25 episodes
History 132 David Hoogland Noon
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4.0 • 17 Ratings
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Lectures from History 132 (US since 1865), taught at the University of Alaska Southeast, spring semester 2007. Survey of the political, social, cultural and economic history of the United States since the Civil War.
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Final Lecture
At last. No good explanation for why this has taken so long -- end of the semester laziness, most likely. The lecture itself is short and covers a lot of ground; also, I delivered the lecture with my year-old daughter in my left arm. A difficult feat. Thanks for listening....
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1970s
More than disco. Lecture covers the political transformations leading to the rise of the New Right; Carter presidency; and the Iranian hostage crisis.
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War on Poverty
Lecture covers the "rediscovery of poverty" and Johnson's effort to "make war" (sort of) on economic inequality. We look at the modest successes and long-term inadequacies of the anti-poverty measures.
Customer Reviews
Well done
I really enjoyed both 131 and 132. However, 132 does need some editing. There are huge gaps in information. I recognize that the 132 was taped earlier, the glitches in 132 were much improved in 131. I would really like these lectures to be re-recorded. I think the content is less biased than other podcasts I have listened to. Dr. Noon, you are interesting to listen to. I would have rated 5 stars if the lectures did not have the gaps.
Very interesting
These are fascinating recordings of lectures by the author, containing all the casual spontaneity of a live classroom. (I especially enjoyed those on Vietnam. As veteran of that era, it was enlightening to hear this discussed purely as history, and his refreshing perspective on the subject as a historian.) Overall, I have to give these lectures five stars, warts and all, based on my frequency of re-hearing them, many of which I have listened to several times.
Yikes.
Sir, if you cannot manage your political idealism, you cannot manage history. The study of History, after all, is the study politics' past with your bias checked at the door. I suppose the Vietnam war is still a little fresh to expect an unbiased view from a layman but I expect more from a lover of history; It's just childish. It genuinely saddens me that these children will leave your lecture believing they've obtained a comprehensive history of the Vietnam war. (For instance, I love how you keep repeating "unified" ..."vietnam just wanted to "unify" ... "after the war, vietnam ended up "unifying" anyway. That sounds so pretty doesn't it?) What a disgrace to the true study of history.