Studying for comps, week 24
11.30.2009
the end is near. panic has not set in yet. probably effective tomorrow. also 2 more days of class left. sorry kids, i will be a better teacher next semester. also, my thanksgiving consisted of reading, eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for dinner, and doing 30 day shred. it was as pathetic as it sounds. maybe more so. there were tears. also, i watched west side story. a little cheesy, but the songs are pretty spot on.
Abu-Lughod, Janet L. Race, Space and Riots in Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007
O’Connor, Flannery. “A Good Man is Hard to Find” (1953), Artificial Negro” (1955), and “Everything that Rises Must Converge” (1961) in The Complete Stories of Flannery O’Connor. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1974.
Hackworth, Jason. The Neoliberal City: Governance, Ideology, and Development in American Urbanism. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2007.
Hayden, Dolores. The Power of Place: Urban Landscapes as Public History. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1995.
Hays, Constance L. The Real Thing: Truth and Power at the Coca-Cola Company. New York: Random House, 2004.
Grem, Darren E. “‘The South Got Something to Say’: Atlanta’s Dirty South and the
Southernization of Hip-Hop America.” Southern Cultures 12:4 (2006): 55-73.
Andranovich, Greg, Matthew J. Burbank, and Charles H. Heying. “Olympic Cities: Lessons Learned From Mega-Event Politics.” Journal of Urban Affairs 23:2 (2001): 113-131.
Beaureguard, Robert. Voices of Decline: The Postwar Fate of U.S. Cities. Cambridge: Blackwell, 1993.
Bullard, Robert D. and E. Kiki Thomas. “Atlanta: Mecca of the Southeast.” In In Search of the New South: The Black Urban Experience in the 1970s and 1980s. Bullard, Robert D., ed. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press, 1989.
Jacobs, Jane. The Death and Life of Great American Cities. New York: The Modern Library, 1961, 1993.
Wolfe, Tom. The Bonfire of the Vanities. New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1987.
Foer, Jonathan Safran. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2005.
Meriwether, James. Proudly We Can Be Africans: Black Americans and Africa, 1935-1961. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2002.
Scott, William B. and Peter M. Rutkoff. New York Modern: The Arts and the City. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999.
Abu-Lughod, Janet L. Race, Space and Riots in Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007
O’Connor, Flannery. “A Good Man is Hard to Find” (1953), Artificial Negro” (1955), and “Everything that Rises Must Converge” (1961) in The Complete Stories of Flannery O’Connor. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1974.
Hackworth, Jason. The Neoliberal City: Governance, Ideology, and Development in American Urbanism. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2007.
Hayden, Dolores. The Power of Place: Urban Landscapes as Public History. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1995.
Hays, Constance L. The Real Thing: Truth and Power at the Coca-Cola Company. New York: Random House, 2004.
Grem, Darren E. “‘The South Got Something to Say’: Atlanta’s Dirty South and the
Southernization of Hip-Hop America.” Southern Cultures 12:4 (2006): 55-73.
Andranovich, Greg, Matthew J. Burbank, and Charles H. Heying. “Olympic Cities: Lessons Learned From Mega-Event Politics.” Journal of Urban Affairs 23:2 (2001): 113-131.
Beaureguard, Robert. Voices of Decline: The Postwar Fate of U.S. Cities. Cambridge: Blackwell, 1993.
Bullard, Robert D. and E. Kiki Thomas. “Atlanta: Mecca of the Southeast.” In In Search of the New South: The Black Urban Experience in the 1970s and 1980s. Bullard, Robert D., ed. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press, 1989.
Jacobs, Jane. The Death and Life of Great American Cities. New York: The Modern Library, 1961, 1993.
Wolfe, Tom. The Bonfire of the Vanities. New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1987.
Foer, Jonathan Safran. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2005.
Meriwether, James. Proudly We Can Be Africans: Black Americans and Africa, 1935-1961. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2002.
Scott, William B. and Peter M. Rutkoff. New York Modern: The Arts and the City. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999.
