History 2260-030

History 2260 Course Syllabus

  1. The Cold War
  2. Post-War Boom
  3. The Black Movement
  4. Feminism
  5. Chicano Movement/Immigration
  6. Latin America in the ‘80s
  7. U.S. In the World after Vietnam
  8. Economic Changes Since the 1970s
  9. War in Afghanistan and Iraq
  10. 2008 Financial Crisis

List of History Course Outlines and Resources


Post-War Boom

Brecher: http://www.prole.info/texts/strike_wwii.html

Reuther: http://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/17/books/last-of-his-kind.html?pagewanted...

Between the Hills and the Sea excerpt above, called Gilden. Once open, click on arrows at the top right of the screen and rotate clockwise to make readable.
Gilden, K. B. 1971. Between the Hills and the Sea. [1st ed.]. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday.
https://cod.on.worldcat.org/oclc/159345?databaseList=638
(As you can see, I've included the citation to the book. Since our site is open, we can't post copyright protected materials. One option is that we could put the reading on physical course reserve).

Father Knows Best episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Bl4oQiMsK4&list=PL7Pd2tFaAGUNJ_pZdv8zpM...

Redbook on the suburbs: http://archive.org/details/IntheSub1957

A Word to the Wives: http://archive.org/details/Wordtoth1955

Salt of the Earth: http://archive.org/details/clacinonl_SaltOfTheEarth