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Fall Semester
2009
For information on each book, click on the title.
History 150 - History of
Latin America Through Independence
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Following Books Are Required |
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Kenneth J. Andrien. The
Human Tradition in Colonial Latin America.
Scholarly Resources. Paper. ISBN 0-8420-2888-9 |
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Serge Gruzinski.
The Aztecs:
Rise and Fall of an Empire.
Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Paper.
ISBN
0-8109-2821-3
Used copies also available
here at Barnes & Noble.com |
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James Lockhart and Stuart B.
Schwartz.
Early Latin America. Cambridge University
Press. Paper. ISBN 0-521-29929-2 * |
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David J. Weber, editor.
What Caused the Pueblo Revolt of 1680?
Bedford/St. Martin's. Paper. ISBN
0-312-19174-X |
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Special Note on
The Aztecs
The Gruzinski book on the Aztecs is
temporarily out of print, but used copies are
available. If The Aztecs
is unavailable, select The Incas from the same series for use in
the class.
Used copies of the Gruzinski book on The Aztecs
are available online or in the Palomar and
Off-Campus Bookstores. New
and used copies of the Bernand book on the Incas are
available online.
There will also be copies of both in the Instructor
Reserve section of the Library for 1-week checkout.
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Carmen Bernand.
The Incas: People of
the Sun.
Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Paper.
ISBN
0-8109-2894-9 |
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NOTE
Copies of all of these texts are available for
1-week check-out from the
Instructor Reserve area of the Palomar
College Library.
Good prices are available
for used copies from the following:
- Amazon.com (links above)
- For example,
Amazon has used
copies of the
Andrien, Gruzinski,
Lockhart, and Weber
books for
under $5
each
(7-6-09)
- Off Campus Books
- Palomar College Bookstore
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History 140 - History of
the Americas to 1800
All Books Listed Below
Are Required
History 141 - History of the Americas Since 1800
All Books Listed Below
Are Required
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Carl Guarneri.
America Compared.
2nd edition. Volume 2: Since 1865. Houghton
Mifflin. Paper. ISBN 0-618-31857-7
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The 1st edition
of this text is also acceptable.
Be sure that you order
Volume 2.
Also available for rent at
Chegg.com. |
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James M. McPherson.
Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam. Oxford
University Press. Paper. ISBN 0-19-517330-9
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Kevin Starr.
California: A History.
The Modern Library. ISBN 0-812-97753-X * |
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Mario Vargas Llosa.
Death in the Andes. Penguin. Paper. ISBN
014-026215-6 * |
| The
Following Book Is Recommended |
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Alexis de Tocqueville.
Democracy in America. Isaac Kramnick,
editor. Paper. Penguin Classics.
ISBN 014-044760-1
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This is a recommended edition of this
classic work. And yes - it is a
big book! No, you will not need
to read all of it for the course.
Free copies of this text
are available at the following sites:
- The Palomar College Library, both the General Collection and the Instructor Reserve area
- Any Public Library
- Online - A link will be posted in the course Blackboard site
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Spring Semester
2010
For information on each book, click on the title.
History 151 - History of
Latin America Since 1824
Section # 31495
History 140 - History of
the Americas to 1800
Online
Section # 31386, plus
Live section 31387
All Books Listed Below
Are Required
History 141 - History of the Americas Since 1800
Online Sections # 31382 and 31383, plus Live
section 31494 and Hybrid section 30352
All Books Listed Below
Are Required
Summer Session
2009
For information on each book, click on the title.
History 140 - History of
the Americas to 1800
All Books Listed Below
Are Required
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Allan Greer, editor.
The Jesuit Relations. Bedford/St.
Martin's. Paper. ISBN 0-312-16707-5 |
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Serge Gruzinski.
The Aztecs.
Harry N.
Abrams, Inc. Paper. ISBN
0-8109-2821-3
* See the note on
this book below. |
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Anthony Pagden.
Peoples and Empires: A
Short History of European Migration, Exploration,
and Conquest, from Greece to the Present.
The Modern Library. Paper. ISBN 0-8129-6761-5
* |
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David G. Sweet and Gary B. Nash.
Struggle & Survival in Colonial America.
University of California Press. Paper. ISBN
052-004501-7 |
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Alan Taylor.
American Colonies: The Settling of North America.
Penguin. Paper. ISBN 014-200210-0 * |
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Gordon Wood.
The American Revolution. The Modern
Library. Paper. ISBN
0-8129-7041-1 * |
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The Following Book Is
Recommended |
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David Hackett Fischer.
Paul Revere’s Ride. Oxford University
Press. Paper. ISBN 019-509831-5 *
Everyone must read some chapters of this book, but
many copies are available at libraries, or online
used. |
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Special Note on
The Aztecs
The Gruzinski book on the Aztecs is
temporarily out of print, but used copies are
available. If The Aztecs
is unavailable, select The Incas from the same series for use in
the class.
