After a year of adjunct history and political science positions at various universities and colleges throughout Manhattan, I landed a full-time history position. It’s only for the spring semester but it’s something. I’m teaching three sections of modern U.S. History (20th Century) and one section of 20th Century World History. The latter course explores colonialism, decolonization, and independence in the developing world. Both are geared towards first or second year undergraduate students.

Here is a sample of the texts for the U.S. History seminar:

Lizabeth Cohen, Making a New Deal: Industrial Workers in Chicago, 1919-1939. Cambridge University Press, 1991.

William Issel, Robert W. Cherny, Kieran Walsh Taylor, American Labor and the Cold War: Grassroots Politics and Postwar Political Culture. Rutgers University Press, 2004.

George N. Nash, The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America. ISI Press, 2001 (revised).

Possible texts for World History:

Ramachandra Guha. India After Gandhi: The History of the World’s Largest Democracy. Ecco, 2007.

Vanessa Martin. Creating an Islamic State: Khomeini and the Making of a New Iran. I.B. Tauris, 2007.

Howard M. Sachar. A History of Israel: From the Rise of Zionism to Our Time. Knopf, 2007 (3rd revised and updated edition).