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HS 283 The American Experience II: From the Closing of the Frontier to the Present
Full Curriculum Program
Rome, Italy
Dates: 1/9/24 - 5/4/24
HS 283 The American Experience II: From the Closing of the Frontier to the Present
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: John Cabot University
Location: Rome, Italy
Primary Subject Area: History
Instruction in: English
Transcript Source: TBD
Course Details: Level 200
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 45
Prerequisites: Reccommended: HS 280
DESCRIPTION
This course will examine the transformation of the United States from a peripheral country to a world power. The course will analyze the causes of that transformation, focusing on industrialization, the First World War, the Great Depression, changes in American social thought and literature, the Second World War, the Cold War, Vietnam, and the search for a new world order.Specialattention will be devoted to democracy and freedom, the role of race, the impact of immigration, as well as the post-war student and protest movements.