AMER HIST TO THE CIVIL WAR ERA, THE ORIGIN & GROWTH OF THE U S

HISTORY/LEGALST 261

Surveys the development of American law down to the U.S. Civil War. Reviews the English historical background, and examines how law changed in colonial America, culminating in the framing of the U.S. Constitution. Explores how territorial expansion, democracy, and slavery shaped nineteenth-century American law. Emphasis is on how law interacts with political, social, and cultural change, with a focus on the origins of modern civil and constitutional rights.

ECON/HISTORY 466

Emergence of the large corporation; growth and instability since the mid-nineteenth century; increasing government participation in the economy; the impact of war, depression, discrimination, and international responsibilities.

HISTORY 102

American political, economic and social development from the Civil War to the present.

HISTORY 345

The founding and growth of the military establishment, the exercise of the military art, and military policies treated in connection with relevant political, social, and economic factors.

ECON 465

Survey of the forces underlying American economic development and the distribution of income; rise of regional economies; origins of manufacturing; effects of slavery; influence of government and politics on growth.