1920s (politics and economics)

Final Lecture

May 14, 2007

At last . No good explanation for why this has taken so long -- end of the semester laziness, most likely...View more

1970s

Apr 26, 2007

More than disco . Lecture covers the political transformations leading to the rise of the New Right; Cart...View more

Vietnam War (part II)

Apr 24, 2007

Destroy the country in order to save it .

Vietnam War (part I)

Apr 21, 2007

Civil Rights II

Apr 18, 2007

Direct action and other new tactics for the civil rights campaigns.

War on Poverty

Apr 18, 2007

Lecture covers the "rediscovery of poverty" and Johnson's effort to "make war" (sort of) on economic ineq...View more

Civil Rights in the 1950s

Apr 9, 2007

The second Reconstruction . This lecture addresses the origins of the Civil Rights movement in the 1950s.

Cold War III

Apr 6, 2007

Massive retaliation! This lecture examines the foreign policy of the Eisenhower years, with a focus on th...View more