HIST3381 - Gilded Age and Progressive Era US

HIST 3381 Gilded Age and Progressive Era US (3 semester credit hours) A survey of the Gilded Age or Progressive Era, 1877-1919. Themes will include the expansion of industrial capitalism, the influx of "new immigrants" and patterns of "Americanization," middle-class social reform, emergence of the U.S. as an imperial power, explosion of nativist and racist sentiments, and the political mobilization of labor. Prerequisite: Completion of a 060 core course. (3-0) R