Required Book List
Spring 2016
Humanities Master of Arts
California State University, Dominguez Hills
Term Dates: January 12 – April 19, 2016
Author, Title (P=paperback), Publisher, Edition, Year, ISBN
Required for All Courses!
Gibaldi, MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (P), Modern Language Association, 7th Ed., 2009
HUX 501: DEFINING THE HUMANITIES: HISTORY
Tosh, The Pursuit of History, Longman, 5th Ed., 2010, 9780582894129
Williams, The Historian’s Toolbox, M.E. Sharpe, 2nd Ed., 2007, 9780765620279
HUX 502: DEFINING THE HUMANITIES: LITERATURE
Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, Penguin Classics, 2008, 9780143105473
Conrad (Schwarz), The Secret Sharer, Bedford, 1997, 9780312112240
Ibsen, Master Builder & Other Plays (Trans.) (P), Viking Press, 1958, 9780140440539
Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (P) (Kershner), St. Martin Trade, 2nd Ed., 2006, 9780312408114
Morrison, Sula (Trade Ed: 452-26349-2) (P), NAL, 1973, 9780452263499
HUX 503: DEFINING THE HUMANITIES: MUSIC
Rowell, Thinking About Music (P), Univ. of Massachusetts, 1983, 9780870234613
HUX 504: DEFINING THE HUMANITIES: ART
Adams, The Methodologies of Art: An Introduction, West View Press, 2nd Ed., 2010, 9780813344508
Adams, Art Across Time: The 14th Century to the Present, McGraw Hill, 4th Ed., 2011, 9780073379234-(required
for section 70 only)
Minor, Art History’s History, Prentice Hall, 2nd Ed., 2001, 9780130851338
HUX 505: DEFINING THE HUMANITIES: PHILOSOPHY
Burr, Philosophy & Contemporary Issues (P), Prentice Hall, 9th Ed., 2004, 9780131112568
Nagel, What Does It All Mean?, Oxford University Press, 1987, 9780195052169
HUX 524: Elective, Humanities Encounter: Film
Giannetti, Understanding Movies, Prentice Hall, 12th Ed., 2010, 9780205737543
HUX 532: Interdisciplinary, Slavery in History and Literature
Butler, Kindred (P) (25th Anniversary Ed.), Beacon Press, 2003, 9780807083697
Davis, Slavery and Human Progress (P), Oxford Univ. Press, 1985, 9780195037333
Gates, Classic Slave Narratives, Penguin, 2012, 9780451532138
Goodheart, Slavery in American Society, ITP, 3rd Ed., 1993, 9780669244465
Kolchin, American Slavery 1619-1877 (10th Anniversary Ed.), Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2003,
9780809016303
Meltzer, Slavery: World History (UPD) (P), Perseus Books, 1993, 9780306805363
Morrison, Beloved (with new forward), RH, 2004, 9781400033416
Patterson, Slavery and Social Death (P), Harvard Univ. Press, 1982, 9780674810839
HUX 540: Interdisciplinary, Evolution of Human Culture
Ellison, Invisible Man (Trade Ed.), Random House, Inc., 1980, 9780307743992
More, Utopia, Viking Press, 2003, 9780140449105
Mumford, City in History, HBJT, 1961, 9780156180351
(HUX 540 continued, next page)
(HUX 540 continued)
Plato, Republic (Trans Lee) (Intro Lane), Viking Press, 2007, 9780140455113
Shakespeare, Tempest (Newly revised, gold/white cover) (Ed Langbaum), NAL, 1998, 9780451527127
Sophocles, Antigone (Trans Brown), Oxford Univ. Press, 1973, 9780195061673
Zamyatin, We (Trans Brown), Viking Press, 1993, 9780140185850
Tarnas, The Passion of the Western Mind (P), Ballantine Books (Random House), 1991, 9780345368096
HUX 544: Interdisciplinary, The Individual and Society
Burke, Reflections on Revolution in France, Viking Press, 1968, 9780140432046
Mill, On Liberty, Prentice Hall, 9780024096906
Morris, News from Nowhere, or, Epoch of Rest, BROAV, 2003, 9781551112671
Paine, Rights of Man, Viking Press, 1984, 9780140390155
Skinner, Walden Two, HACK, 2005, 9780872207783
HUX 554: Key Individuals, History: Carnegie, Rockefeller and Ford
Braverman, Labor and Monopoly Capital (25th Anniversary Ed.) (P), Monthly Review Press, 1998
Porter, Rise of Big Business 1860 – 1920 (P), Harlan Davidson/Forum Press, 3rd Ed., 2006
HUX 556: Nobel Laureates: Studies in Modern World Literature
Bellow, Herzog (Intro Roth) (P), Viking Press, 1992, 9780142437292
Camus, Stranger (Trade Ed.) (P), Random House, 1988, 9780679720201
Golding, Lord of the Flies (Rack size) (P), Berkley/Ace/Jove, 1954, 9780399501487
