COURSE NUMBER: | HIST 399 | ||||||||||
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COURSE TITLE: | Special Topics in History - 2008/09 Fall - History of
the United States since the Civil War, 1865-present |
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NAME OF INSTRUCTOR: | Dr Will Van Arragon | ||||||||||
CREDIT WEIGHT AND WEEKLY TIME DISTRIBUTION: | credits 3(hrs lect 3 - hrs sem 0 - hrs lab 0) | ||||||||||
COURSE DESCRIPTION: | A course on a topic of figure of special interest to a
member of the history faculty and offered on a non-recurring basis.
Prerequisites: HIST 202 or 203 2008/09 Fall This course will survey the history of the United States from the end of the Civil War until the present day. It will examine the following themes and periods: Reconstruction; race relations and the rise of the Civil Rights movement; America’s movement from isolationism to imperialism and sole world superpower; immigration; religious and political culture. By implication we also will consider the economic, military, cultural and religious dimensions of the global assertion of American power over the past century. The objective of this course is for students to acquire a basic familiarity with American history, a goal made pertinent by America’s role as world superpower and its place as Canada’s crucial neighbour. A Christian perspective will be brought to bear on the subject in two ways. First, the course will consider at length the religious composition of the United States, a nation which is deemed by some to be a “Christian nation.” In other words, the role of Christianity in American culture, politics, economic thought, and imperialism will be examined closely. Second, students will be asked to act as Christian social critics, to analyze and judge America’s actions and place in the world. |
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