HISTORY 257

Progress and Poverty: The USA, 1877-1919

Description

"Can a nation become an industrial and international power and remain a democracy?" This was the central question for a generation of Americans at the turn of the twentieth century as they faced the challenges of unprecedented wealth inequality, labour conflict, immigration, urbanisation, cultural transformation and empire.

This course will examine these developments and Americans’ responses to them with an eye to understanding how the period from the 1870s to the 1920s made America “modern”.

Assessment

Coursework + exam

For full course information see the Digital Course Outline.

Digital Course Outlines will be refreshed around November/December.

Availability 2025

Summer School

Lecturer(s)

Coordinator(s) Dr Paul Taillon

Assessment

Coursework only

Points

HISTORY 257: 15 points

Prerequisites

15 points at Stage I in History and 30 points passed

Restrictions

HISTORY 357