[Galbraith] = Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Great Crash of 1929. Mariner Books, 1997. ISBN: 9780395859995. [Preview with Google Books]
[McElvaine] = McElvaine, Robert. Down and Out in the Great Depression. The University of North Carolina Press, 2007. ISBN: 9780807858912. [Preview with Google Books]
[Brinkley] = Brinkley, Alan. Voices of Protest. Vintage, 1983. ISBN: 9780394716282.
[Terkel] = Terkel, Studs. The Good War. New Press, 1997. ISBN: 9781565843431.
[Polenberg] = Polenberg, Richard. The Era of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Bedford/St. Martin's, 2000. ISBN: 9780312133108.
| SES # | TOPICS | READINGS |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction | ||
| 1 | Breadlines to Atom Bombs | |
| The Great Depression | ||
| 2 | The End of Prosperity | [Galbraith], 1–42, 66–143, 168–194 |
| 3 | The End of Prosperity (cont.) | |
| 4 | The Unemployed | [McElvaine], pp. 33–119 |
| The New Deal | ||
| 5 | Roosevelt's 100 Days |
[Brinkley], pp. 3–142; [Polenberg], 1–1, 2; 2–3, 4 |
| 6 | Roosevelt's 100 Days (cont.) | |
| 7 | Strikes and Struggles |
[McElvaine], pp. 121–229; [Polenberg], 2–1; 4 |
| 8 | Strikes and Struggles (cont.) | |
| 9 | New Deal Order |
[Brinkley], pp. 143–268; [Polenberg], 1–3, 4, 5; 2–2, 5; 5 |
| 10 | One Best Source Presentations | |
| 11 | Exam #1 | |
| World War II at Home | ||
| 12 | Mobilizing for Victory |
[Terkel], pp. 19–37; 301–42; [Polenberg], 8, 9–9 |
| 13 | Mobilizing for Victory (cont.) | |
| 14 | Gender and Race in Wartime |
[Terkel], pp. 108–25; 135–65; [Polenberg], 6–4, 9–1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8 |
| 15 | Gender and Race in Wartime (cont.) | |
| World War II Abroad | ||
| 16 | D-Day | [Terkel], pp. 38–58, 166–97, 254–93 |
| 17 | Hiroshima | [Terkel], pp. 59–66, 69–79, 85–97, 505–30, 545–55 |