History 118, “US History Since 1877” with Professor Matthew Pinsker meets at Dickinson College during fall semester 2026 on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9am in Denny 317. Course texts include Manisha Sinha’s Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic and H.W. Brands’ American Dreams as well as a variety of other essays and digital resources, including several created by Dickinson staff and students. Participants in this course will write various essays and will undertake a multi-media oral history project that attempts to illuminate a major episode or trend in U.S. history since 1945.
Banner image: “Migrant Mother” photograph by Dorothea Lange (1936) depicts Florence Thompson (1903-1983) though most textbooks, like the American Yawp, don’t identify her by name.