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HI 228 Coming Apart: American Society, 1960–1974 (3)
This course analyzes changing social mores and values between 1960 and 1974. Particular attention is given to the New Frontier, the Civil Rights Movement, the Great Society and the War on Poverty, the Women's Movement, and the rise of a youth and counterculture. Additional emphasis is placed on American military intervention in the Vietnam War and the resulting backlash, the Nixon presidency, Watergate, and the unraveling of political and social consensus.
