HIST2441 · History

U.S. Political History since 1968

Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences

Fulfills the U.S. History requirement for History Majors.This course explores the significant political developments that shaped the past fifty years of U.S. history, an era notable for declining faith in government, new rights claims by marginalized citizens, growing partisan polarization, and widening inequality. In addition to tracing the transformation of political parties and their ideological coalitions, we will also ask how social, economic, and cultural changes have influenced political life. Topics include the evolution of 1960s social movements, the rise of the religious Right, the War on Drugs and the carceral state, the AIDS crisis, the politics of globalization, the 2008 financial crisis, and the gig economy.