All readings are on reserve in the Barnard Library. The textbook and monographs are available for purchase at Labyrinth Books on 112th Street. Each essay must be submitted in draft, reviewed with a writing fellow, and revised for final submission approximately two weeks later. Topics for the essays appear at the end of the syllabus. They are designed to help you think about how to write the essays and, just as important, how to read the books.
Attendance is mandatory.
TEN 8 Nov. Dec. Optional Review Session, time and place tba. Experience shows that it is not sufficient merely to read and underline or highlight. Experience also shows that students benefit from outlining their reading, making precis, and the like. And remember that chronology is the historian's secret weapon.