Fall 2007

HIS 356R • America and the Holocaust

Course Description

This course will investigate ways of perceiving the importance of the Holocaust in American history, politics, and culture. It will consist of meetings that are part lecture and part discussion, in which the readings will root the class in topics that we will then discuss and for which I will be giving wider background.

Grading Policy

Class Participation (perfect attendance and class participation): 20% Take Home Midterm: 30% Final Exam: 50%

Texts

Robert H. Abzug, INSIDE THE VICIOUS HEART Robert H. Abzug, AMERICA VIEWS THE HOLOCAUST Richard L. Rubenstein, THE CUNNING OF HISTORY Martin Gilbert, THE HOLOCAUST Edward T. Linenthal, PRESERVING MEMORY Philip Roth, THE GHOSTWRITER Art Spiegelman, MAUS II Edward Wallant, THE PAWNBROKER

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