Race October 23: Lincoln, Civil War, and Reconstruction Primary: (entire) The Portable Abraham Lincoln Secondary: Hofstadter, Chapter 5; Robert Religion American Political Tradition, Bellah, “Civil in Rogers Smith, Chapters 9 and Scott and Civic Ideals, America”; 10 (“Dred Unchained,” “The America That ‘Never Was’”) For Further Reading: Paul M. Angle, ed., The Complete Lincoln-Douglas Debates Harry Jaffa, Crisis of the House Divided Joseph R. Fornieri, Abraham Lincoln’s Political Faith Gary Wills, Lincoln at Gettysburg Eric Foner, Reconstruction October 30: The Thought and Fate of the First Americans Primary: (entire); Josiah Strong, (1885); Theodore Roosevelt, Black Elk Speaks Our Country (1889-1896); Henry Cabot Lodge, The Winning of the West Speech on a Literacy Test for (1896); Albert J. Beveridge, (1898) (K&L, pp. 901-919) Immigrants The March of the Flag Secondary: Michael Society and the Indian Rogin, “Liberal Question” For Further Reading: Dee Brown, Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee Robert A. Williams, The American Indian in Western Legal Thought: The Discourses of Conquest Reginald Horsman, Race and Manifest Destiny: The Origins of American Racial Carole Pateman and Charles Mills, Contract and Domination November 6: Social Darwinism and American Radicalism Primary: Emma Goldman, (entire); William Graham Sumner, Anarchism and Other Essays (1884), What Social Classes Owe to Each Other The Absurd Effort to Make the World Over (1894); (1895), (1902); The Challenge of Facts Consolidation of Wealth: Economic Aspects Andrew Carnegie, (1889); Russell H. Conwell, (1891): The Gospel of Wealth Acres of Diamonds
Race October 23: Lincoln, Civil War, and Reconstruction Primary: The Portable Abraham Lincoln (entire) Secondary: Hofstadter, American Political Tradition, Chapter 5; Robert Bellah, “Civil Religion in America”; Rogers Smith, Civic Ideals, Chapters 9 and 10 (“Dred Scott Unchained,” and “The America That ‘Never Was’”) For Further Reading: Paul M. Angle, ed., The Complete Lincoln-Douglas Debates Harry Jaffa, Crisis of the House Divided Joseph R. Fornieri, Abraham Lincoln’s Political Faith Gary Wills, Lincoln at Gettysburg Eric Foner, Reconstruction October 30: The Thought and Fate of the First Americans Primary: Black Elk Speaks (entire); Josiah Strong, Our Country (1885); Theodore Roosevelt, The Winning of the West (1889-1896); Henry Cabot Lodge, Speech on a Literacy Test for Immigrants (1896); Albert J. Beveridge, The March of the Flag (1898) (K&L, pp. 901-919) Secondary: Michael Rogin, “Liberal Society and the Indian Question” For Further Reading: Dee Brown, Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee Robert A. Williams, The American Indian in Western Legal Thought: The Discourses of Conquest Reginald Horsman, Race and Manifest Destiny: The Origins of American Racial Carole Pateman and Charles Mills, Contract and Domination November 6: Social Darwinism and American Radicalism Primary: Emma Goldman, Anarchism and Other Essays (entire); William Graham Sumner, What Social Classes Owe to Each Other (1884), The Absurd Effort to Make the World Over (1894); The Challenge of Facts (1895), Consolidation of Wealth: Economic Aspects (1902); Andrew Carnegie, The Gospel of Wealth (1889); Russell H. Conwell, Acres of Diamonds (1891):
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