The Great Depression - 2009 Syllabus - Page 2


COURSE OUTLINE


Date, Topic and Reading


Tuesday, Aug. 25 WHAT'S SO DEPRESSING ABOUT A DEPRESSION?: Introduction



Wednesday, August 26, 7 PM: Film: Little Caesar (1930) - SH-221.


Link to Reviews
Audio.





Thursday, Aug. 27 "YA CAN DISH IT OUT, BUT YOU'RE GETTIN' SO YA CAN'T TAKE IT NO MORE"

READING: Introduction to forthcoming 25th Anniversary Edition of The Great Depression.




Tuesday, Sep. 1 "STORMY WEATHER": The Great Depression and American History

Audio.

READING: The Great Depression, pp. xiii-24;
Depression & New Deal, pp. 7-15.




Wednesday, September 2, 7 PM: FILM: Freaks (1932) - SH-221.
Link to Reviews









Thursday, Sept. 3 "AIN'T WE GOT FUN?" --The Twenties and the Consumption Ethic
Audio.

READING: The Great Depression, pp. 25-50.
Depression & New Deal, pp. 16-21.


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