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Published by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Language: English
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The Great Depression and World War II permanently changed American politics and society. Topics include: the Great Crash, the New Deal, Roosevelt, the home front, the Normandy Invasion, and the atomic bomb. Explores those events through film, novels, newspapers, and other historical documents.
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This course examines theĀ American experience at home and abroad from Pearl Harbor to the end of the Cold War. Topics include: America's role as global superpower, foreign and domestic anticommunism, social movements of left and right, suburbanization, and popular culture.
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- history
- american history
- nuclear
- world war two
- twentieth century
- foreign policy
- cold war
- atomic bomb
- military industrial complex
- baby boom
- social movements
- postwar economy
- pearl harbor
- america's role
- global superpower
- foreign anticommunism
- domestic anticommunism
- the left
- the right
- suburbanization
- popular culture
- world war ii
- ww
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This class examines how and why twentieth-century Americans came to define the "good life" through consumption, leisure, and material abundance. We will explore how such things as department stores, nationally advertised brand-name goods, mass-produced cars, and suburbs transformed the American economy, society, and politics. The course is
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- history
- twentieth century history
- history
- popular culture
- united states
- marketing
- mass-production
- consumption
- economics
- politics
- middle class
- advertising
- status
- american dream
- mass-market
- suburbs
- e-commerce
- fast food
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This course will explore how Americans have confronted energy challenges since the end of World War II. Beginning in the 1970s, Americans worried about the supply of energy. As American production of oil declined, would the US be able to secure enough fuel to sustain their high consumption lifestyles? At the same time, Americans also began
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- history
- energy
- usa
- oil embargo
- gulf war
- richard nixon
- ronald reagan
- jimmy carter
- george bush
- nuclear power
- wind power
- fossil fuel
- automobiles
- suburbia
- iran hostage crisis
- climate change
- global warming
- oil drilling
- kyoto protocol
- solar power
- opec
- epa
- earth day
- environmentalism
- atomic bomb
- gerald ford
- levittown
- manhattan pro
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This seminar aims to develop a teaching knowledge of the field through extensive reading and discussion of major works. The reading covers a broad range of topics - political, economic, social, and cultural - and represents a variety of historical methods.
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- history
- united states
- history
- contemporary
- post-reconstruction
- literature
- twentieth century
- nineteen century
- immigration
- urbanization
- populism
- progressivism
- modern american culture
- depression
- world war
- new dea
- politics
- new deal
- american history
- political
- culture
- cultural
- social
- economic
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