2023-2024 Catalog

HIST 312 Made in the U.S.A. : American Consumer History

Students will be introduced to the study of U.S. history through the lens of consumption: what we buy, where we buy it, how we pay for it, where it came from, and why purchasing power is important personally and politically.  Special attention will be paid to the emergence of credit, the labor movement, the development of overseas markets, the landscape of consumption, and contemporary advertising.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

WRIT 102 or WRIT 201