History 391RR - S-From Roosevelt to Reagan

Most observers agree that 21st century American society is deeply polarized socially, culturally, and politically. This course seeks to explore how it got that way. Franklin Roosevelt took office during the Great Depression and his New Deal policies both came to define liberalism and to recast conservative opposition. Nearly half a century later, Ronald Reagan tackled stagflation, but from the political right rather than the left. History xxxx takes an in-depth look at American politics, culture, and society from 1932 to the present with an eye toward linking present-day political discourse to the positive state/negative state ideologies embodied by Roosevelt and Reagan.

Open to Seniors, Juniors & Sophomores only.