HISTORY 12
Spring semester 1999.
Class
meets Tuesdays/Thursday 4:15-5:30 pm in 111 BOUCKE
Philip
Jenkins
Please
note: I check my e-mail regularly, and this is an excellent way to get in touch
with me if you have a quick question or if you want to make an appointment for
a more substantial discussion.
The
Course
This
course explores the history of the state of Pennsylvania from earliest times
through the present day.
Grading
Grading
will be based on two midterm examinations and a comprehensive final, all of
which will be in essay format. The two midterms will each carry 25 percent of
the grade, while the final exam will carry fifty percent.
There
is NO optional extra credit work.
Regular
class attendance is of course expected, especially since lectures will include
a lot that is not in the readings. I reserve the right to take attendance.
Deadlines
Deadlines
matter, and I intend to enforce them strictly. If you miss a deadline without
getting an extension in advance, you get a non-negotiable grade of F on that
particular exam or project. Do not try getting in touch with me after the fact
to explain why you missed an exam, unless you produce a proper medical note.
Excuses must always be supported by documentation. Valid reasons include
medical problems and the like. I am aware that ROTC sometimes makes strange
demands on its members, and these reasons would be valid: but note that ROTC
also provides documentation for these absences, which must be produced if you
want to claim this as a reason for an extension.
The
following are not valid reasons for an extension, so please don't ask:
"I
have other exams that day" (so ask the other professors for the extension)
"I'm
leaving early for break" (not if you want the grade, you're not)
Texts
Both
are required
A
History of Pennsylvania, by Philip Klein and Ari S. Hoogenboom, Penn State
Press, 1980.
ISBN:
0-271-01934-4.
Hoods
and Shirts, by Philip Jenkins, University of North Carolina Press, 1997.
ISBN:
0-8078-2316-3.
SYLLABUS OF CLASSES
1.
Jan.12
Introduction.
READ
Klein and Hoogenboom chapters 1-2
2.
Jan 14.
The
Quaker settlement
READ
Klein and Hoogenboom chapters 3-4
3.
Jan. 19
Ethnic
and religious groups
READ
Klein and Hoogenboom chapters 5-6
4.
Jan. 21
Eighteenth
century Philadelphia
5.
Jan. 26
Western
expansion
READ
Klein and Hoogenboom chapters 7-8
6.
Jan.28
The
Revolutionary War and Independence
READ
Klein and Hoogenboom chapters 9-10
7.
Feb. 2
Constitutional
and political struggles 1776-1850
READ
Klein and Hoogenboom chapters 11-12
8.
Feb. 4
Religious
developments 1790-1860.
READ
Klein and Hoogenboom chapters 13-14
9.
Feb. 9
Crime,
riot and conspiracy
READ
Klein and Hoogenboom chapters 15-16
10.
Feb. 11
Political
crisis 1840-1861; the coming of the Civil War
READ
Klein and Hoogenboom chapters 17-18
11.
Feb. 16.
Industry
1875-1900: rail, coal, oil and steel
READ
Klein and Hoogenboom chapter 19
12.
Feb. 18
The
Age of the Molly Maguires.
13.
Feb. 23
EXAM
ONE
14.
Feb. 25
The
age of mass immigration 1880-1924
READ
Klein and Hoogenboom chapter 20
15.
March 2
The
new urban landscape
READ
Klein and Hoogenboom chapter 21
16.
March 4
The
new state and its justice system.
READ
Klein and Hoogenboom chapter 22
17.
March 16.
FILM:
Holy Pittsburgh
READ
Klein and Hoogenboom chapter 23
18.
March 18.
Republican
hegemony and its challengers
READ
Jenkins, Hoods and Shirts, entire book
19.
March 23.
World
War one and afterwards
READ
Klein and Hoogenboom chapter 28
20.
March 25.
The
Klan in Pennsylvania
21.
March 30.
The
Crash and New Deal
READ
Klein and Hoogenboom chapter 24
22.
April 1
Extremist
movements 1926-1942
READ
Klein and Hoogenboom chapter 25
23.
April 6.
World
War Two
24.
April 8.
Communism
and Anti-Communism
25.
April 13.
EXAM
TWO
26.
April 15.
Crisis
and recovery 1950-1970
READ
Klein and Hoogenboom chapters 26-27
27.
April 20.
Pennsylvania
in the movies
28.
April 22.
Gangsters
29.
April 27.
Pennsylvania
1970-1990.
READ
Klein and Hoogenboom chapter 29
30.
April 29.
Review.
The state of the state in the nineties
COMPREHENSIVE
FINAL IN FINAL EXAM WEEK, MAY 3-8