Sommersemester
2004
Basic Documents of American Culture (2) |
|
1 |
Apr
13 |
General
Introduction |
|
| 2 |
Apr
20 |
1.
Individualism in American Life |
(1)
Tocqueville: "Their Chief Business"
(2) Thoreau: "Civil Disobedience" |
| 3 |
Apr
27 |
| 4 |
May
04 |
2.
Westward Expansion: America's "Manifest Destiny" |
(1)
O'Sullivan: "The Great Nation of Futurity"
(2) Strong: "Our Country"
(3) Schurz: "Manifest Destiny" |
| 5 |
May
11 |
| 6 |
May
18 |
3. Slavery
(1) |
(1)
Thomas Jefferson on Slavery
(2) Dew: "Pro-Slavery Arguments"
(3) Calhoun: "Slavery as a Positive Good"
(4) Fitzhugh: "Sociology for the South" |
| 7 |
May
25 |
no class |
Jack
London Symposium, Santa Rosa, CA |
| 8 |
Jun
01 |
no class |
ALA
Conference, San Francisco |
| 9 |
Jun
08 |
Slavery
(2) |
(5)
Garrison: "Preface"
(6) Greeley and Lincoln: "Discussion of War Aims"
(7) Lincoln: "Emancipation Proclamation" |
| 10 |
Jun
15 |
no class |
ISHS
Conference, Dijon, France |
| 11 |
Jun
22 |
4.
Money Matters |
(1)
Carnegie: "The Gospel of Wealth"
(2) George: "The Poverty of Progress"
(3) Muensterberg: "The American Passion for Money Explained"
(4) Auden: "The Almighty Dollar" |
| 12 |
Jun
29 |
| 13 |
Jul
6 |
5.
Immigration |
(1)
Lazarus: "The New Colossus"
(2) Yezierska: "America and I"
(3) Antin: "An American Among Americans"
(4) Lodge: "For Immigrant Restrictions"
(5) Wells: "Let Them All Come" |
| 14 |
Jul
13 |