MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE
History
1011
Fall, 2008
Development of America I
Mr. Bowling
D. Smith
Pauline
Maier et alia, Inventing America, v. 1
(New York, 2006).
Joseph T. Glatthaar & James Kirby Martin, Forgotten Allies; The Oneida
Indians &
the American Revolution (New York, 2007).
John Lamberton Harper, American
Machiavelli; Alexander Hamilton & the
Origins of U.S.
Foreign Policy (Cambridge, 2007).
Paul A. Gilje, Liberty on the Waterfront; American Maritime Culture in the
Age of
Revolution (Philadelphia, 2007).
William Dusinberre.,
Slavemaster
President; The Double Career of James K. Polk
(New
York, 2007).
James E. Crisp, Sleuthing the
Alamo; Davy
Crockett's Last Stand and Other
Mysteries
of the Texas Revolution (New
York, 2005).
Glenn W. Lafantasie, Twilight at Little
Round Top; July 2, 1863: The Tide Turns
at Gettysburg (New
York, 2005).
1. Attendance.
2. Participation.
3. Readings.
4. Successful
completion of three examinations.
Objectives
Measured by the Examinations:
·
Factual knowledge of the historical essence of the subject via readings
& lectures
·
Factual knowledge of the international dimensions of the subject
·
Practice of succinct written expression to demonstrate knowledge
·
Practice of essay-writing to demonstrate general comprehension of factual
material backed up by specifics, along with critical/analytical interpretation
as to the “why” behind events, trends, and outcomes
Topics
Readings
Aug.
25-
The New Worlds
Maier, chs. 1, 2
28
Sept. 1
L A B O R D A Y
Sept. 4
Virginia
Maier, ch. 3
The Puritan Experiment
Maier, ch. 4
Sept. 8-11
The Great Awakening
The Colonial Economy
Glatthaar & Martin
Sept.
15-18
“Salutary Neglect”
Origins of the Revolution
Birth
of a Nation
Maier, ch. 5
Sept.
22
The Critical Period
Harper
The New Constitution
The Indispensable Man
Maier, ch. 6
Sept.
25
F I R S T E X A M I
N A T I O N
Sept. 29-
Jefferson vs. Hamilton
Oct. 2
The Revolution of 1800
Oct.
6-9
Jeffersonianism in Practice
Maier, chs. 7-8
Why the War of 1812?
Oct.
13
C O L U M B U S D A
Y
Oct. 14-16
The Lessons of “Victory”
Gilje
Farmers and Others
Oct. 20-23
Andrew Jackson, Symbol
Maier, chs. 9-10
Prelude to Civil War
Oct. 27-30
Two-Party Politics
Maier, ch. 11
The
Peculiar Institution
Dusinberre
Varieties of Anti-Slavery
Maier, chs. 12-13
Nov.
3
S E C O N D E X A M
I N A T I O N
Nov.
6
The First Age of Reform
Maier, ch. 14
Going West
Nov. 10-13
The 1850s: Decade of Crises
Maier, ch. 15
Nov. 17-20
The Crisis of ‘60-’61
Crisp
Nov. 24
“And the War Came…”
Nov.
27
T H A N K S G I V I N G
Dec.
1-4
Civil War: Order of Battle
Maier, ch. 16
The Union Preserved
Lafantasie