L3 - American history 20th century

Jan 25 : The Post Civil War Years and the Turn of the Century (1870s-1917)
Feb 1 : The Post Civil War Years and the Turn of the Century (1870s-1917) Powerpoint
Feb 8 : The Turn of the Century.
Feb 15 : The Return to Normalcy? (1920s)
Mar 1 : The Return to Normalcy? (1920s)
Mar 8: The Return to Normalcy? (1920s) Powerpoint + reading + Ppt images.
Mar 15 : The Great Depression and the New Deal (1930s)
Mar 22 : The Great Depression and the New Deal (1930s) Powerpoint + Summary + reading

A couple of interesting sites for the New Deal

- A New Deal for the Arts
- Video capsules on the Great Depression

Mar 29 : Post War American culture and society (1945-1960)
Apr 5 : Post War American culture and society (1945-1960) Powerpoint + images

Some documents about the 1950s :

Racism, School Desegregation Laws and the Civil Rights Movement in the United States (51mn film in Clinton, TN)
Racism in America Small Town 1950s Case Study Documentary Film (30mn documentary on a town in PA)
The Montgomery Bus Boycott (7mn)
Desegregation in Corporate America (a fiction on the topic, with some serious sexist comments at the beginning.
You may also read this very interesting Letter to a Northern Editor by William Faulkner.

On Levittowns:

1949-1950 newsreel on building Levittown houses (3mn50)
Levittown(s) 1947 (15mn)
The Rise of Suburban Areas during 1950s (11mn).
Levittown : interview of former residents (28mns)

Apr 12 : The 1960s
Apr 19 : The 1970s-1980s

	Pages de Jean Kempf — Université Lumière - Lyon 2 — Département d'études du monde anglophone
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	L3 — A HISTORY OF THE LONG 20th CENTURY (1890-present)
	This is a survey course on a very long period of American history. I will not be able to dwelve into all the important aspects of American history during the century. So you will need to do some reading on your own, and in particular to complement my lectures by reading chapters in one of the good histories of the United States. There are several excellent ones you can choose from. A People and A Nation is very good for students and we have several copies in the library. I personally like Maldwyn Jones, The Limits of Liberty (Oxford University Press) because its both precise and synthetic (and written by a great British historian of the US). But this online textbook is also very good. I strongly advise you to create your own chronology with the attached model. It's a good way of getting a clearer picture of the period under study. In TD you will study texts related to my lectures, although there might be slight discrepancies because we will not be able to go at the same speed in all groups. It is not a problem. The exam will be taken in each of your TD class. It will be in the form of a "commentaire de texte." Prospective syllabus (adjusted as we go along) 2022 Jan 25 : The Post Civil War Years and the Turn of the Century (1870s-1917) Feb 1 : The Post Civil War Years and the Turn of the Century (1870s-1917) Powerpoint Feb 8 : The Turn of the Century. Feb 15 : The Return to Normalcy? (1920s) Mar 1 : The Return to Normalcy? (1920s) Mar 8: The Return to Normalcy? (1920s) Powerpoint + reading + Ppt images. Mar 15 : The Great Depression and the New Deal (1930s) Mar 22 : The Great Depression and the New Deal (1930s) Powerpoint + Summary + reading A couple of interesting sites for the New Deal - A New Deal for the Arts - Video capsules on the Great Depression Mar 29 : Post War American culture and society (1945-1960) Apr 5 : Post War American culture and society (1945-1960) Powerpoint + images Some documents about the 1950s : Racism, School Desegregation Laws and the Civil Rights Movement in the United States (51mn film in Clinton, TN) Racism in America Small Town 1950s Case Study Documentary Film (30mn documentary on a town in PA) The Montgomery Bus Boycott (7mn) Desegregation in Corporate America (a fiction on the topic, with some serious sexist comments at the beginning. You may also read this very interesting Letter to a Northern Editor by William Faulkner. On Levittowns: 1949-1950 newsreel on building Levittown houses (3mn50) Levittown(s) 1947 (15mn) The Rise of Suburban Areas during 1950s (11mn). Levittown : interview of former residents (28mns) Apr 12 : The 1960s Apr 19 : The 1970s-1980s Supplementary material
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