This interactive lecture outline course explores the doemstic political, social, and cultural divisions that have occurred in the United States since the end of the Second World War.
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Join us to discover the campaigns for social and political reform in the United States and assesses their impact on American society. It will explore the complexities of movements that have to deal with the conflation of issues such as gender, sexuality, race, class and self-identity.
What will we cover?
• The achievements and impact of the civil rights movement and the development of the Black Power movement. • The New Left, the student movement of the 1960s in the United States and Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society initiatives. • The conservative movement, the New Right and community campaigners. • Second Wave feminism and the challenges of race and sexuality to the women’s liberation movement. • Gender and sexuality rights campaigners and the 21st century backlash. • Social issues in the 21st century – the MeToo and Black Lives Matter movements and their impact on society.
What will I achieve? By the end of this course you should be able to...
• Assess how the reaction to rights-based protestors has influenced partisan division within the US. • Explain the historical foundations of current issues facing the United States, particularly those concerning race and ethnicity. • Be more familiar with certain aspects of American culture and politics and evaluate the achievements of liberalism in the United States.
What level is the course and do I need any particular skills?
This is an introductory course and does not assume any previous study or reading although you will need a reasonable standard of English to keep up with the course. As with most of our history and current affairs courses, an open mind and a willingness to listen to and think about views with which you do not always agree, are more important than specific levels of skills.
How will I be taught, and will there be any work outside the class?
You will be taught online, through a mixture of lectures and class discussion.
Are there any other costs? Is there anything I need to bring?
No other costs are involved. You may wish to bring pen and paper for any voluntary note-taking.
When I've finished, what course can I do next?
Please explore our Amercias category on the City Lit website to explore further courses on the history of the USA, South America & the Caribbean.
Dafydd Townley is a lecturer in American History at the University of Reading where he teaches courses to undergraduates and graduates on the FBI, protest groups in 1960s America, and race and ethnicity in the United States, as well as broad survey modules on US history. His research interests include American national security policy, the US intelligence community, cybersecurity policy, US grand strategy and US domestic counterintelligence operations. His research has been supported by University of Oxford’s Rothermere American Institute, Columbia University, the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation, the Institute for Historical Research and the Royal Historical Society. His work has been published in History, the Journal of Intelligence History and his monograph, The Year of Intelligence in the United States: Public Opinion, National Security and the 1975 Church Committee will be published by Palgrave Macmillan in June, 2021. His current research focuses on the long-term development of US cybersecurity policy.
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As with most of our history and current affairs courses, an open mind and a willingness to listen to and think about views with which you do not always agree, are more important than specific levels of skills.You will be taught online, through a mixture of lectures and class discussion.No other costs are involved. You may wish to bring pen and paper for any voluntary note-taking.Please explore our Amercias category on the City Lit website to explore further courses on the history of the USA, South America &amp; the Caribbean.HistoryThe Caribbean & Americasconfigurable
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