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2013-2014 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2013-2014 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

HST 204 - 20th Century America II

3 credits C, D
Examines the major political, social, economic and cultural trends that have shaped America since World War II. The course explores the central questions and events of the past half-century including the Cold War, the emergence of suburbs and the decline of cities, the rise and fall of post-war liberalism, the tensions of the 1960s, and the more recent rise of conservatism and a global economy. Class debates center around significant controversies of the period.