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Academic Year 2001/2002
The Richest State: A History of Connecticut in the 20th Century
HIST 334 SP
During this century Connecticut became the richest state in the U.S., yet it also contains several of the nation's poorest cities. How did this situation come about? The published literature on this subject is thin, so
the students will not only read
history studies but do historical research themselves--i.e., define a topic, conduct research in primary sources, and, finally, write a a major essay based on their findings.
MAJOR READINGS
Sections of the following books and articles: Herbert Janick, A DIVERSE PEOPLE: CONNECTICUT, 1914 TO PRESENT Samuel T. McSeveney, THE POLITICS OF DEPRESSION; POLITICAL BEHAVIOR IN THE NORTHEAST, 1893-1896 Herbert
Janick, "The New Social History In
Twentieth Century Connecticut", CONNECTICUT HISTORY, No. 23 (April 1982), pp. 153-67. Cecilia Bucki, "Workers and Politics in the Immigrant City" Samuel Koenig, IMMIGRANT SETTLEMENTS IN CONNECTICUT: THEIR GROWTH AND
CHARACTERISTICS, Works Progress
Administration, 1938 Bruce Clouette and Matthew Roth, BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT: A BICENTENNIAL HISTORY, 1785-1985 John W. Jeffries, TESTING THE ROOSEVELT COALITION; CONNECTICUT SOCIETY AND POLITICS IN THE ERA OF WW II
Toni Gilpin, et al., ON STRIKE FOR
RESPECT: THE YALE STRIKE OF 1984-85 Christopher Collier and Bonnie B. Collier, THE LITERATURE OF CONNECTICUT HISTORY, 1983 Dolores Ann Liptak, EUROPEAN IMMIGRANTS AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN CONNECTICUT, 1870-1920
(1987) Robert A. Warner, NEW HAVEN
NEGROES: A SOCIAL HISTORY (1940) A. C. Spectorsky, THE EXURBANITES (1955) Joseph I. Liebman, THE POWER BROKER: A BIOGRAPHY OF JOHN M. BAILEY, MODERN POLITICAL BOSS (1968) Karen Orren, CORPORATE POWER AND SOCIAL
CHANGE: THE POLITICAL LIFE OF THE
LIFE INSURANCE INDUSTRY (1974) Elizabeth Warner, A PICTORIAL HISTORICAL OF MIDDLETOWN
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
One major research paper, plus earlier proposals and drafts, and one page papers during the first weeks of the class.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Student must have taken at least one previous course in 19th-or 20th-century U. S. history. Admission by interview.
COURSE FORMAT:
Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
NONE
Grading Mode:
Student Option
Prerequisites:
NONE
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Last Updated on MAR-19-2002
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