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Fall Semester
2008
* For information on each book, click on the title.
History 150 - History of
Latin America Through Independence
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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| If you
do purchase copies of this text
online, be sure that it is
2nd edition,
Volume 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 college bookstore lists
another text on California for this
class by David G. Lawrence.
Either book is acceptable for the
course. |
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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 use this 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. |
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Mario Vargas Llosa.
Death in the Andes. Penguin. Paper. ISBN
014-026215-6 |
Spring Semester
2008
* For information on each book, click on the title.
History 151 - History of
Latin America Since 1824
Section # 31713
History 140 - History of
the Americas to 1800
Section # 31555
All Books Listed Below
Are Required
History 141 - History of the Americas Since 1800
Sections # 31550 and 31551, plus
Live section 30384 and Hybrid section 31712
All Books Listed Below
Are Required
Summer Session
2008
* 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 |
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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 |
| This Book Is Recommended |
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David Hackett Fischer.
Paul Revere’s Ride. Oxford University Press.
Paper. ISBN 019-509831-5 |
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IMPORTANT NOTE
Everyone will read a special study on the American
Revolution such as this book, but you will have a
choice of books from a list posted in the course
Blackboard site at the start of the course.
This book will be among the choices, and there are
several copies of it available in the Palomar
College Library, and it is generally available
through every Public Library. |
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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| If you
do purchase copies of this text
online, be sure that it is
2nd edition,
Volume 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 college bookstore lists
another text on California for this
class by David G. Lawrence.
Either book is acceptable for the
course. |
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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 use this 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. |
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Mario Vargas Llosa.
Death in the Andes. Penguin. Paper. ISBN
014-026215-6 |
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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, 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.
Where To Find Your Books
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.
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 their limited website.
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, Fischer,
Gruzinski, Guarneri, McPherson, Starr, Taylor, Vargas Llosa,
Winn, Wood, Sweet & Nash, and Tocqueville 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 Fischer,
McPherson, Taylor, Wood, Oates, 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. |
