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"As a freshman undergraduate at the University of Connecticut, I was an English major, who, if I failed to write the Great American Novel, would become an English teacher.  An American Literature course taught by a brilliant teacher convinced me that I did not have the imagination to teach that subject.  To teach history, a subject I loved, was a natural fallback.  Exciting history teachers and exciting history books confirmed this worthy endeavor.  The political and social upheavals of the Sixties added to my growing attachment to history.

As a teaching assistant in graduate school at Rutgers University, my normally shy demeanor seemed to change in front of a classroom.  To use the traditional lecture format in order to bring the past to life and show its relevance to the present and provide an inkling of the future--this would be my life's work.  From that moment on I regarded the teaching of history as a calling that I have hopefully fulfilled."
 


My view of history

History, a study of the past, is based on facts.  Of the innumerable facts in the past, the historian selects which are significant.  Then comes an interpretation of these facts.

Is the historian objective?  Objectivity is an ideal to aspire to, but it is never quite reached.  Be immediately suspicious of one who claims to be completely objective.  We all have our preconceptions, our prejudices.  The best we can do is be up front
about them.  Do our interpretations make sense?  Never assume the historian has some final truth.

Is history a science?  In the way physics or mathematics may be considered a more exact science, the answer is no.  History cannot predict the future with any exactitude.

So can anything be understood?  Some argue that we are dealing totally with unexplainable chaos.  I disagree.  There is a view that all history is accident -- an earthquake here, a premature death of a leader there.  Indeed, these things happen.   But are we therefore left clueless?  I would say no.

History studies causation -- what led to events occurring.  What are the various causes?  One argument is call the Great Man Theory of History.  All we need to study are the lives of great men in history.  That there are figures with powerful personalities who had a great impact on a society, I do not dispute.  The problem I have with this idea is that it usually excludes women, over half of the given population of the time.  It also tends to exclude the social forces at work that brought such figures to great influence.

Another view of history is to see it as the story of progress -- from the Stone Age to the present.  That is certainly one way of looking at it.  But progress is often in the eyes of the beholder.  In the days of American slavery, the slave master might see history as progress.  The slave probably would not.  After the Civil War, the ex-slave master might see history as going downhill.  The ex-slave might now see progress.  When England had a mighty colonial empire, that English upper class might see history as progress; the conquered peoples might not.  The reversal of viewpoint might accompany the collapse of that empire.  Progress may therefore be a relative term.

Allowing for all of the above, I must place human beings at the center of the story of history, what they have been capable of, for better or worse, in their relationship to nature and each other.

Facts such as names and dates may seem dry and boring.  The point is to bring them alive in the interpreting of them.  I believe history is inherently a dramatic story, and I hope to convey that.

                         -- Prof. Eugene Lieber

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Activist 60s, Part 1
Activist 60s, Part 1
by Eugene Lieber
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Echoes from the 50s Red scare. America is dominant world economy. Blandness of the 50s. Eisenhower presidency. Technology advances. Movements of The 60s Sharp break from before

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Activist 60s, Part 2
Activist 60s, Part 2
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Movements of 60s. Civil Rights, Youth, Women’s Rights. Vietnam Turning Point. Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter. Major Economic Changes. U.S. dominant economic power. U.S. dominance diminishes

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Activist 60s, Parts 1 & 2
Activist 60s, Parts 1 & 2
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Red scare. America is dominant world economy. Blandness of the 50s. Eisenhower presidency. Movements of 60s. Vietnam Turning Point. Major Economic Changes.

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African-Americans:  Civil Rights Movement
African-Americans: Civil Rights Movement
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Jim Crow. Black icons. Harlem Renaissance. Depression of the 1930s. WWII begins modern civil rights movement. Progress in the 1950s & 1960s.

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African-Americans:  Post-Slavery Era
African-Americans: Post-Slavery Era
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Post-Slavery Era. Reconstruction. Re-emergence of the Master Class. The one-party South.

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African-Americans: Slave Trade
African-Americans: Slave Trade
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The Slave Trade Why the slave trade?... Why Africa?...End of the slave trade, continuation of slavery.

