History 65 Colloquium

History 65
Colloquium: US History since 1950
Tuesdays and Thursdays at 4.55
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/history/johnson

This course examines American history since 1950. As a colloquium, it will make heavy use of primary sources.

Books: (All documents will be available on the course website.)

Taylor Branch, Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-1963
Dan Carter, The Politics of Rage: George Wallace, the Origins of the New Conservatism, and the Transformation of American Politics
Thomas Friedman, The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century
John Lewis Gaddis, Strategies of Containment: Updated Edition

Requirements:

Midterm and Final Exams (50%)
Research Paper (25%)
Participation, including five quizzes (25%)

Schedule:

January/February classes

April/May classes