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20th Century U.S. Conflicts: The Rise of a Superpower ~ 5 sessions The wars in which America has participated since the dawn of the 20th-century have defined its place in the world. The Spanish-American War and its related conflict in the Philippines marked the debut of the United States as a world power. How have successive wars increased that power – or called it into question? G. J. A. O’Toole, The Spanish War: An American Epic – 1898 Robert H. Zieger, America’s Great War: World War I and the American Experience David Kennedy, The American People in World War II: Freedom From Fear William Stueck, Rethinking the Korean War: A New Diplomatic and Strategic History Neil Sheehan, A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
Yankees and Strangers: The New England Town ~ 4 SessionsThe traditional view of the New England town is pastoral, small-scale, and well-ordered. Its inhabitants, of Anglo-Saxon stock, are taciturn, frugal, and hardworking. But the reality is much more complicated. How and when did the popular image of the New England town develop? What role did immigration and urbanization play? Are traditional town virtues a reality today, or only a nostalgic image? Kenneth Lockridge, A New England Town: The First Hundred Years Lucy Larcom, A New England Girlhood Harriet Wilson, Our Nig: Or Sketches from the Life of a Free Black, in a Two-Story White House, North: Showing That Slavery's Shadows Fall Even There Deborah Rawson, Without a Farmhouse Near
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