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5510 Method Of Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Study Of The 1930S (3) This course is one of a series in the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies program which studies American culture, history, and science by examining major decades of the 20th-century. This seminar offers an in-depth study of America's Great Depression during the 1930s and how the problems of this country related to events across the globe. Readings, lectures, and discussions focus on historical, economic, political, and cultural issues in the face of national conflict. Sessions cover such topics as the emergence of Regionalist artists in the Midwest, the contributions of Kansas City jazz to the creation of a new art form, African-American writers, the role of women in the Depression, economic causes of the Depression, the Pendergast Machine, and scientific developments between the two World Wars. Offered: every fourth semester or on demand.
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