Hist 696
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Class Stuff
Final Project Proposal - 12.10.05
It's there.
Digital Project Proposal - 10.29.05
What you'll see now is the proposal for the proposal. The final proposal is the final project for the class. The assignment due on 29 Oct., 2005, was to be a basic proposal for the final proposal. So.... check back to see the updated and final version of the proposal.
Web Review Essay - 10.11.05
This essay is a review of seven different web sites and their approach to the history of the V-2 rocket produced during WWII and Wernher von Braun's participation in that.
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Class Readings
22 Sep. 2005
Here are some of the readings for class available in PDF format.
William Cronon, "A Place for Stories: Nature, History, and Narratives," Journal of American History, 78:4 (March, 1992), 1347-1376
Keith Jenkins, "Introduction: on being open about our closures," in Jenkins, ed., The Postmodern History Reader (1997), xerox. Part I and Part II
Lev Manovich, "What is New Media," and "The Forms," pp. 18-61, 213-43 in The Language of New Media, xerox.
