The Age of Irony: Twentieth Century America


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Week 7 - Tuesday, November 7
Special guest: David Harris, leader of the movement against the Vietnam war and author of Our War. Assignment: Read selections from Vietnam and America: Part III, Editors' Introduction and #s 14 and 15; Part IV, Editors' Introduction and #s 23, 24, 27.

Thursday, November 9
History of Armistice Day/Veteran’s Day Assignment: Read selections from Vietnam and America: Part V, Editors' Introduction and #s 33, 34, 35, 36. Part VI, Editors' Introduction and #s 40, 41, 45, 46, 48, 49. draft of annotated bibliography and read Eric Foner, American Freedom in a Global Age. Here's a pdf version.
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TESC Evening & Weekend Studies Fall/Winter/Spring 2006-2007