History 132

By David Hoogland Noon

Education Higher Education

What's History 132 about?

Podcasts of United States History, 1865-Present

Course taught by David H. Noon

University of Alaska Southeast

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History 132 episodes:

05.14.2007
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...
04.26.2007
1970s
More than disco. Lecture covers the political transformations leading to the rise of the New Right; Carter presidency; and the Iranian hostage crisis.
04.24.2007
Vietnam War (part II)
Destroy the country in order to save it.
04.21.2007
Vietnam War (part I)
Not a good war.
04.18.2007
Civil Rights II
Direct action and other new tactics for the civil rights campaigns.
04.18.2007
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.
04.09.2007
Civil Rights in the 1950s
The second Reconstruction. This lecture addresses the origins of the Civil Rights movement in the 1950s.
04.06.2007
Cold War III
Massive retaliation! This lecture examines the foreign policy of the Eisenhower years, with a focus on the emergence of the Middle East as a region of special importance to the US after WWII. The beginning of the lecture makes reference...
04.03.2007
Cold War II
I hate talking to myself. This is a short lecture covering the domestic politics of the 1940s and early 1950s -- Truman, McCarthyism, and suburbanization especially.
04.01.2007
Cold War
Long time, no see. I was out of town last week and had to record this lecture in my elaborate home studio. For some reason I was having trouble loading the audio to the server, which explains the delay. This...
03.23.2007
World War II, part II
The rest of the story. In this lecture, we consider the meaning of World War II on the home front and look at the escalating violence that marked the final year of the war.
03.23.2007
World War II, part I
Back from break. This lecture addresses the origins of the second World War and examines the factors that led to US entry into the war.
03.14.2007
Depression (II)
Note to self -- always check batteries. For the third time this semester, I goofed with the recording technology. The first 30 minutes is from the lecture itself, while the last hour was recorded in my home studio, which doubles...
03.08.2007
Great Depression (Part I)
Brother, Can you Spare a Dime? Lecture covers the origins of the Great Depression, the consequences for different groups of Americans, and the political outcomes for Hoover and Roosevelt.
03.05.2007
1920s (culture and politics)
Here's the next lecture. No time to describe it . . . Too much to do today. Lots of stuff about the KKK and the so-called "culture wars" of the 1920s.
03.01.2007
1920s (politics and economics)
Not always so jazzy. Lecture covers the debates about the League of Nations, global influence of the US during the 1920s -- politically, economically, militarily -- as well as the reactions against immigration during the post-WWI era.
02.23.2007
World War I (part 2)
Over there. This lecture continues with the "framing" of the war; addresses the federal management of the war effort; and looks at how the war opened up discussions about national identity and citizenship.
02.21.2007
World War I
Not a good war. This lecture covers the causes of World War I and the reasons for America's eventual entry into the war; some discussion of how the war was "framed" by Wilson and his administration. Apologies for the poor...
02.17.2007
Progressivism
Remember the Maine! Today's lecture gives an overview of the progressive movement -- the kinds of issues that preoccupied reformers; the methods and theories they relied on; and the underlying causes of progressive politics. We also look at some of...
02.14.2007
Imperialism (continued)
Apologies to podcast subscribers -- I goofed last week and somehow neglected to turn on my recorder at the start of class. Bummer. It was a good lecture, much more coherent than this. But since it's Blame Someone Else Day...
02.07.2007
Race and Jim Crow; Populism
Bob Marley Day. Smoke 'em if you've got 'em. This lecture covers segregation and lynching, then briefly introduces and describes the Populist movement.
02.02.2007
The West (continued); Labor and Working Class Lives
Return those shopping carts After a brief investigation of the Feb. 1 holidays, we finish our discussion of the West and look at the organization of working class life.
01.31.2007
The American West
Give me a home, where the buffalo roam are driven into pens and shot. After a bizarre story about Andrew Jackson, we deal with the mythology of "the West" and some of its less pleasing realities, particularly for various Indian...
01.26.2007
Business (continued)
"Is anyone a scientologist?" First ten minutes is spent wanking around, discussing scientology, Opposite Day, popsicles and strange mail. Then we discuss business organization in the 19th century, as well as differing views on the social responsibilities of the rich...
01.24.2007
Rise of Business (January 23)
I blame the cough meds. Lecture covers reconstruction, railroads, and the rise of business and industry. At the end, I tell a stupid tale about riding a train.