Labels: comps, fall reading, Lauren
Bear with me
11.24.2009
Catherine's post reminded me that once upon a time, I was the outdoorsy type who loved nothing more than to frolic out in the woods and commune with nature. I'm pretty sure that even as a wee lad, I was never as afraid of bears as Catherine and Lauren are, but maybe my fears were just displaced by other, realer fears:
Like moose.
Or male testosterone. I once watched a man brand himself with a cattle brand because he was so fired up from hiking. This was before Black fraternities popularized it. Did I mention it was a cattle brand?
Or human stupidity. Caramel apples are a delicious and easy treat to make while camping. Melt some caramel squares, stick an apple on a fork, dip, and enjoy. Of course, if you replace the fork with a pocket knife and then take a giant sticky, sweet bite, you end up slicing through three inches of your cheek. All the blood makes the caramel look more like one of those crappy candy apples that your hill-billy cousins prefer.
Or psychopaths. After graduating high school, some friends and I spent a month backpacking around Yosemite. Unbeknownst to us, on the morning that we set off, the police had found the decapitated body of a park ranger not more than thirty miles from where we started out. Needless to say, our parents were crapping their pants until we made it to a telephone 8 days later.
Or isolation. I spent a bunch of summers building trails in New Mexico. It was fun being out in the mountains for weeks at a stretch with a bunch of other 16-20 year old guys, not needing to shower or bothering to wear underwear. There were a bunch of other groups scattered around and every once in a while we'd hike over to see the other groups for dinner or compare cocks or something. There was one group that was too far away for us to get to, but we started to hear a pretty weird story. Apparently, a woman had been riding a donkey on a trail where these guys were working, when a thunderstorm suddenly blew through. She was struck by lightning, killing the donkey instantly. She was fine. Discuss amongst yourselves the miracle of grounding or something. So these kids, they hike over to the donkey with all of their tools and start to go lord of the flies meets godfather on it. They then box up the head and ship it back to the base camp on the next supply run to be delivered to the tent of some guy they don't like. A five day old severed donkey head. Shit's unbelievable right? Some kid took pictures. All of them standing around the donkey,
taking turns with a saw. With donkey blood on their faces like some warpath voodoo shit. Fucked up, no? When I finally saw some of these guys, its even worse. Turns out they couldn't do it. They got a third of the way though the donkey's neck and it was too hard/too gross for any of them to continue. Then one dude picked up a pulaski, aka the baddest tool in the history of man, and just went to town on the spine until they could drag it off.*
Of course, there's really only one thing to fear while out in the woods. And that's mountain lions.
*Needless to say, this particular program was reorganized shortly thereafter to provide additional supervision. I also can't believe that I haven't told this story before, it may be the most amazing story in my arsenal.
Like moose.
Or male testosterone. I once watched a man brand himself with a cattle brand because he was so fired up from hiking. This was before Black fraternities popularized it. Did I mention it was a cattle brand?
Or human stupidity. Caramel apples are a delicious and easy treat to make while camping. Melt some caramel squares, stick an apple on a fork, dip, and enjoy. Of course, if you replace the fork with a pocket knife and then take a giant sticky, sweet bite, you end up slicing through three inches of your cheek. All the blood makes the caramel look more like one of those crappy candy apples that your hill-billy cousins prefer.
Or psychopaths. After graduating high school, some friends and I spent a month backpacking around Yosemite. Unbeknownst to us, on the morning that we set off, the police had found the decapitated body of a park ranger not more than thirty miles from where we started out. Needless to say, our parents were crapping their pants until we made it to a telephone 8 days later.
