1. Introduction

POWERPOINT PRESENTATION

There will be no seminar this week. Please do some background reading in preparation for our first seminar next week.

Suggested background reading for those unfamiliar with American History:
Hugh Brogan, Penguin History of the United States (various editions)
Howard Temperley and Chris Bigsby, A New Introduction to American Studies (2006)
Suggested textbooks for possible purchase:
David Kennedy, Freedom From Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945
James T. Patterson, Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945-1974
William Chafe, Unfinished Journey: America Since World War II

Click here for an extensive bibliography