Course Description

HI484* The United States, 1865-1917: Industrialism and its Response 1.0

An examination of post-Civil War economic expansion and the changes it wrought in American society. The course will cover the creation of the United States industrial and transportation networks and the development of large-scale entrepreneurial capitalism. It will also examine Americans' response to these phenomena with particular emphasis on the adjustments they made to traditional, social, political and economic attitudes.†

Prerequisite: HI209 (or permission of the Department).

Official electronic version updated on November 10, 2000

M. Watson, Editor