploratory Hall (formerly Science and Tech II) L003

Section Information for Spring 2025

How did the Cold War change American politics and culture? Covering the period from the end of WWII to the election of JFK, this course explores the variety of ways that Americans experienced the early Cold War. We will discuss the construction of the Cold War order, both at home and abroad, by studying the politics of international confrontation, the Korean War, McCarthyism, the Truman and Eisenhower administrations, as well as such social developments as consumerism and suburbanization. We will also analyze widespread discontent within Cold War America by exploring the histories of feminism, rock’n’roll, the beat generation, and the civil rights movement.

Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Explores the variety of ways that Americans experienced the early Cold War, the period from the end of WWII to the presidency of JFK. Addresses the question of how the Cold War changed American politics and culture by examining the construction of the Cold War order, both at home and abroad, through the politics of international confrontation, the Korean War, McCarthyism, and the policies of the Truman and Eisenhower administrations, as well as such social developments as consumerism and suburbanization, the feminist movement, the nascent counterculture, and the civil rights movement. Offered by History & Art History. Limited to three attempts.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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