CCSF American Politics An Indigenous People History of the US Book Discussion
This will consist of a typewritten double-spaced paper of 3-5 pages.
Choose to do a report on something in which you are interested. You can do any of the following options or come up with your own project. You must have my approval before working on your own project. Read the instructions carefully to make sure you are following them.
1. Write a review of a book that deals with U.S. politics and/or social issues that you have not read. The book should be briefly summarized. Evaluate the author’s main points. The focus of your papershould be on describing and making clear what the author is expressing about our society or political system? Is the author convincing? Explain. Do you agree with the author? Why/why not? If you have a particular interest, I may be able to suggest a book.
Note: You are expected to read the entire book. Acknowledge any utilization of the content of an introduction. I prefer that you not use book reviews. If you do, you must cite them.
Obtain my approval for the book you want to review unless it is on the following list.
Monopoly Capital by Baran and Sweezy Strangers in their own Land by Hochschild Saving Capitalism for the Many… by Reich The Great American Stickup by Scheer Beyond Outrage by Reich The Rich and the Rest of Us by Smiley and West A Different Mirror by Takaki Empire of Illusion by Hedges Free to Choose by Friedman Wealth and Poverty by Gilder *The Jungle by Sinclair *The Plot Against America by Roth *Milagro Beanfield War by Nichols * Native Son by Wright *If He Hollers Let Him Go by Himes *The Iron Heel by London Backlash by Faludi. The Beauty Myth by Wolf Wealth and Democracy by Phillips Hegemony or Survival by Chomsky Nickel and Dimed by Ehrenreich *Burning Questions by Shulman The New Jim Crow by Alexander Rein of Error by Ravitch The Fifth Risk by Lewis Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen by Vargas American Prison: A Reporter’s Undercover Journey…by Bauer
How Capitalism Underdeveloped Black America by Marable
People’s History of the United States by Zinn
An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States by Dunbar-Ortiz
* Novels
