HIST 2112 Lecture 9: 09:27:2016
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Study with local students for a semester or full year. Going through 2 world wars, half of the cold war. Covering unprecedented changes in american life, culture, and politics. Beginning on the domestic politics politics within the usa. Ended last unit with america coming of age on the world stage. For the rest of this class, the us will be a world power to be reckoned with. There are periods in which the us becomes an isolationist or neutral power in a world at war. Unit will end in a guest lecture by gt alum, steven hall ending on atomic bomb. After this, there"s no turning back for the us in taking its role as world power. This unit is a defining half-century (1900-1950) During these two decades, you can hardly read a newspaper that doesn"t have the word. Deals with the issue of political economy: politics and economics of a nation state.
