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Hart Institute Course – History 125
History 125 Topics in American History
This course emphasizes the study of primary sources to
understand broad themes and topics of significance in
American history. United States history is considered within
comparative and western hemispheric contexts. Topics change
each semester and will parallel the lectures and workshops
of the Hart Institute.
In 2002-2003 History 125 will examine major works of
nonfiction, fiction and film that addressed major issues in
American society and helped define these issues for the
American public. Themes include race, reconstruction, and
segregation; changes in industry, class structure, wealth,
and consumption; and labor, migration, and ethnicity in the
Southwest. Works by W.E. B. Du Bois, Thorstein Veblen, and
Carey McWilliams included.
History 125C,
Description, Fall 02 | History
125D, Description, Spring 03
Upcoming Lecture and Linked Seminars
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125C, Description, Fall 02 |
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Required Reading
(available at Huntley Bookstore and on reserve at Honnold Library; some books also available in the History Department Library):
Nathan Huggins, ed., "W.E.B. DuBois: Writings"
Kenneth Warren, "Black and White Strangers"
David Blight, "Race and Reunion"
Thorstein Veblen, "The Theory of the Leisure Class"
John Kenneth Galbraith, "The Affluent Society"
Barbara Ehrenreich, "Nickle and Dimed"
Carey McWilliams, "North From Mexico"
Carey McWilliams, "California: The Great Exception"
William Cronon, "Nature’s Metropolis"
Patricia Nelson Limerick, "Legacy of Conquest"
George Sanchez, "Becoming Mexican American"
Requirements
Weekly 2-pp. analytical essays on the assigned reading (50% of final grade) and class participation (50%). Of the weekly essays, the lowest grade will be dropped automatically. Rewrites will be allowed only in exceptional circumstances and after consultation with instructor. No late essays will be accepted. Class participation means attendance, completion of assigned reading, and contribution to class discussion.
This course is linked to and integrates the themes and lectures of the Hart Institute for American History. The theme for this year’s lecture series is “Public Intellectuals/Public Issues.” The lectures and course readings will address major works or bodies of work that framed pressing social or political issues of the day. Students will attend the Hart lectures and will meet as a seminar with each of the visiting lecturers; the specific lecturers and dates appear in the class schedule below.
Class Schedule
5 September
Introduction
12 September
DuBois, Dusk of Dawn DuBois, Souls of Black Folk, chs. 1-6 (pp. 363-438 in Huggins edition)
19 September
Blight, Race and Reunion DuBois, “The Propaganda of History” (pp. 1026-1047 in Huggins edition)
DuBois, The Suppression of the African Slave Trade, chs. 10-12 (pp. 152-198)
26 September
Hart Institute Lecture (11:00, Rose Hills Theatre)
Professor Kenneth Warren, “W.E.B.DuBois’ Dusk of Dawn: The End of a Beginning in African Americanist Inquiry”
Seminar with Professor Warren
Reading: Warren, Black and White Strangers
3 October
Veblen, The Theory of the Leisure Class
10 October
Galbraith, The Affluent Society
17 October
McWilliams, North From Mexico
24 October
McWilliams, California: The Great Exception
31 October
Hart Institute Lecture (11:00, Rose Hills Theatre) Ms. Barbara Ehrenreich, “Updating Veblen: Conspicuous Consumption and Invisible Workers”
Seminar with Ms. Ehrenreich
Reading: Ehrenreich, Nickel and Dimed
7 November
Cronon, Nature’s Metropolis
14 November
Limerick, Legacy of Conquest
21 November Hart Institute Lecture (11:00, Rose Hills Theatre) Professor George Sanchez, “Between Islands and Factories: Southern California through the Eyes of Carey McWilliams”
Seminar with Professor Sanchez
Reading: Sanchez, Becoming Mexican American
Thanksgiving Break
5 December Reflections
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125D, Description, Spring 03 |
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Required Reading
(available at Huntley Bookstore and on reserve at Honnold Library; some books also available in the History Department Library):
Michael Sherry, "The Shadow of War"
Mary Dudziak, "Cold War
Civil Rights"
Sam Tanenhaus, "Whittaker Chambers"
Rachel Carson, "Silent Spring"
William Cronon, ed., "Uncommon
Ground"
Donald Worster, "A River Runs West"
Jonathan Kozol, "Death at an Early Age"
Jonathan Kozol, "Savage
Inequalities"
Fox Butterfield, "All God’s Children J. Anthony Lukas, Common Ground"
Requirements
Weekly 2-pp. analytical essays on the assigned reading, and class participation. Essays are due in class on the day of discussion. Students who wish to revise their essays in light of class discussion may submit a second essay by the following Monday after class; the original essay and the revised version will be considered together for the grade. Of the weekly essays, the lowest grade will be dropped automatically. No late essays will be accepted. Class participation means attendance, completion of assigned reading, and contribution to class discussion. Poor attendance, poor preparation, and poor contribution to discussion will lower the final grade.
This course is linked to and integrates the themes and lectures of the Hart Institute for American History. The theme for this year’s lecture series is “Public Intellectuals/Public Issues.” The lectures and course readings will address major works or bodies of work that framed pressing social or political issues of the day. Students will attend the Hart lectures and will meet as a seminar with each of the visiting lecturers; the specific lecturers and dates appear in the class schedule below.
Class Schedule
23 January
Introduction
30 January
“Dr. Strangelove” No essay due
6 February
Hart Institute Lecture (11:00, Rose Hills Theatre)
Professor Michael Sherry: “Kubrick’s ‘Dr. Strangelove’: America’s Cold War Strange Love”
Seminar with Professor Sherry
Reading: Sherry, The Shadow of War
13 February
Dudziak, Cold War Civil Rights
20 February
Tanenhaus, Whittaker Chambers
27 February
Carson, Silent Spring
6 March
Hart Institute Lecture (11:00, Rose Hills Theatre)
Professor William Cronon: “The Fallout of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring”
Seminar with Professor Cronon
Reading: Cronon, ed., Uncommon Ground, pp. 19-229
13 March
Worster, A River Runs West
Spring Break
27 March
Kozol, Death at an Early Age
3 April
Kozol, Savage Inequalities
10 April
Butterfield, All God’s Children
17 April Hart Institute Lecture (11:00, Rose Hills Theatre)
Jonathan Kozol, “Amazing Grace: The Ethical Resilience of Low Income Children in Our Nation’s Segregated and Unequal Schools”
Seminar with Mr. Kozol
24 April
Lukas, Common Ground
1 May
Reflections
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