Kawabata, House of Sleeping Beauties and Other Stories (P), Oxford Univ. Press, 2004, 9784770029751
Kawabata, Sound of Mountains (Trans Seidensticker) (P), Random House, 1970, 9780679762645
Mann, Death in Venice and Seven Other Stories (Trade Ed.) (P), Random House, 1989, 9780679722069
Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude (Perennial Classics Ed.), Harper Collins, 1998, 9780060883287
Neruda, Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair, Viking Press, 2004, 9780143039969
Pirandello, Naked Masks, Penguin, 1952, 9780452010826
Singer, Penitent, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007, 9780374531539
Solzhenitsyn, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1963, 9780553247770
HUX 570: Key Periods and Movements, Art: Contemporary
Hughes, Shock of the New, MCG, 2nd Ed., 1991, 9780070311275
HUX 571: Key Periods and Movements, Music: Baroque
Butt, Cambridge Companion to Bach, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1997, 9780521587808
Palisca, Baroque Music, Pearson (Prentice Hall), 3rd Ed., 1991, 9780130584960
Copland, What to Listen for in Music, NAL, 1999 (Suggested), 9780451226402
HUX 572: Key Periods and Movements, Philosophy: The Biblical Movement
Bible, New Jerusalem Bible: Reader’s Ed., Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1990, 9780385248334
HUX 575: Key Periods and Movements, Literature: 19th Century American Literature
Hawthorne, House of Seven Gables, Bantam Doubleday Dell, 9780553212709
Hawthorne, Scarlett Letter, Bantam Doubleday Dell, 9780553210095
Howells, Hazard of New Fortunes, NAL Penguin Mass Market, 1980, 9780452009639
Howells, Rise of Silas Lapham (New Intro. Auchincloss), NAL Penguin Mass Market, 2002, 9780451528223
James, Portrait of a Lady, Bantam Doubleday Dell, 9780553211276
James, Turn of the Screw, Tor Books/Tom Doherty, 1993, 9780812533415
Melville, Billy Budd and Other Tales, NAL Penguin Mass Market, 9780451526878
Melville, Moby Dick, Bantam Doubleday Dell, 9780553213119
Twain, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Enriched Classic), Pocket Books, 2004, 9780743487573
Twain, Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1983, 9780553211436
HUX 579: History: The Arab World
Lewis, What Went Wrong?: Western Impact and Middle Eastern Response, Oxford Univ. Press, 1st Ed., 2002,
9780198032953
Hitti, History of the Arabs, STMAR, 2003, 9780333631423
Feith, War and Decision, Harper Collins, 2009 (Suggested), 9780061373664
HUX 594: INDEPENDENT STUDIES
Consult with your instructor.
HUX 595: SPECIAL TOPICS: Jane Austen
Austen, Northanger Abbey, Norton Critical Ed., 9780393978506
Austen, Sense and Sensibility, Norton Critical Ed., 9780393977516
Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Norton Critical Ed., 9780393976045
Austen, Mansfield Park, Norton Critical Ed., 9780393967913
Austen, Emma, Norton Critical Ed., 9780393972849
Austen, Persuasion, Norton Critical Ed., 9780393960181
Corrigan, A Short Guide to Writing About Film, 8th Ed., 9780205236398 (optional)
HUX 598/599: FINAL PROJECT PROPOSAL and THESIS / CREATIVE PROJECT
Thesis and Project Guide, CSUDH Graduate Studies Department, available from bookstore and for download
from the Graduate Studies website: http://www4.csudh.edu/graduate-studies/thesis/thesis-and-projectguides/index
Gibaldi, MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (P), Modern Language Association, 7th Ed., 2009
Bond paper (Fine Business paper), white, 25% cotton content, for thesis/project final drafts
• Prices are available at the CSUDH Online bookstore, located through: www.efollett.com.
• BOOK PRICES AND EDITIONS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
• All books required unless otherwise stated.
• For resources for research beyond the required texts above, visit:
1) The CSUDH Distance Learning website: http://library.csudh.edu/services/distance/default.shtml
2) The Humanities Resources page at: http://library.csudh.edu/materials/DBSubjects.php?subject=humanities
