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Section 1. Common Readings (weeks 1-7)
| Tuesday,
23 January |
Beginning
with Beginnings.
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Beneath
the United States, preface. |
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| Thursday,
25 January |
Why
did the US start intervening?
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Beneath
the United States, pp. 176-219. |
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| Tuesday,
30 January |
Why
did the US find it hard to civilize?
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Beneath the
United States, pp. 220-315. |
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| Thursday,
1 February |
How
have things Changed?
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Beneath the
United States, pp. 316-348,
367-386. |
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Week 3
| Tuesday,
6 February |
What's
good about intervention?
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Boot,
preface, 129-204. |
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| Thursday,
8 February |
Can
intervetion be positive?
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Boot,
231-252, 336-52. |
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4 |
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| Tuesday,
13 February |
What's
bad about intervention?
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Kinzer,
1-6, 31-77, 98-108, 129-147, 170-199. |
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| Thursday,
15 February |
Is
intervention a bad idea?
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Kinzer,
203-07, 210-16, 219-59, 315-322. |
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| Tuesday,
20 February |
What
About the Mexican Case?
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US-Mexican Relations, e-reserve.
Langley, Banana Wars, 77-114, on regular reserve.
Spenser, e-reserve. |
| Thursday,
22 February |
What
are the different perspectives on Mexico?
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Hart, e-reserve.
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| Friday,
23 February |
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6 |
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| Tuesday,
27 February |
Why
intervene in Haiti? |
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Healy,
e-reserve.
Langley, Banana Wars, 117-148, on regular reserve.
Plummer, e-reserve. |
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| Thursday,
1 March |
What
good did it do? |
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Renda,
e-reserve.
Renda, on
JStor. |
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| Week
7 |
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| Tuesday,
6 March |
The
Case of Nicaragua.
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Macaulay, e-reserve.
Langley, Banana Wars, 48-61, 219-241 on regular reserve.
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| Thursday,
8 March |
How
has historical thinking changed?
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Gobat, e-reserve. |
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Section
2. Research Projects (weeks 8-14)
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8 |
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| Tuesday,
13 March |
No
Class Discussion this Week.
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We will meet
Tuesday to assign presentation dates. Otherwise, work on your Primary
Source Analysis.
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| Friday,
15 March |
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Spring
Break, 17 March to 1 April
| Week
9 |
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| Tuesday,
3 April |
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Half
of you will present. |
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| Thursday,
5 April |
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The other half
will present. |
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| Week
10 |
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| Tuesday,
10 April |
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Four of you. |
| Thursday,
12 April |
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Another three. |
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| Week
11 |
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| Tuesday,
17 April |
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The last three. |
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| Thursday,
19 April |
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The first four. |
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| Week
12 |
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| Tuesday,
24 April |
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The
second three. |
| Thursday,
26 April |
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The rest.
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| Week
13 |
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| Tuesday,
1 May |
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Two of you.
Before drafting your paper read pp. 185-221, 263-282 of The Craft
of Research. |
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| Thursday,
3 May |
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Three more. Before
drafting your paper read pp. 185-221, 263-282 of The Craft of Research. |
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| Week
14 |
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| Tuesday,
8 May |
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Three
more . Before drafting your paper read pp. 185-221, 263-282 of The
Craft of Research. |
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| Thursday,
10 May |
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The
last of you. Before drafting your paper read pp. 185-221, 263-282
of The Craft of Research. |
| Thursday,
11 May |
Final
Draft Due Date
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