How to Read a Book

Political Economy and Social Change: From Colonization to Globalization

Fall Online Readings

WEEK X

"The Antiwar Movement We Are Supposed to Forget"
By H. Bruce Frankilin

WEEK II

"1492" by Samir Amin

WEEK III

Declaration of Independence

Articles of Confederation

US Constitution

Federalist 10

Federalist 48

Federalist 51

Dissent of the Pennsylvania Minority

WEEK IV

The Plantation Books of James Henry Hammond

Optional

George Fitzhugh:
I. Sociology For The South
Or The Failure of Free Society (full text)

II. Cannibals All! or, Slaves Without Masters (full text)

"The 'Mudsill' Theory," by James Henry Hammond

WEEK VI

"Preface" to A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy by K. Marx

"The Communist Manifesto
After 150 Years"by Ellen Meiksins Wood

WEEK VII

“What is Fascism?” by Matthew Lyons

"Fascism and its Policy" by Antonio Gramsci from The italian situation and the tasks of the PCI ("Lyons theses")

WEEK IX

Enchando Raices/ Taking Root Discussion Guide (Section IV pp. 27-51)

"A Chicana in Northern Aztlan: An Oral history of Dora Sanchez Trevino" by Jerry Garcia

“What is Socialist Feminism?” by Barbara Ehrenreich

“What Happened to the Women’s Movement?” by Barbara Epstein