Final LectureMay 14, 2007At last . No good explanation for why this has taken so long -- end of the semester laziness, most likely...View more
1970sApr 26, 2007More than disco . Lecture covers the political transformations leading to the rise of the New Right; Cart...View more
War on PovertyApr 18, 2007Lecture covers the "rediscovery of poverty" and Johnson's effort to "make war" (sort of) on economic ineq...View more
Civil Rights in the 1950sApr 9, 2007The second Reconstruction . This lecture addresses the origins of the Civil Rights movement in the 1950s.
Cold War IIIApr 6, 2007Massive retaliation! This lecture examines the foreign policy of the Eisenhower years, with a focus on th...View more