Write a 2 page essay (12pt font, double-spaced) on one of the following books that have been discussed during class or a historically relevant book that you find particularly interesting (must be approved beforehand). Your essay should not only summarize the book but also critically discuss the author’s arguments (when appropriate), and relate it to the larger topics we have discussed in this course.
Discipline and Punishment by Michele Foucault
Playing Indian by Joseph Deloria
The Devils Dominion by Richard Godbeer
How The Irish Became White by Noel Ignatiev
The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Northern Slave (1850) by Sojourner Truth
The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West by Patricia Nelson Limerick
Gun Fighter Nation by Richard Slotkin
Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
Devil In The White City by Erik Larson
Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston
Radio Free Dixie by Timothy Tyson
Open Veins of Latin America by Eduardo Galeano
Dance of Days by Mark Anderson
