The original Populist movement and the challenge to traditional authority.
The Indian Wars and life on the Reservations.The first US ‘empire’: the Cuban-American and Philippine-American wars and the question of territorial expansion.Write in a mature and sophisticated style, with graduate-level prose and presentationĮxamples of the topics that will be explored include:.Write speedily yet fluently for extended periods, clearly articulating your ideas.Interact purposefully, productively and confidently with both your tutor and peers.Work independently and unsupervised for extended periods of time on complex tasks.Make valuable, critical and valued contributions to discussions and debates.
Apply the skills acquired during the module to problem-solving and policy making.Collect, analyse, synthesize and interpret a wealth of data along with primary and secondary textual sources.Draw upon your acquired knowledge in debate, essays, role play and under timed conditions.Undertake comparative and counterfactual analyses with rigor.Demonstrate a range as well as a depth of knowledge and insight about non-Western cultures and societies in relation to large-scale historical processes.Comment fluently on complex historical and theoretical debates, with appropriate use of evidence and terminology in argumentation.Exhibit an understanding of the differences between national, transnational, international and global fields of analysis.Show mindfulness of intercultural and philosophical differences about what constitute better or worse outcomes in history.Having successfully completed this module you will be able to: The difference between consensus and conflict-oriented approaches to the study of history.The impact of industrialisation and urbanisation on American politics and thought.The impact of the Progressive Era on the twentieth century.The key primary sources which permit an understanding of the topic.Undertake rigorous comparative analyses.Draw upon your acquired knowledge in seminar debates as well as the module’s essay and timed examination.Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
Aims and Objectives Aims and Objectives Learning Outcomes Knowledge and Understanding Americans were troubled and excited in equal measure as small towns, Victorian values, and comforting familiarity gave way to big cities, political radicalism, and the fevered squall of the jazz trumpet. Throughout, we will examine the impact of this process of national reconstruction upon American life and thought. Proceeding thematically, rather than chronologically, the module looks at the period 1877 to 1920 from a number of different angles, considering the ways in which ideas of class, gender, and race helped to shape the rebuilding of the United States. In this module, we will look at some of the most important issues of the day, including the wars waged against guerrilla fighters in the Philippines and American Indians in the West, the fight for women’s rights and the campaign for prohibition, the rise of populist politics, the growth of mass consumerism, the segregation and disenfranchisement of African Americans in the South, and the emergence of black ghettoes in the North. The turn of the century witnessed the rebirth of a nation devastated by bloody civil war. If this sounds familiar, it is because it is: the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries set the template for American life as we know it. Module overview Aims and Objectives Syllabus Learning and Teaching Assessment Module overviewįor the United States, the turn of the twentieth century was a turbulent, transformative time: an age of embattled political parties and insurgent Populists, mass immigration and overseas war, millionaire capitalists and impoverished farmers, all set to the ragged rhythms of African-American popular music (otherwise known as Ragtime).
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