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MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE |
History 1012 Spring, 2004
Development of America II Mr. Bowling
J. Danielski
Books to be purchased:
*Pauline Maier et alia, Inventing America (New York, 2003), vol. II .
Sven Beckert, The Monied Metropolis; New York City & the
Consolidationof the American Bourgeoisie (Cambridge, 2003).
Dorothy B. Fujita-Rony, American Workers, Colonial Power;
Philippine Seattle & the Transpacific West, 1919-1941 (Berkeley,
2002).
John S. D. Eisenhower, Intervention: the United States and the
Mexican Revolution, 1913-1917 (New York, 1998).
Bruce Watson, The Man Who Changed How Boys & Toys Were
Made; The Life & Times of A. C. Gilbert, the Man Who Saved
Christmas (New York, 2003).
Eduardo Obregon Pagan, Murder at the Sleepy Lagoon; Zoot Suits,
Race, & Riot in Wartime Los Angeles (Chapel Hill, 2004).
Paul Dickson, Sputnik; The Shock of the Century (New York, 2003).
*textbook
Requirements:
1. Attendance.
2. Participation.
3. Readings.
4. Successful completion of three examinations.
Schedule:
| Jan. 22 | Introduction | Maier, ch. 17 |
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The United States in 1865 |
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| The Andrew Johnson Story | ||
| Jan. 26-29 | The Meaning of “Redemption” On the Road to Number One |
Maier, chs. 18, 19 |
| Feb. 2-5 | Social Darwinist Worldview The Frontier “Closed” |
Maier, ch. 20 Beckert |
| Feb. 9-12 |
The New American Worker The New Immigration The New University The Old Politics |
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| ... | ||
| Feb. 16 | F I R S T E X A M I N A T I O N | |
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| Feb. 18-19 | Discontentment on the Farm | Maier, ch. 21 |
| The Populist Moment | Eisenhower | |
| Feb. 23-26 | The Election of 1896 The United States Looking Outward |
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| Mar. 1-4 | The Progressive Vision Theodore Roosevelt, Man of the Hour |
Maier,
chs.
22
Fujita-Rony |
| Mar. 8-11 | S P R I N G B R E A K | |
| Mar. 15-18 | Republican Crack-up The Wilsonian Moment |
Maier, ch.23
Watson |
| Mar. 22 | S E C O N D E X A M I N A T I O N | |
| ... | ||
| Mar. 25 | Keeping U.S. Out of War The Great Crusade |
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| Mar.29-Apr.1 | What Were the 1920s? The Great Crash Origins of the Welfare State |
Maier, , chs. 24, 25 |
| Apr. 5-8 | Keeping U.S. Out of W.W.II America’s Second Crusade |
Maier, chs. 26, 27 |
| Apr. 12-15 | Origins of the Cold War Red Scare II What Were the 1950?s |
Pagan
Maier, chs. 28, 29 Dickson |
| Apr. 19-22 | The Second Reconstruction “The Kids” 1968: Year of Crisis The Vietnam Story
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Maier, the rest |
| Apr. 26-29 | After the Sixties Blowout | |