Or isolation. I spent a bunch of summers building trails in New Mexico. It was fun being out in the mountains for weeks at a stretch with a bunch of other 16-20 year old guys, not needing to shower or bothering to wear underwear. There were a bunch of other groups scattered around and every once in a while we'd hike over to see the other groups for dinner or compare cocks or something. There was one group that was too far away for us to get to, but we started to hear a pretty weird story. Apparently, a woman had been riding a donkey on a trail where these guys were working, when a thunderstorm suddenly blew through. She was struck by lightning, killing the donkey instantly. She was fine. Discuss amongst yourselves the miracle of grounding or something. So these kids, they hike over to the donkey with all of their tools and start to go lord of the flies meets godfather on it. They then box up the head and ship it back to the base camp on the next supply run to be delivered to the tent of some guy they don't like. A five day old severed donkey head. Shit's unbelievable right? Some kid took pictures. All of them standing around the donkey,
taking turns with a saw. With donkey blood on their faces like some warpath voodoo shit. Fucked up, no? When I finally saw some of these guys, its even worse. Turns out they couldn't do it. They got a third of the way though the donkey's neck and it was too hard/too gross for any of them to continue. Then one dude picked up a pulaski, aka the baddest tool in the history of man, and just went to town on the spine until they could drag it off.*Of course, there's really only one thing to fear while out in the woods. And that's mountain lions.
*Needless to say, this particular program was reorganized shortly thereafter to provide additional supervision. I also can't believe that I haven't told this story before, it may be the most amazing story in my arsenal.
why we don't talk anymore
Sitting on the couch this evening Lauren asked me about a song.
L: Do you know that song on your iPod?
F: Ummmm?
L: On your shuffle?
F: Uh, sing it for me?
L: Its about a woman who has three daughters, who crawl out of the sewer onto the sidewalk and then her body goes cold and then they get married and the bride trips on the vase and all the wine spills?
F: Ummmmm....Was it a male or female singer?
L: Male.
F: Exactly how many times did you listen to this song today?
L: For four miles.
F: ...
Turns out that it was Death Cab's "Death of an Interior Decorator". In fairness, she described the lyrics pretty accurately, except for the part where Lauren mistook her uterus for a sewer. But I guess them's the breaks in metaphors.
L: Do you know that song on your iPod?
F: Ummmm?
L: On your shuffle?
F: Uh, sing it for me?
L: Its about a woman who has three daughters, who crawl out of the sewer onto the sidewalk and then her body goes cold and then they get married and the bride trips on the vase and all the wine spills?
F: Ummmmm....Was it a male or female singer?
L: Male.
F: Exactly how many times did you listen to this song today?
L: For four miles.
F: ...
Turns out that it was Death Cab's "Death of an Interior Decorator". In fairness, she described the lyrics pretty accurately, except for the part where Lauren mistook her uterus for a sewer. But I guess them's the breaks in metaphors.
Studying for comps, week 23
11.22.2009
Sick of these updates? Then imagine how sick I am of reading books. Speaking of sick, apparently I had the swine flu this week. And apparently that's how Fletcher got it. So it's been pretty sick up in this joint. At any rate:
Bender, Thomas. The Unfinished City: New York and the Metropolitan Idea. New York: The New Press, 2002.
Himes, Chester. If He Hollers Let Him Go. Chatham, NJ: The Chatham Bookseller, 1945, 1973.
Currid, Elizabeth. The Warhol Economy: How Fashion, Art, and Music Drive New York City. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2007.
Schneider, Eric C. Vampires, Dragons, and Egyptian Kings: Youth Gangs in Postwar New York. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1999.
Rotella, Carlo. October Cities: The Redevelopment of Urban Literature. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998.
Brown, Claude. Manchild in the Promised Land. New York: Macmillan, 1965.
Miller, Warren. Cool World. Boston: Little Brown, 1959.
Miller, Warren. Siege of Harlem. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1964.
Marc, David. “Comic Visions of the City: New York and the Television Sitcom.” Radical History Review 42 (1988): 49-63.
Chang, Jeff. “Race, Class, Conflict, and Empowerment: On Ice Cube’s ‘Black Korea.’” Amerasia Journal 19:2 (1993): 87-107.
Sánchez, George J. “‘What's Good for Boyle Heights Is Good for the Jews’: Creating
Multiracialism on the Eastside during the 1950s.” American Quarterly 56:3(September 2004): 633-661.
Pynchon, Thomas R. “A Journey into the Mind of Watts.” The New York Times Magazine. 12 June 1996.
