MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE

History 2005                                                                                  Spring, 2009
Recent American History                                                        Mr. Bowling     
(1945-1981)                                                                                  J. Tellier

Books to be purchased:

*Randall Bennett, Quest for Identity: America Since 1945 (Cambridge, 2005).
Michael D’Antonio, A Ball, a Dog, & a Monkey:  1957—the Space Race Begins
      (New York, 2006).
Kevin M. Kruse, White Flight; Atlanta & the Making of Modern Conservatism
     (Princeton, 2005).
William Kashatus, September Swoon; Richie Allen, the ’64 Phillies, & Racial
     Integration (University Park, 2004).
Nils Gilman, Mandarins of the Future; Modernization Theory in Cold War
     America (Baltimore, 2007).
Laura Pulido,  Black, Brown, Yellow, & Left; Radical Activism in Los Angeles
    (Berkeley, 2006).
Michael Walker, Laurel Canyon: The Inside Story of Rock-and-Roll’s
     Legendary Neighborhood (New York, 2007).
*textbook

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

Requirements:
1.            Attendance.
2.            Participation.
3.            Readings.
4.            Successful completion of three examinations.

Schedule:                                                                                        

Jan. 22                      Introduction
The United States in 1945
Origins of the Cold War

Jan. 26-29                 Red Scare

Feb. 2-5                     The Age of Ike
The Suburban Dream                                       D’Antonio

Feb. 9-12                   The Unholy Trinity

Feb.16-19                  Facing an American Dilemma                       

Feb. 23                      Sputnik Worries

Feb. 26                      F I R S T   E X A M I N A T I O N

Mar. 2-5                     “Kennedyism”                                                     Kruse
Cold War Crises           

Mar. 9-12                  S P R I N G   B R E A K

Mar. 16-19                Making of a Counterculture
It Happened in Berkeley                                    Kashatus

Mar. 23-26                The Great Society & Its Critics
Making of a Quagmire                       

Mar.  30                     Long, Hot Summers
Woodstock Nation

Apr. 2                         S E C O N D   E X A M I N A T I O N  

Apr. 6-9                     1968:  Everything Went Wrong                         Gilman

Apr. 13-16                  The “Silent Majority” Is Heard
                                      The End of the Sixties                                          Pulido
                                      The China Card and After

Apr. 16-19                   What Were the 1970s?
   The Age of Inflation                       

Apr. 20-23                   The Unmaking of a President
  The Spread of “the Sixties”                        Walker

Apr. 27-30                   Cold War Reborn
   Crisis of Confidence
   The Meaning of “Reaganism”
   The 1980s and After

F I N A L    E X A M I N A T I O N  [time to be announced]
                            

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