Arts, Sciences, and Engineering History
Course Section Listing Course Course Title Term Credits Status
COURSE_SECTION-3-124310 HIST 158-1 The New Empire: The Rise of Global America Spring 2022 4.0 - 0.0 Open
Schedule:
Day Begin End Location Start Date End Date
TR 940 AM 1055 AM Gavett Hall Room 312
Enrollment: Enrolled     
16 		Capacity     
No Cap
Instructors: Ruben Flores
Description: How did a nation surrounded by the French and British Empires at the end of the nineteenth century become the preeminent global superpower by the end of World War II in 1945? We will study the political and economic decisions after the US Civil War that culminated in the Spanish-American War of 1898, including America’s global invasion of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. We will consider the role that America assigned itself to in the march of world history. We will examine the place of commerce and consumer culture in the making of the Panama Canal and modern trade flows. And we will examine the rise of Communism in the context of American global power beginning with the Soviet Union and ending with the Vietnam War. Throughout, we will seek to understand how America’s military and economic strength has been understood internationally from the end of the nineteenth century to the present day.
Offered: Fall Spring Summer
Course Section Listing Course Course Title Term Credits Status
COURSE_SECTION-3-108323 HIST 158-1 The New Empire: The Rise of Global America Spring 2021 4.0 - 0.0 Open
Schedule:
Day Begin End Location Start Date End Date
TR 940 AM 1055 AM Gavett Hall Room 206
Enrollment: Enrolled     
17 		Capacity     
0
Instructors: Ruben Flores
Description: How did a nation surrounded by the French and British Empires at the end of the nineteenth century become the preeminent global superpower by the end of World War II in 1945? We will study the political and economic decisions after the U.S Civil War that culminated in the Spanish-American War of 1898, including America’s global invasion of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Samoa, and the Philippines. We will seek to understand the role of trade and consumer culture in the making of the Panama Canal and the American petroleum industry. And we will place the growth of the Soviet Union and the Marxist world in the context of America’s rise to global power and the Cold War that followed. Throughout, we will seek to understand how America’s military and economic strength has been understood internationally, beginning with the nations of Latin America and culminating with the 21st-century rise of China.
Offered: Fall Spring Summer