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African-Americans: Slavery in America
African-Americans: Slavery in America
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Slavery & the South. American independence & abolition. Slave life. Slave resistance. Abolitionist Movement. Civil War. Enigma of Emancipation Proclamation

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Agriculture, Part 1
Agriculture, Part 1
by Eugene Lieber
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The 18th Century and Before The farm wife. The 19th Century Westward movement. Slave states versus free states,… The Erie Canal…The Civil War. Reconstruction. Sharecropping. The railroad

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Agriculture, Part 2
Agriculture, Part 2
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The 19th Century Farm Movements. Populist Movement 20th Century Prosperity ends. 1930s Depression. New Deal & FDR. World War II. International aspects of farming. Issues of food production

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Agriculture, Parts 1 & 2
Agriculture, Parts 1 & 2
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18th Century and Before. 19th Century. Erie Canal. Civil War. 19th Century. 20th Century. New Deal & FDR. World War II.

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America as Superpower
America as Superpower
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To what extent did each make use of his executive powers, and what impact did each have on events? 40.Ronald Reagan, 41.George Bush, the elder, 42.William Clinton, 43. George W. Bush, the younger

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American Revolution
American Revolution
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Pre-Revolution America. Period of Neglect. Turning Point. War For Independence. Lost opportunity. The players in the Revolution. France’s role Impact. Political power shift.

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American Revolution
American Revolution
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Period of Neglect. Turning Point. War For Independence. Lost opportunity. Players in the Revolution. France’s role. Impact. Political power shift.

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Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece
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Salon's Code. Consequences of Salon's Code. Athenian Democracy Limitations. Cultural outpouring. Sparta. Athenian Science & Philosophy. History as a serious discipline

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Ancient Israel
Ancient Israel
by Eugene Lieber
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Documented history vs mythical tales. Chosen people Beliefs. Old Testament. Laws to fulfill the Covenant. Hebrew God. Separatism. Evolution of Judaism. Survival mechanism of monotheism.

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Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome
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The Republic The class system. Politics. Hannibal. Spartacus. Rise of Roman Empire. Theory of Cleopatra's Nose. Succession problem. Decline of Roman Empire. Christianity.

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Business, Part 1
Business, Part 1
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Always a Capitalist Nation Colonial resistance. Rise of capitalism. Transportation. laissez-faire. Economic Divergence. Effects of Civil War. Rise of the Master Class again. Robber Barons.

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Business, Part 2
Business, Part 2
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Concept of free & open competition… Old & new rich…John D. Rockefeller. Growth of U.S. economic power… Sophisticated business leaders… Progressive Era…Stock market crash.

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Business, Part 3
Business, Part 3
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20th Century, 1st 1/2 FDR & the New Deal. World War II ends Depression, 20th Century, 2nd 1/2 The Reagan revolution of 1980s. Unionized labor. International…Future of U.S. capitalism.

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Business, Parts 1, 2, & 3
Business, Parts 1, 2, & 3
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Always a Capitalist Nation. 19th Century. 20th Century, 1st 1/2. 20th Century, 2nd 1/2 The Reagan revolution of 1980s.

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Chinese Revolution, Part 1
Chinese Revolution, Part 1
by Eugene Lieber
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Ancient China Past glory. Contrast with Europe. Being conquered. Chinese Nationalism. Early years. Mao as rising star.

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Chinese Revolution, Part 2
Chinese Revolution, Part 2
by Eugene Lieber
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Chinese Nationalism Mao’s coming to power. Communist China Communist regime. Mao undermines progress. After Mao’s death. Realities of modern China.

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Chinese Revolution, Parts 1 & 2
Chinese Revolution, Parts 1 & 2
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Past glory. Contrast with Europe. Chinese Nationalism
Mao as rising star. Communist China. Mao undermines progress. After Mao’s death.

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Civil War, Part 1
Civil War, Part 1
by Eugene Lieber
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Prelude to Civil War. North vs. South…Dred Scott case…Republican Party factions. The War Secession… Class differences in the military…Conducting the war

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Civil War, Part 2
Civil War, Part 2
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After the War Emancipation Proclamation of 1863…The fate of the ex-slaves. Re-emergence of Master Class.


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