HIST220

Social history examines how ordinary people are affected by, adapt to, and influence the process of historical change. This course examines American society "from the bottom up." Although the larger processes of political and economic change that transformed America into an industrial world power in the 20th century will provide the necessary background, this course concentrates on how ordinary people dealt with these changes. Specifically, the changing nature of work, family, community, gender, and race relations provide the organizational themes for this course.