Guthey, Eric. “Ted Turner’s Media Legend and the Transformation of Corporate Liberalism.” Business and Economic History 22:1 (Fall 1997): 184-199.
Mele, Christopher. Selling the Lower East Side: Culture, Real Estate, and Resistance in New York City. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2000.
And for class, I read Natasha Tretheway's Native Guard. I highly recommend. She's awesome.
Two more weeks, here we go.
Bender, Thomas. The Unfinished City: New York and the Metropolitan Idea. New York: The New Press, 2002.
Himes, Chester. If He Hollers Let Him Go. Chatham, NJ: The Chatham Bookseller, 1945, 1973.
Currid, Elizabeth. The Warhol Economy: How Fashion, Art, and Music Drive New York City. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2007.
Schneider, Eric C. Vampires, Dragons, and Egyptian Kings: Youth Gangs in Postwar New York. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1999.
Rotella, Carlo. October Cities: The Redevelopment of Urban Literature. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998.
Brown, Claude. Manchild in the Promised Land. New York: Macmillan, 1965.
Miller, Warren. Cool World. Boston: Little Brown, 1959.
Miller, Warren. Siege of Harlem. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1964.
Marc, David. “Comic Visions of the City: New York and the Television Sitcom.” Radical History Review 42 (1988): 49-63.
Chang, Jeff. “Race, Class, Conflict, and Empowerment: On Ice Cube’s ‘Black Korea.’” Amerasia Journal 19:2 (1993): 87-107.
Sánchez, George J. “‘What's Good for Boyle Heights Is Good for the Jews’: Creating
Multiracialism on the Eastside during the 1950s.” American Quarterly 56:3(September 2004): 633-661.
Pynchon, Thomas R. “A Journey into the Mind of Watts.” The New York Times Magazine. 12 June 1996.
Guthey, Eric. “Ted Turner’s Media Legend and the Transformation of Corporate Liberalism.” Business and Economic History 22:1 (Fall 1997): 184-199.
Mele, Christopher. Selling the Lower East Side: Culture, Real Estate, and Resistance in New York City. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2000.
And for class, I read Natasha Tretheway's Native Guard. I highly recommend. She's awesome.
Two more weeks, here we go.
Labels: comps, fall reading, Lauren, swine flu
Studying for comps, week 22
11.17.2009
When I thought I had the swine flu this weekend, I freaked out. What if I was so sick I couldn't read any more books????? And you know what, that idea sounds kind of awesome. In three weeks, I shall try doing just that. But in the meantime:
*Hoffnung-Garskof, Jesse. A Tale of Two Cities: Santo Domingo and New York after 1950.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2007.
Read
Smith, Anna Deavere. Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992. New York: Anchor Books, 1992.
Greene, Melissa Fay. The Temple Bombing. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1996.
Zukin, Sharon. The Cultures of Cities. Cambridge: Blackwell Publishers, 1995.
Dickey, James. Deliverance. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1970.
Jones, Tayari. Leaving Atlanta. New York: Warner Books, 2002.
Reviewed
*Menjívar, Cecilia. Fragmented Ties: Salvadoran Immigrant Networks in America. Berkeley:
*Hamilton, Nora and Norma Stoltz Chinchilla. Seeking Community in a Global City:
*Kosek, Jake. Understories: The Political Life of Forests in Northern New Mexico. Durham:
*Perez, Louis A. On Becoming Cuban: Identity, Nationality, and Culture. Chapel Hill: The
*Dávila, Arlene M. Barrio Dreams: Puerto Ricans, Latinos, and the Neoliberal City. Berkeley:
*Pitti, Stephen J. The Devil in Silicon Valley: Northern California, Race, and Mexican
*Stephen, Lynn. Transborder Lives: Indigenous Oaxacans in Mexico, California, and
*De la Torre, Miguel. La Lucha for Cuba: Religion and Politics on the Streets of Miami.
*Chomsky, Aviva. Linked Labor Histories: New England, Columbia, and the Making of a
*Hoffnung-Garskof, Jesse. A Tale of Two Cities: Santo Domingo and New York after 1950.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2007.