Used copies of the Gruzinski book on The Aztecs
are available online or in the Palomar and
Off-Campus Bookstores. New
and used copies of the Bernand book on the Incas are
available online.
There will also be copies of both in the Instructor
Reserve section of the Library for 1-week checkout.
Carmen Bernand.
The Incas: People of
the Sun.
Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Paper.
ISBN
0-8109-2894-9 |
History 141 - History of the Americas Since 1800
All Books Listed Below
Are Required
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Carl Guarneri.
America Compared.
2nd edition. Volume 2: Since 1865.
Houghton Mifflin. Paper. ISBN
0-618-31857-7
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The 1st edition
of this text is also acceptable.
Be sure that you order
Volume 2.
The Second edition is also available for rent at
Chegg.com
for $12. |
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Parag Khanna.
The Second World: How Emerging Powers Are Redefining
Global Competition in the Twenty-first Century.
Random House. Paper. ISBN 0-812-97984-2
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James M. McPherson.
Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam. Oxford
University Press. Paper. ISBN 0-19-517330-9
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Kevin Starr.
California: A History.
The Modern Library. ISBN 0-812-97753-X * |
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| The
Following Book Is Recommended |
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Alexis de Tocqueville.
Democracy in America. Isaac Kramnick,
editor. Paper. Penguin Classics.
ISBN 014-044760-1 *
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Everyone must read sections of this
classic work. And yes - it is a
big book! No, you will not need
to read all of it for the course.
This is a recommended edition, but you will
find several editions available in
libraries. All complete - not abridged
- versions are acceptable.
If you do not wish to purchase this book,
there is an online edition available for
free. |
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How To Use the Course
Books
If you are concerned about
the number of books assigned for these courses, consider the
following:
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The total cost of these course books is
often less than the cost of one large textbook for a US
or Western Civilization survey course.
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You will not be required to read every
chapter for most books assigned, such as the Taylor,
Sweet & Nash, Fischer, Guarneri, Khanna, and Starr
books.
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By the end of each course, most students
are amazed that history books can be so well written and
interesting! These are very different from the
1-volume history textbooks you may have read for other
courses in the past.
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As there are no "objective" exams for
these courses, only short essays and projects, you will
not be memorizing information from these books, but
rather reading them for their content and themes.
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Most of these books can be obtained for
free from
local college and public libraries.
Please read below under
Instructor Reserve Copies and
Other
Libraries. Those that can be obtained
through libraries are marked by an asterix - *
Where To Find Your Books
I am not in the business of selling
books. I do want you to get into the habit of
reading good history books, AND using your local
libraries. In several of my classes you will be
required to use a library book.
If you are concerned about the costs for these books, please read
below under
Instructor Reserve Copies and
Other
Libraries.
All texts will be available in the
Palomar College Bookstore, where they can be purchased
in person or online.
The links above on this
page for each title are to
Amazon.com, where you can obtain these texts online
either new or used at reduced prices. You can also
find new and used copies online at
Barnes&Noble.com,
Powells.com, and
Abebooks.com.
A copy of the Guarneri book can be rented at
Chegg.com.
Off Campus Books
This local discount bookseller has copies of class texts
at reduced prices. Located near the San Marcos Campus
at 1450 W. Mission Road, telephone (760) 598-2665.
Call ahead to see what texts they have in stock for my
classes.
Click here for
information on this store at Yelp.
Local Chain Bookstores
The Fischer, McPherson, Starr, Taylor, and Vargas Llosa books
are "trade books" that can also be obtained from you
local book store, particularly chains such as Barnes &
Noble, Bookstar, and Borders. These stores can
generally obtain these books within one week.
Instructor Reserve
Copies -
Palomar College Library
Copies of the Andrien,
Beezley and Ewell, De
Tocqueville, Fischer,
Gruzinski, Guarneri, McPherson, Starr, Sweet & Nash, Taylor, Vargas Llosa,
Winn, and Wood texts are available for student check out
in the Instructor Reserve area of the
Palomar College
Library, 2nd floor. Consult the Online
Reserve Desk to check the availability of these titles;
search the Reserve Desk by my Last Name: Arguello.
All
but the Guarneri title are also generally available through your
local Public Library. The
Lockhart and Schwartz book is available through the Palomar
College Library eBooks collection.
Other Libraries
The De Tocqueville, Fischer,
McPherson, Taylor, Wood, Starr, and Vargas Llosa texts should be
available in most public libraries. If not available
in your local branch, you should be able to obtain them
through either the San Diego City and/or County Library
systems. Follow
this link at the Palomar College Library page for
links to other local libraries. |
