Modern America (HTA 353)

Term: 2025-2026 Academic Year Fall

Faculty

Matthew Elbert Millsap

Spring 2026 Office Hours

Office Location: Jones F5

Monday: 9:30am-10:30am

Tuesday: 2:00pm-4:00pm

Wednesday: 9:30am-10:30am

Thursday: 2:00pm-4:00pm

Friday 9:30am-10:30am

Schedule

Tue-Thu, 11:00 AM - 12:20 PM (8/25/2025 - 12/19/2025) Location: MAIN JONES 308

Description

This class is an exploration of American history from the 1940s to the present, emphasizing the political, economic and cultural aspects of the period. The course will cover topics such as the Cold War, Elvis Presley and 1950s counterculture, the radicalism of the 1960s, the 1970s as the age of cynicism, the emergent conservatism of the 1980s, and how a culture war developed in the early 2000s. Fall-Odd