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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

HIST 452B - Popular Culture in Twentieth-Century America



History of popular culture in the recent United States. Key themes include the growth of mass media and mass culture, debates over the merits and effects of popular culture, and the relationship of so-called highbrow and lowbrow culture.

Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Six credits of history.
Notes: This course is crosslisted with HIST 652B. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

Fulfills the UNLV General Education Humanities Requirement.