Look at our modern political, social, and cultural history across the last two decades as an award-winning professor of American history unpacks the 21st century in this update to A History of the United States.
The United States since 9/11
Look at our modern political, social, and cultural history across the last two decades as an award-winning professor of American history unpacks the 21st century in this update to A History of the United States.
Overview
About
Patrick N. Allitt is Cahoon Family Professor of American History at Emory University, where he has taught since 1988. He received his PhD in American History from the University of California, Berkeley, and completed postdoctoral fellowships at Harvard Divinity School and Princeton University. He is a widely published author whose books include A Climate of Crisis: America in the Age of Environmentalism; The Conservatives: Ideas and Personalities throughout American History; and Religion in America since 1945: A History.
01: The Political Scene, 2001–2016
Professor Allitt investigates the good and the bad of the first decade-and-a-half of the 21st century. From examining the events surrounding—and ramifications of—9/11 through the polarizing election of 2016, he surveys a turbulent fifteen-year span which brought to America huge shifts in technology, politics, social reforms, economics, and more. This period laid the groundwork for a culture that currently feels more divided than it has since the Civil War.
37 min
02: Cultural Trends, 2001–2016
The last fifteen years have introduced new or significant evolutions in our views—leading to major shifts in our traditional political and social perspectives. Professor Allitt delves into issues such as immigration, wealth inequity, racism, religious intolerance, environmental concerns, gay rights, advancements in technology and innovations, and more, highlighting the turning points which have defined our modern culture.
36 min
