History 171 - Amer. Peoples Since Civil War

This class introduces the history of the United States from Reconstruction to the present. Our themes include: America's evolving relationship to the world; the evolution of racial, gendered, and class identities through work, politics, and culture; the growth of the federal government; and the changing meaning of politics and citizenship through social protest: the Old Left and the New Left, the Civil Rights movement, Women's and Gay Liberation movements, the New Right and the rise of the evangelical movement.