HIST 443 - Colloquium: Crisis of Confidence: American History and Culture in the 1970s

Next Offered: 2013-2014
Semester Offered: First Semester 2013-2014
Credits (Range): 4 hours
Attribute: 4SS, WR, CD
Explores the decade between the ‘groovy 60s’ and ‘Age of Reagan’ as a distinct era in American history and a critical period whose legacies continue to inform our contemporary world. Through consideration of developments including Watergate, the oil crisis, white backlash, the ‘Battle of the Sexes,’ and punk music, we interrogate how such moments shed light on contestations over national identity, inclusion, and power in an era regarded as a high point of American cynicism.
Enrollment Limit: 15
Instructor: S. Lee
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes