Prof. Dr. Manfred Berg (Curt-Engelhorn-Professur für Amerikanische Geschichte)

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1 Prof. Dr. Manfred Berg (Curt-Engelhorn-Professur für Amerikanische Geschichte) Historisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg/Heidelberg Center for American Studies Sommersemester 2016 Vorlesung/Lecture Course: The Making of Modern America, 1861 to 1945 Raum: Hörsaal des Historischen Seminars Zeit: Montag, Uhr Beginn: Telefon: o Sprechstunde/Office Hours: Dienstag, Uhr o. n.v., Historisches Seminar Raum 041 Syllabus 18 April 2016: The Civil War, April 2016: The Reconstruction of the Union, May 2016: The New South 23 May 2016: The Conquest of the Transmississippi West 30 May 2016: Industrial Capitalism and Urbanization 6 June 2016: Politics and Society in late 19 th Century America 13 June 2016: Imperialism and Hegemony in the Western Hemisphere 20 June 2016: The Progressive Era 27 June 2016: The United States and the First World War 4 July 2016: The Roaring Twenties 11 July 2016: The Great Depression and the New Deal 18 July 2016: The United States and the Second World War 25 July 2016: Exams

2 2 Selected Bibliography Reference Works and Documentary Collections: Barney, William L., ed. A Companion to 19th-Century America. Malden, Mass., Berg, Manfred. Geschichte der USA. Oldenbourg Grundriss der Geschichte. München, Boyer, Paul S., ed. The Oxford Companion to United States History. New York, Buenker, John D. and Buenker, Joseph, eds. Encyclopedia of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. 3 vols., Armonk, NY, Escott, Paul D. et al., eds. Major Problems in the History of the American South. Volume II: The New South. Boston - New York, Fink, Leon, ed. Major Problems in the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era. Lexington, Mass., Finkelman, Paul. ed. Encyclopedia of African American History. 8 vols. New York, Foner, Eric, and Lisa McGirr, eds. American History Now. Philadelphia, Gordon, Colin, ed. Major Problems in American History, Boston, Lacy K. Ford, A Companion to the Civil War and Reconstruction. Malden, Mass., David Stephen Heidler und Mark E. Neely, eds. Encyclopedia of the American Civil War: A Political, Social, and Military History. 5 vols. Santa Barbara, Hewitt, Nancy, ed. A Companion to American Women s History. Malden, MA, Hochgeschwender, Michael. Der Amerikanische Bürgerkrieg. München, Hoffman, Elizabeth Cobbs, and Jon Gjerde, eds. Major Problems in American History. 2 vols. Boston, Jentleson, Bruce W., and Thomas G. Paterson, eds. Encyclopedia of U.S. Foreign Relations. 4 vols. New York, Kutler, Stanley I., ed. Encyclopedia of the United States in the Twentieth Century. 4 vols. New York, Merrill, Dennis, and Thomas G. Paterson, eds. Major Problems in American Foreign Policy. 6 ed. 2 vols. Lexington and Toronto, Milner, Clyde A., Carol A. O' Connor, and Martha A. Sandweiss, eds. The Oxford History of the American West. New York - Oxford, 1994.

3 3 Nash, Gary B., ed. Encyclopedia of American History. 11 vols. New York, Michael Perman, ed. Major Problems in the Civil War and Reconstruction. Boston - New York, Resch, John P., ed. Americans at War: Society, Culture, and the Homefront. 5 vols. Farmington Hills, MI, Sautter, Udo. Lexikon der amerikanischen Geschichte. München, Schulzinger, Robert D., ed. A Companion to American Foreign Relations. Malden, MA, Whitfield, Stephen J., ed. A Companion to 20th-Century America. Malden, MA, Monographs and Edited Volumes Adams, Michael. The Best War Ever: America and World War II. Baltimore, Allerfeldt, Kristofer, ed. The Progressive Era in the USA: , Aldershot, Ayers, Edward L. The Promise of the New South. Life After Reconstruction. New York Oxford, Badger, Anthony J. The New Deal. The Depression Years New York, Berg, Manfred. The Ticket to Freedom : The NAACP and the Struggle for Black Political Integration. Gainesville, FL, Berg, Manfred. Popular Justice: A History of Lynching in America. Chicago, Borus, Daniel H. Twentieth-century Multiplicity: American Thought and Culture, Lanham, Md., Bradley, Patricia. Making American Culture. A Social History, Basingstoke, Brinkley, Alan. The End of Reform: New Deal Liberalism in Recession and War. New York, Calhoun, Charles W., ed. The Gilded Age: Perspectives on the Origins of Modern America. Lanham, Md, Capozzola, Christopher. Uncle Sam Wants You. World War I and the Making of the Modern American Citizen. Oxford, Cashman, Sean Dennis. America in the Gilded Age: From the Death of Lincoln to the Rise of Theodore Roosevelt. New York, 1984.

4 4 Chambers, John Whiteclay. The Tyranny of Change: America in the Progressive Era, New Brunswick, Cohen, Warren I. Empire without Tears: American Foreign Relations New York, Cooper, John Milton. Breaking the Heart of the World: Woodrow Wilson and the Fight for the League of Nations. Cambridge, Mass., Dailey, Jane, Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore, and Bryant Simon, eds. Jumping Jim Crow: Southern Politics from Civil War to Civil Rights. Princeton, Daniels, Roger. Coming to America: A History of Immigration and Ethnicity in American Life. New York, Dawley, Alan. Changing the World: American Progressives in War and Revolution. Princeton, Dickstein, Morris. Dancing in the Dark. A Cultural History of the Great Depression. New York, Dubofsky, Melvyn, ed. The American Economy during the Great Depression. New York: Garland, Dumenil, Lynn. The Modern Temper: America in the 1920s. New York, Edwards, Rebecca. New Spirits: Americans in the Gilded Age, New York, Fairclough, Adam. Better Day Coming. Blacks and Equality New York: Viking Penguin, Foner, Eric. Reconstruction. America s Unfinished Revolution, New York, Foner, Eric. Forever Free: The Story of Emancipation and Reconstruction. New York, Hannigan, Robert E. The New World Power: American Foreign Policy, Philadelphia, Iriye, Akira. The Globalization of America: New York, Keene, Jennifer D. The United States and the First World War. New York, Kennedy, David M. Freedom From Fear. The American People in Depression and War, , New York, Kennedy, David M. Over Here. The First World War and American Society. Oxford, Knock, Thomas J. To End All Wars: Woodrow Wilson and the Quest for a New World Order. New York, 1992.

5 5 Kraut, Alan M. The Huddled Masses: The Immigrant in American Society, ed. Wheeling, IL, Kutler, Stanley I. Discontented America: The United States in the 1920s, Baltimore, LaFeber, Walter. The American Search for Opportunity, Vol. 2, The Cambridge History of American Foreign Relations. New York, Lawson, Alan. A Commonwealth of Hope: The New Deal Response to Crisis. Baltimore, Lears, T. J. Jackson. Rebirth of a Nation. The Making of Modern America, New York, NY: Harper, Limerick, Patricia. The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West. New York, Litwack, Leon. Trouble in Mind. Black Southerners in the Age of Jim Crow. New York, McGerr, Michael. A Fierce Discontent: The Rise and Fall of the Progressive Movement in America. New York, McPherson, James M. The Battle Cry of Freedom. The Civil War Era. New York, Montgomery, David. The Fall of the House of Labor: The Workplace, the State, and American Labor Activism New York, Painter, Nell Irvin. Standing at Armageddon: The United States , New York Palmer, Niall A. The Twenties in America. Politics and History. Edinburgh, Postel, Charles. The Populist Vision. Oxford - New York, Rodgers, Daniel T. Atlantic Crossings: Social Politics in a Progressive Age. Cambridge, Mass, Schneider, Mark R. We Return Fighting: The Civil Rights Movement in the Jazz Age. Boston, Schwabe, Klaus. Weltmacht und Weltordnung. Amerikanische Außenpolitik von 1898 bis zur Gegenwart. Eine Jahrhundertgeschichte. Paderborn, Southern, David W. The Progressive Era and Race: Reaction and Reform, ,Wheeling, Ill, Sullivan, Patricia. Days of Hope. Race and Democracy in the New Deal Era. Chapel Hill and London, Tooze, Adam. The Deluge: The Great War, America and the Remaking of the Global Order, London, 2014.

6 6 Weinberg, Gerhard. A World At Arms: A Global History of World War II. Cambridge, Welskopp, Thomas. Amerikas große Ernüchterung. Eine Kulturgeschichte der Prohibition. Paderborn, Woodward, C. Vann. Origins of the New South Baton Rouge, Tucker, Robert. W. Woodrow Wilson and the Great War. Reconsidering America s Neutrality, Charlottesville, Va., Zunz, Olivier. Making America Corporate Chicago, Useful Links The Library of Congress website American Memory offers various collections dedicated to U.S. History which provide documents, images, research tools, information about the Library s holdings. The Avalon Project at Yale University is a major collection of treaties, legal documents, and other sources spanning pre 18 th century resources up to the modern day. The National Archives and Records Administration is the federal agency that oversees the management of federal records. This site contains, among other things, a Digital Classroom for students, an Online Exhibit Hall containing historical documents and images and research information about the National Archives holdings For more links, see our website