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American History, 1877 to the Present

History 104

Usual Description

This course will explore American politics, society, and culture from the post-Civil War era to the present. We will focus on changes in power relations in American society produced by social and political movements. We will also examine the construction and contestation of gender, race, ethnic, and class. This course will emphasize the use of primary sources, different modes of historical analysis and interpretation, and scholarly controversies.

Areas of Interest

Time Periods

Post-1877

Themes

Course Listings

These are all of the listings of this course recorded in the Oberlin course catalog since the fall of 2007.

Listing	Semester	Professor
History 104	Spring 2017	Taught by Clayton Koppes
History 104	Spring 2015	Taught by Clayton Koppes
History 104	Spring 2014	Taught by Clayton Koppes
History 104	Spring 2013	Taught by Jason Petrulis
History 104	Spring 2012	Taught by Clayton Koppes or Renee Romano
History 104	Spring 2011	Taught by Clayton Koppes or Renee Romano
History 104	Spring 2010	Taught by Clayton Koppes, Shelley Lee, or Pablo Mitchell
History 104	Spring 2009	Taught by Clayton Koppes, Shelley Lee, or Pablo Mitchell

Related courses

Clayton Koppes

Faculty/staff member

Departments	History
Courses Taught	American AIDS American History, 1877 to the Present Motion Picture Censorship Roosevelt to Reagan: American Political History, 1933-1989 The 1960s The Cold War The US Since 1945 (US)SR: Comparative Cold Wars World Censorships
Geographic Expertise	United States
Time Periods	Post-1890
Thematic Interests	American History American Politics Censorship Cold War Environmental History Gay History History Of Technology U.S. Foreign Policy

American History to 1877

Course

Listed As	History 103
Taught By	Matthew Bahar Gary Kornblith
Areas Covered	United States
Time Periods	1600 - 1877
Themes	American Civil War American Culture American History American Revolution Capitalism Colonization Gender Studies Nation-Building Race And Ethnicity Studies Race And Racism Reconstruction Slavery

Renee Romano

Faculty/staff member

Departments	Africana Studies Comparative American Studies Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies History
Courses Taught	American History, 1877 to the Present Historical Memory in the United States Historical Memory in the United States History Senior Projects Race and Sexuality Race-ing the Environment: Historical Appraoches to Race and Environmental History Repairing the Past Senior Honors The History and Practice of Whiteness in the United States The US in World War II U.S. Foreign Policy
Time Periods	1900 - 2000
Languages	German (Basic)
Thematic Interests	African American History American History Civil Rights Historical Memory

Pablo Mitchell

Faculty/staff member

Departments	Comparative American Studies Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies History Latin American Studies
Courses Taught	American History, 1877 to the Present American Mixed Blood American Sexualities Borderlands Introduction to Comparative American Studies Latina/o History Seminar: Archiving Sex: Researching America's Sexual Pasts Westward Bound: The West in American History
Geographic Expertise	United States
Time Periods	1880 - 1930
Thematic Interests	American West Borderlands Gender And Sexuality Latino Studies Multiracial Populations

Shelley Lee

Faculty/staff member

Departments	Comparative American Studies Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies History
Courses Taught	Afro-Asian America American History, 1877 to the Present American Orientalism Asian American History Asian American History Climate Change and Disaster in History Colloquium: Crisis of Confidence: American History and Culture in the 1970s Immigration in U.S. History Immigration in U.S. History Introduction to Comparative American Studies Intro to Comparative Amer Stud Research Seminar: Expanding the Archive Senior Honors Senior Honors Westward Bound: The West in American History
Geographic Expertise	United States
Time Periods	1900 - 2000
Thematic Interests	American West Asian American Studies Immigration Race And Ethnicity Studies Urban Communities

The US Since 1945

Course

Listed As	History 253
Taught By	Clayton Koppes Jason Petrulis
Areas Covered	United States
Time Periods	Post-1945
Themes	American History Civil Rights Cold War Consumerism Deindustrialization Deregulation Globalization Immigration War On Terror Welfare State

Visible Bodies and the Politics of Sexuality

Course

Listed As	Comparative American Studies 202
Taught By	Wendy Kozol
Areas Covered	United States
Themes	Agency Gaze Gender And Sexuality Nationalism Race And Ethnicity Studies Race And Sexuality Socioeconomic Class Visual Culture Studies

Matthew Bahar

Faculty/staff member

Departments	History
Courses Taught	American History to 1877 American Indians: Pre-Columbus to the Present Early Modern Atlantic World Indians/Empires in Early Amer Pirates and Piracy Race, Religion, and Violence in Early America
Geographic Expertise	North America
Time Periods	1500 - 1800
Languages	French (Intermediate)
Thematic Interests	American History

Motion Picture Censorship

Course

Listed As	History 339 History 406
Taught By	Clayton Koppes
Areas Covered	United States
Themes	American Culture American History Censorship Film History

Asian American History

Course

Listed As	Comparative American Studies 260
Taught By	Maria Paz G. Esguerra Shelley Lee
Areas Covered	United States
Themes	Asian American History Community Formation Gender And Sexuality Human Migration Immigration Labor History Race And Ethnicity Studies Socioeconomic Class