HIST 315 The United States Since 1945
The central political, legal, and moral issue for the United States after 1945 was equality: of class and race, and later, of gender, sexuality, healthcare, and many other issues. To its credit, the nation duly acted to address these short-comings. However, this postwar "search for equality" raised, and continues to raise, important and challenging questions. What is equality? How is equality measured, or determined? Is legal equality sufficient? Is it even possible to live in an equalitarian society? This course will explore these and related questions as they have shaped American social and cultural history since the Second World War.