U.S. and Its Colonial Origins: 1893 to the Present

History 13C: U.S. and Its Colonial Origins: 1893 to the Present - 5 units - UCLA GE This course examines how the struggles of workers, women, racialized groups, artists and intellectuals, and the wealthy and powerful altered U.S. democracy starting at the beginning of the twentieth century. The main themes that are covered include the emergence of the U.S. as a world power, immigration, organized labor, the New Deal state, WWII, Civil Rights, feminism, ethnic nationalisms, the Cold War, decolonization, the Vietnam conflict, the global war on terror, and the current era of growing income inequality and privatization. Robin D. G. Kelley is the Gary B. Nash Professor of American History. His books include the prize-winning Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original; Race Rebels: Culture Politics and the Black Working Class; Yo' Mama's DisFunktional!: Fighting the Culture Wars in Urban America; and Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination. Kelley's interests range widely, covering the history of labor and radical movements in the U.S., the African Diaspora, and Africa; intellectual and cultural history (particularly music and visual culture); urban studies, and transnational movements.