In the last decades of the 19th Century, the United States took decisive steps away from its rural, agrarian past toward its industrial future, assuming its place among world powers. This course examines that movement, covering such topics as business-labor relations, political corruption, immigration, imperialism, the New South, and segregation and racism.
Instructors: David Beito is Professor of History at the University of Alabama. He is the author of From Mutual Aid to the Welfare State: Fraternal Societies and Social Services, 1890-1967 and the recently released Black Maverick: T.R.M. Howard's Fight for Civil Rights and Economic Power with Linda Royster Beito. Burton Folsom holds the Charles F. Kline Chair in History and Management and is Professor of History at Hillsdale College. He is the author of The Myth of the Robber Barons.