Part II: The Cold War
Feb. 18: No Class: Other Cold War Battlegrounds—Central Asia: Read: Nicholas Cullather, “Damming
Afghanistan” (Optional, but recommended--CW)
Feb. 20: Other Cold War Battlegrounds—Latin America: Kate Doyle, “The Atrocity Files”; Juan
Gonzalez, Harvest of Empire (excerpts); Ariel Dorfman, “The Other 9/11” (CW)
Part III: Civil Rights Movements & Rights Consciousness
Feb. 25: Interpreting the Civil Rights Movement: Read (or reread): Brands, pp. 100-30; Chafe, pp. 93-95,
103-112; I strongly encourage you to begin reading, the Sokol book
Film Night 7-9:30 PM—Missing in Textor 102.
Feb. 27: CRM in Primary Sources: Read: Brown v. Board of Education (1954), Declaration of
Constitutional Principles (1956), Lunch Counter Sit-In (Moody, 1964), and Black Panther Party manifesto (1966) in Chafe, 96-102, 113-120. Martin Luther King, “Letter from a Birmingham
Jail” and Kerner Commission Report (excerpts), (CW)
Primary Source Scavenger Hunt and Paper 2 Due
Mar. 4: The White Response to Civil Rights; Read: Sokol, front cover-182
Mar. 6: The White Response to Civil Rights: Read: Sokol, 183-end.
Mar. 7: Research Paper Bibliography Due—Upload to Sakai by not later than 5 PM
Mar. 11 & 13: Spring Break—work on research paper
Mar. 18: The Civil Rights Movement: Sokol Response Paper Due
Mar. 20: Other Rights Movements: Read: Chicano!, in Chafe,121-27; Intro to Part 6, Creation of a
Feminist Consciousness, Sexual Revolution(s) in Chafe, 209-17; 246-60.
Mar. 25: Other Rights Movements: Read: NOW Statement of Purpose (1966), No More Miss America
(1968), ¡Soy Chicana Primera! (1971), Gay Is Good (1970) in Chafe, 218-29, 242-5
Primary Source Scavenger Hunt Source (no paper this time)
Part IV: From Liberal Consensus to Polarization—Culture Change and the Response
Mar. 27: Liberalism at High Tide: Read: Intro to Part 2; Thomas Hine, “The Luckiest Generation”;
Marchand, “Trends in Postwar”; Bruce Shulman, “Lyndon B. Johnson and American Liberalism” in Chafe, 53-63
Apr. 1: Liberalism at High Tide: Read: Kennedy Inaugural Address (1961); “The Great Society” (1964) in Chafe, pp. 73-80; Adam Rome, “Give Earth a Chance: The Environmental Movement and the

Sixties” (CW); Santa Barbara Declaration of Environmental Rights (1970) (CW)
Apr. 3: From Working Class to Middle Class: Read: Metzgar, pp. TBD
Apr. 8: From Working Class to Middle Class: Read: Metzgar, pp. TBD
Apr. 10: The Unraveling of Consensus: Read: Intro to Part 5 in Chafe, 171-2; Terry Anderson,
“Counterculture” (CW); Port Huron Statement (1962); You Don’t Need a Weatherman (1969);
New Buffalo (1971) in Chafe, 66-70, 178-94
Primary Source Scavenger Hunt Paper 3 Due
Apr. 14: Longview Discussion Night, 7-8:30
Optional Rough Draft of Research Paper Due
Apr. 15: The Conservative Ascendancy: Read: Intro to Part 7; McQuaid, Watergate; Farber, Taken
Hostage,“The Forgotten American” (1969), “Crisis of Confidence Speech” (1979) in Chafe, 261-
98.
Apr. 17: The Conservative Ascendancy: Read: Intro to Part 8; “The Sharon Statement” (1960); Carter,
The Politics of Anger in Chafe, 71-2, 299-315; “Wallace’s Army” (CW)—light reading assignment, so devote extra time to paper
Apr. 22: No class meeting in exchange for Longview Discussion Nights: The Conservative Ascendancy:
Read: McGirr, Piety and Property in Chafe, 316-28 (to be discussed on Apr. 24)
Apr. 24: The Conservative Ascendancy: Read: Dionne, “The Religious Right”; Berman, America’s Right
Turn; “The Second American Revolution” (1985) in Chafe, 329-45
Apr. 29: Research Paper Due by 9:30, my office—No Class meeting
Apr. 30: Longview Discussion Night, 7-8:30
May 1: From the Cold War to the 21 st Century: Read: Selections from Chafe, TBA.
May 8: Lightning Rounds: 6-7 min. research presentations
Final Exam Paper Due