? Thomas L. Hartshorne ... et al, The Social Fabric, Vols 1 and 2
? Eric Schlosser, Fast Food Nation, excerpts
? COMPENDIUM:
1. Holt, Thomas C. (ed.) Major Problems in African-American History Volume I From Slavery to Freedom, 1619-1877. Boston, New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. 2000.
Sobel, Michael. “How Black and White Cultures Merged: Culture as Social Relations,” 140-156. “Description of a Slave Rebellion in Stono, South Carolina, 1739.” 160-162 “Lord Dunmore, a British General, Entices Slaves of Colonial Rebels to Flee, 1775.” 162-163. “Saul, a Slave Revolutionary Veteran. Petitions for Freedom, 1792.” 163. “Free Blacks in South Carolina Petitions for Equal Rights, 1791.” 163-164. Kulikoff, Allan. “How Africans Became African Americans.” 182-194. Lapansky, Emma Jones. “The Roots of Resistance in Free Black Communities.” 308-321.
2. Peiss, Kathy. (ed). Major Problems in the History of American Sexuality. Boston, New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. 2002.
“Nan D. Hunter Defines the Family in the Sharon Kowalski Case, 1991.” 485-488. “Andrew Sullivan Makes a Conservative Case for Gay Marriage, 1989.” 488-490.
3. Griffith, Robert and Baker, Paula. (ed.). Major Problems in American History Since 1945, 2nd ed., Boston, New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. 2001.
“Graphical Illustrations of How to Respond to a Nuclear Attack, 1950.” 135-136. Bailey, Beth. “Rebels Without a Cause? Teenagers in the 1950s.” 137- 142. Marchand, Roland. “ Visions of Classlessness.” 143-157.
4. Boyer, Paul. When Time Shall Be No More: Prophecy Belief in Modern American Culture. Cambridge, Massachusetts and London, England: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. 1992.
“Prologue: The Hidden World of Prophecy Belief.” 1-18. “United States in Prophecy.” 225-253.
5. Fishman, Charles. The Wal-Mart Effect: How the World’s Most Powerful Company Really Works – and How It’s Transforming the American Economy. New York: The Penguin Press. 2006. “Wal-Mart and the Decent of Society.”219-247.
6. Putman, Robert D. Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community. New York, London, Toronto, and Sydney: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks. 2001.
“Religious Participation.” 65-79.
7. Nader, Ralph. Unsafe at Any Speed: The Designed-in Dangers of the American Automobile. New York: Grossman Publishers. 1965.
“The Stylists: It’s the Curve that Counts.” 210-231.
8. Jabour, Anya. (ed.) Major Problems in the History of American Families and Children, Boston, New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. 2005.
“Studying Families and Children in Historical Perspective.” 1-2 Demos, John. “Digging Up Family History.: Myths, Realities, and Works-in-Progress.” 3-13. Coontz, Stephanie. “Mythology and History in the Study of the American Family.” 14-23. Hawes, Joseph M. and Hiner, N. Ray. “Reflections on the History of Children and Childhood in the Postmodern Era.” 23- 31.
1. Major Problems in African-American History I, pp. 140-156, 182-194, 160-164, 308-321. (Check which are vol 1 and which are vol 2) 2. Major Problems in the History of American Sexuality, pp. 485-490. 3. Major Problems in American History Since 1945, 2nd ed., pp. 135-157. 4. Boyer, When Time Shall Be No More, pp 1-18 and Ch 7 (pp 225-253). 5. Charles Fishman, The Walmart Effect, Ch 9 (pp219-247) 6. Bowling Alone, Ch 4 (pp65-79). 7. Ralph Nader, Unsafe at Any Speed, ch 6 (pp 210-231) 8. Major Problems in the History of American Families and Children, Ch 1 (pp1-31).
Total pages: 1000
Films: A Midwife's Tale, Rebel Without a Cause (both required) Fast Food Nation (optional)