HHS 414: Industrial America
Schedule, Reading List, & Assignments:
The schedule and assignments are subject to change during the semester. If you rely on a printed version of this schedule, please check back here regularly to make sure you have the most current version.
Last revised: April 19, 2012
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| Date | Topic | Reading Assignment | Assignment |
| Week One Jan. 18 |
Introduction | ||
| Week Two Jan. 25 |
The Emergence of Republican Technology | - Kasson, Preface, Chapters 1 & 2 | Reading response 1 due |
| Week Three Feb. 1 |
Technology, Imagination, and Aesthetics in the 19th Century | - Kasson, Chapters 3 & 4 - Schivelbusch, The Railway Journey, Foreward and Chapter 6 |
Reading response 2 due |
| Week Four Feb. 8 |
Industrial Utopia? | - Kasson, Chapter 5 | Project topic due |
| Week Five Feb. 15 |
Engineering America | - Layton, "The Ideology of Engineering," from The Revolt of the Engineers (Moodle) - Selections from Noble, America by Design (Moodle) |
Reading response 3 due - compare Layton with Noble |
| Week Six Feb. 22 |
Engineers, Capitalism, and Standardization | - Selections from Noble, America by Design (Moodle) | Reading response 4 due - respond to questions in my email sent on Feb 17 |
| Week Seven Feb. 29 |
SC Williams Library: Taylor and the Stevens Family | - Clancey and Smith, "Inventing Efficiency: Scientific Management ca 1900-1940" (Moodle) | Midterm essay due |
| Week Eight March 7 |
Machines and the Second Creation | - Hughes, Chapters 1-3 | Reading response 5 due |
| March 12-16 | Spring Break: No Class | ||
| Week Nine March 21 |
Industrial Hoboken
**Meet at Hoboken Historical Museum, 1301 Hudson Street, 10 am** |
- Investigate the website of the Hoboken Historical Museum, especially the sections on A Short History of Hoboken and Driving Under the Hudson - Selections from Ziegler-McPherson, Immigrants in Hoboken (Moodle) |
Project annotated bibliography and outline due |
| Week Ten March 28 |
Industrial Information | - Hughes, Chapter 4 - Russell, Introduction to An Open World (Moodle) |
Reading response 7 due on Hughes and Russell selections |
| Week Eleven April 4 |
Humans and the Built Technological Environment | - Hughes, Chapters 5 and 6 | Reading response 8 due |
| Week Twelve April 11 |
Industrialization, Stevens, and Hoboken | - Selections from Ziegler-McPherson, Immigrants in Hoboken (Moodle) | Reading response 9 due for students who are not doing presentations this week |
| Week Thirteen April 18 |
Innovation and Industrial America | - Selections from The Challenge of Remaining Innovative (Moodle) | Reading response 10 due for students who are not doing presentations this week |
| Week Fourteen April 25 |
The Deindustrialization of America | - Selections from Bluestone and Harrison, The Deindustrialization of America (Moodle) See also: |
Reading response 11 due for students who are not doing presentations this week |
| Take Home Exam |
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