Labels: comps, fall reading, Lauren
Feeling sick, feeling better, feeling sick again
11.15.2009
On Friday night, I thought I was getting the swine flu. It turns out I shouldn't have taken my temperature right after running 6 miles and eating soup. I'm still not feeling great, but an escape from my cave on Saturday boosted spirits. I bought this awesome new coat and skirt.
And I got these for free. Are they jeans or are they leggings??
Trick question: they are denim leggings. Not sure how I feel about them. As my mom suggested, I got ripped off.
However, I also got this ridiculous bruise, but I don't recall hurting myself.
And I got these for free. Are they jeans or are they leggings??
Trick question: they are denim leggings. Not sure how I feel about them. As my mom suggested, I got ripped off.
However, I also got this ridiculous bruise, but I don't recall hurting myself.
Labels: bruises, clothes, Lauren, shopping, study break, swine flu
Studying for comps, week 21
11.09.2009
Lots of review this week, plus some more city reading. Really enjoyed Art and the City, highly recommend. Anyway, back to my cave, 4 weeks to go.
Read
*Lamb, Robert. Atlanta Blues. Augusta: Harbor House, 2004.
*Bulter, Octavia. Parable of the Sower. New York: Warner Books, 1993.
*Dunne, John Gregory. True Confessions. New York: Henry Robbins, 1977.
*Schrank, Sarah. Art and the City: Civic Imagination and Cultural Authority in Los Angeles. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009.
*Berman, Marshall. All That Is Solid Melts Into Air: The Experience of Modernity. New York: Penguin Books, 1982, 1988.
Review
*Fairclough, Adam, To Redeem the Soul of America: The Southern Christian Leadership
Conference and Martin Luther King, Jr. Athens: The University of Georgia Press, 1987, 2001.
*Green, Laurie B. Battling the Plantation Mentality: Memphis and the Black Freedom Struggle.Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2007.
*Gutiérrez, David. Walls and Mirrors: Mexican Americans, Mexican Immigrants, and the Politics of Ethnicity. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995.
*Sugrue, Thomas. The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1996, 2005.
*Cohen, Lizabeth. A Consumers' Republic: The Politics of Mass Consumption in Postwar America. New York: Vintage Books, 2003.
*Fones-Wolf, Elizabeth. Selling Free Enterprise: The Business Assault on Labor and
Liberalism, 1945-1960. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1994.
*Schrecker, Ellen. Many Are the Crimes: McCarthyism in America. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1999.
*Meyerowitz, Joanne. “Beyond the Feminine Mystique: Reassessing Postwar Mass Culture, 1946-1958.” Journal of American History 79:4 (March 1993): 1455-1482.
*Dudziak, Mary. Cold War Civil Rights: Race and the Image of American Democracy.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2000.
*Brooks, Daphne. Bodies in Dissent: Spectacular Performances of Race and Freedom, 1850-1910. Durham: Duke University Press, 2004.
*Johnson, E. Patrick. Appropriating Blackness: Performance and the Politics of Authenticity. Durham: Duke University Press, 2003.
*Singh, Nikhil. Black is a Country: Race and the Unfinished Struggle for Democracy.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2004.
*Plummer, Brenda Gayle. Rising Wind: Black Americans and U.S. Foreign Affairs, 1935-1960. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1996.
*Borstelmann, Thomas. The Cold War and the Color Line: American Race Relations in the Global Arena. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2002.
*Anderson, Carol. Eyes off the Prize: The United Nations and the African American Struggle for Human Rights, 1944-1955. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003.
*Von Eschen, Penny. Race Against Empire: Black Americans and Anticolonialism, 1937-1957. Ithica: Cornell University Press, 1997.
*Gaines, Kevin. African Americans in Ghana: Black Expatriates and the Civil Rights Era. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2006.
*Westheider, James. Fighting on Two Fronts: African Americans and the Vietnam War. New York: New York University Press, 1997
*Guglielmo, Thomas A. White on Arrival: Italians, Race, Color, and Power in Chicago, 1890-1945. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003.
