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Introduction |
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Introduction |
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Reconstruction |
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Legacies of War |
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- Foner, Eric. A Short History of Reconstruction, 1863-1877. Pp. xi-xvi, 1-15, 104-123.
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The Politics of Reconstruction (*PR 1) |
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- Foner, Eric. A Short History of Reconstruction, 1863-1877. Pp. 124-198.
- You may want to look at the chapter on Reconstruction in Pauline Maier, et al., Inventing America... Pp. 535-560, if there is anything that you want to examine in further detail, but you are not expected to read that as well.
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The New Industrial Society: Center and Margins |
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The "Winning" of the West |
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- Maier, Pauline, et al. Inventing America. Pp. 564-573, 582-584, 599-602.
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ROUGH DRAFT of first paper due at the beginning of class. We will spend most of the class working on peer editing. |
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The New Industrial Society (*PR 2) |
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- Maier, Pauline, et al. Inventing America. Pp. 573-580, 584-588.
- Carnegie, Andrew. "How I Served My Apprenticeship."
- Conwell, Russell H. "Acres of Diamonds."
- Sumner, William Graham. What Social Classes Owe to Each Other. Pp. 7-24, 63-87.
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Work and Play in Urban America |
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The Modern Labor Movement |
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- Kasson, John F. Amusing the Million: Coney Island at the Turn of the Century. Begin reading.
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REVISED DRAFT of first paper due at the beginning of class. |
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The Emergence of Consumer Culture (*PR 3) |
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- Kasson, John F. Amusing the Million: Coney Island at the Turn of the Century. Finish reading.
- Maier, Pauline, et al. Inventing America. Pp. 607-616, 633-638.
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America in the World |
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Immigrants Remake America (*PR 4) |
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- Maier, Pauline, et al. Inventing America. Pp. 588-593, 603-604.
- Yezierska, Anzia. "How I Found America."
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The Wars of 1898 (*PR 5) |
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- Maier, Pauline, et al. Inventing America. Pp. 661-662, 664-673.
- Roosevelt, Theodore. "The Strenuous Life."
- Twain, Mark. "As Regards Patriotism."
- Cabranes, José A. "Some Common Ground."
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Anti-Imperialism in the United States, 1898-1935 |
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Progressivism and Its Limits |
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In Search of Progressivism (*PR 6) |
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- Maier, Pauline, et al. Inventing America. Pp. 617-625, 638-640, 694-706.
- Lochner v. New York, 198 U.S. 45 (1905).
- Muller v. Oregon, 208 U.S. 412 (1908).
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FIRST DRAFT of second paper due at the beginning of class. |
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Lochner v. New York (1905)
Muller v. Oregon (1908)
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Violence in the Postwar South |
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- Allen, James, et al. Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America.
- Washington, Booker T. Up from Slavery. Pp. 217-237.
- DuBois, W. E. B. The Souls of Black Folk. Pp. 36-50.
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Without Sanctuary
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War and Depression |
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War, Revolution, and the Flapper (*PR 7) |
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- Maier, Pauline, et al. Inventing America. Pp. 720-731, 741-749.
- Susman, Warren I. "Culture Heroes: Ford, Barton, Ruth."
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The Great Depression (*PR 8) |
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- Maier, Pauline, et al. Inventing America. Pp. 752-758, 761-767, 770-778.
- Allan, Lewis. "Strange Fruit."
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REVISED DRAFT of second paper due at the beginning of class. |
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World War II |
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World War II |
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- The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter.
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The Legacies of War (*PR 9) |
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- Maier, Pauline, et al. Inventing America. Pp. 814-844. Everyone will be responsible for a section of this chapter, although you should read any parts of it that you need to help you learn about World War II.
- Luce, Henry R. "The American Century."
- United Nations General Assembly, Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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REVISED ESSAY for group one due in class. |
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UN Declaration of Human Rights
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The Cold War |
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The Cold War as a Political Crisis (*PR 10) |
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- May, Elaine Tyler. Homeward Bound: American Families in the Cold War Era. Pp. ix-xxvi, 1-29, 80-203. Begin reading.
- Maier, Pauline, et al. Inventing America. Pp. 847-879, 882-913. Read only those sections that you need to help you understand Homeward Bound.
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The Cold War as a Cultural Crisis (*PR 11) |
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- May, Elaine Tyler. Homeward Bound: American Families in the Cold War Era. Pp. ix-xxvi, 1-29, 80-203. Finish reading.
- Maier, Pauline, et al. Inventing America. Pp. 847-879, 882-913.
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REVISED ESSAY for group two due in class. |
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The Civil Rights Movement |
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The Emergence of the Civil Rights Movement |
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- Moody, Anne. Coming of Age in Mississippi. Pp. 1-117.
- O'Connor, Flannery. "Everything That Rises Must Converge."
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What the Civil Rights Movement Did (*PR 12) |
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- Moody, Anne. Coming of Age in Mississippi. Pp. 261-384.
- Maier, Pauline, et al. Inventing America. Pp. 921-922, 933-935, 943-944. Recommended as background reading.
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REVISED ESSAY for group three due in class. |
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Why Were We in Vietnam? |
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Vietnam (*PR 13) |
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- Maier, Pauline, et al. Inventing America. Pp. 952-957, 968-971.
- Johnson, Lyndon B. "Speech at Johns Hopkins University."
- O'Brien, Tim. "On the Rainy River."
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The Sixties and Beyond |
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The Sixties and Its Legacies (*PR 14) |
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- Maier, Pauline, et al. Inventing America. Pp. 944-945, 957-967.
- Ginsberg, Allen. "America."
- Friedan, Betty. "The Problem That Has No Name."
- Berry, Wendell. "The Ecological Crisis as a Crisis of Character."
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The Seventies: From Watergate to Disco (*PR 15) |
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- Maier, Pauline, et al. Inventing America. Pp. 978-981, 984-988, 993-999, 1003-1007.
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The New Conservatism |
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The Reagan Revolution (*PR 16) |
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- Maier, Pauline, et al. Inventing America. Pp. 1008-1011, 1014-1034. Everyone will be responsible for a section.
- Liu, Eric. The Accidental Asian: Notes of a Native Speaker. Begin reading.
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A Changing America (*PR 17) |
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- Liu, Eric. The Accidental Asian: Notes of a Native Speaker. Finish reading.
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The Next American Century? |
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The American Dream in a Global Age (*PR 18) |
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- Maier, Pauline, et al. Inventing America. Pp. 1044-1048.
- Reich, Robert B. The Work of Nations: Preparing Ourselves for Twenty-First-Century Capitalism. Pp. 3-9, 43-57, 119-135, 301-315.
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The American Dream after September 11 |
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FINAL PAPER due at the beginning of class. |
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