Listed in: History, as HIST-155
Formerly listed as: HIST-10
Francis G. Couvares (Section 01)
[US] The course traces United States political, social, and cultural history from 1900 to the present. Among the topics covered are the rise of the modern corporation, class conflict and the Progressive movement; immigration, ethnic pluralism, and the rise of mass culture; the Great Depression and the New Deal; World War II, the Cold War, and McCarthyism; the civil rights, women’s and environmental movements, the New Left, the New Right, and the continuing inequalities of race and class. Films and videos will regularly supplement class readings. Three class meetings per week.
Limited to 40 students. Spring semester. Professor Couvares.
Section 01
M 09:00 AM - 09:50 AM CHAP 201
W 09:00 AM - 09:50 AM CHAP 201
F 09:00 AM - 09:50 AM CHAP 201
| ISBN | Title | Publisher | Author(s) | Comment | Book Store | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| For the Record: A Documentary History of America (Vol. 2, 6th ed.) | New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2010 | Shi, David E. and Holly A. Mayer. | Must be 6th ed. | Amherst Books | TBD | |
| Becoming Mexican American: Ethnicity, Culture, and Identity in Chicano Los Angeles, 1900-1945 | Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993 | Sanchez, George J. | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of Growing Up Poor and Black in the Rural South | New York: Dell, 1992 | Moody, Anne | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| A Rumor of War | New York: Holt, 1996 | Caputo, Philip | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Sal Si Puedes (Escape If You Can): Cesar Chavez and the New American Revolution | Berkeley: Univ. of California Press, 2000 | Mathiesson, Peter | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Boston Against Busing: Race, Class, and Ethnicity in the 1960s and 1970s | Chapel Hill: Univ. of North Carolina Press, 2004 | Formisano, Ronald P. | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| The Rise and Fall of the American Century: The United States from 1890-2009 | Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009 | Chafe, William H. | Recommended | Amherst Books | TBD | |
| Interpretations of American history: Patterns and Perspectives (Vol. 2, 8th ed.) | Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2009 | Couvares, Francis G. and Martha Saxton | Recommended | Amherst Books | TBD |
These books are available locally at Amherst Books.