*Sanchez, George. Becoming Mexican American: Ethnicity, Culture, and Identity in Chicano Los Angeles, 1900-1945. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993, 1995.
*Perlstein, Rick, Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus. New York: Hill and Wang, 2001.
*Teles, Steven M. The Rise of the Conservative Legal Movement: The Battle for Control of the Law. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2008.
*Kennedy, David M. Over Here: The First World War and American Society. New York:
Oxford University Press, 1980, 2004.
Read
*Lamb, Robert. Atlanta Blues. Augusta: Harbor House, 2004.
*Bulter, Octavia. Parable of the Sower. New York: Warner Books, 1993.
*Dunne, John Gregory. True Confessions. New York: Henry Robbins, 1977.
*Schrank, Sarah. Art and the City: Civic Imagination and Cultural Authority in Los Angeles. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009.
*Berman, Marshall. All That Is Solid Melts Into Air: The Experience of Modernity. New York: Penguin Books, 1982, 1988.
Review
*Fairclough, Adam, To Redeem the Soul of America: The Southern Christian Leadership
Conference and Martin Luther King, Jr. Athens: The University of Georgia Press, 1987, 2001.
*Green, Laurie B. Battling the Plantation Mentality: Memphis and the Black Freedom Struggle.Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2007.
*Gutiérrez, David. Walls and Mirrors: Mexican Americans, Mexican Immigrants, and the Politics of Ethnicity. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995.
*Sugrue, Thomas. The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1996, 2005.
*Cohen, Lizabeth. A Consumers' Republic: The Politics of Mass Consumption in Postwar America. New York: Vintage Books, 2003.
*Fones-Wolf, Elizabeth. Selling Free Enterprise: The Business Assault on Labor and
Liberalism, 1945-1960. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1994.
*Schrecker, Ellen. Many Are the Crimes: McCarthyism in America. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1999.
*Meyerowitz, Joanne. “Beyond the Feminine Mystique: Reassessing Postwar Mass Culture, 1946-1958.” Journal of American History 79:4 (March 1993): 1455-1482.
*Dudziak, Mary. Cold War Civil Rights: Race and the Image of American Democracy.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2000.
*Brooks, Daphne. Bodies in Dissent: Spectacular Performances of Race and Freedom, 1850-1910. Durham: Duke University Press, 2004.
*Johnson, E. Patrick. Appropriating Blackness: Performance and the Politics of Authenticity. Durham: Duke University Press, 2003.
*Singh, Nikhil. Black is a Country: Race and the Unfinished Struggle for Democracy.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2004.
*Plummer, Brenda Gayle. Rising Wind: Black Americans and U.S. Foreign Affairs, 1935-1960. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1996.
*Borstelmann, Thomas. The Cold War and the Color Line: American Race Relations in the Global Arena. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2002.
*Anderson, Carol. Eyes off the Prize: The United Nations and the African American Struggle for Human Rights, 1944-1955. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003.
*Von Eschen, Penny. Race Against Empire: Black Americans and Anticolonialism, 1937-1957. Ithica: Cornell University Press, 1997.
*Gaines, Kevin. African Americans in Ghana: Black Expatriates and the Civil Rights Era. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2006.
*Westheider, James. Fighting on Two Fronts: African Americans and the Vietnam War. New York: New York University Press, 1997
*Guglielmo, Thomas A. White on Arrival: Italians, Race, Color, and Power in Chicago, 1890-1945. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003.
*Sanchez, George. Becoming Mexican American: Ethnicity, Culture, and Identity in Chicano Los Angeles, 1900-1945. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993, 1995.
*Perlstein, Rick, Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus. New York: Hill and Wang, 2001.
*Teles, Steven M. The Rise of the Conservative Legal Movement: The Battle for Control of the Law. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2008.
*Kennedy, David M. Over Here: The First World War and American Society. New York:
Oxford University Press, 1980, 2004.
Labels: comps, fall reading, Lauren
Glen Beck's rotting appendix is a metaphor for the soul of the Republican Party
11.08.2009
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
| The 11/3 Project | ||||
| ||||
Labels: Fletch, glen beck, the daily show
