Section: Course Readings and Schedule | Emily Balch Seminars - bmc.EMLY.B001.024.F26

Select activity For September 3:

For September 3:
Select activity Franklin, "The Way to Wealth" (1758)

Franklin, "The Way to Wealth" (1758) File PDF
Select activity Malcolm X, "Coming to an Awareness of Language" (1965)

Malcolm X, "Coming to an Awareness of Language" (1965) File PDF
Select activity Jill Lepore, "Poor Jane's Almanac" (2011)

Jill Lepore, "Poor Jane's Almanac" (2011) File PDF
Select activity For September 8:

For September 8:
Select activity Lawrence - The Relation of Wealth to Morals (1901)

Lawrence - The Relation of Wealth to Morals (1901) File PDF
Select activity Beecher - Tendencies in American Progress (1870)

Beecher - Tendencies in American Progress (1870) File PDF
Select activity Conwell - Acres of Diamonds (1900)

Conwell - Acres of Diamonds (1900) File PDF
Select activity For September 10:

For September 10:
Select activity American time periods - one-page reference

American time periods - one-page reference File PDF
Select activity Douglass - Accumulation of Wealth and The Land Reformer (1856)

Douglass - Accumulation of Wealth and The Land Reformer (1856) File PDF
Select activity Truth - Ain't I a Woman (1851)

Truth - Ain't I a Woman (1851) File PDF
Select activity For September 15: Alger, Ragged Dick, or Street Li...

For September 15:

Alger, Ragged Dick, or Street Life in New York with the Boot Blacks

- Beginning to Chapter 14
Select activity For September 17: Alger, Ragged Dick, or Street Li...

For September 17:

Alger, Ragged Dick, or Street Life in New York with the Boot Blacks

- Chapter 15 to the end
Select activity Douglass - Apprenticeship Life (1855)

Douglass - Apprenticeship Life (1855) File PDF
Select activity Graff and Birkenstein - They Say I Say

Graff and Birkenstein - They Say I Say File PDF
Select activity For September 22:

For September 22:
Select activity Carnegie - The Gospel of Wealth (1889)

Carnegie - The Gospel of Wealth (1889) File PDF
Select activity Debs, Unity and Victory (1908)

Debs, Unity and Victory (1908) File
Select activity Rauschenbusch - The Law of Tooth and Nail (1913)

Rauschenbusch - The Law of Tooth and Nail (1913) File
Select activity For September 29:

For September 29:
Select activity Grant - Passing of the Great Race (1916)

Grant - Passing of the Great Race (1916) File PDF
Select activity M. Carey Thomas - Address at the Opening of the College (1916)

M. Carey Thomas - Address at the Opening of the College (1916) File

Students must

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Select activity Emily Greene Balch, Our Slavic Fellow Citizens (1910)

Emily Greene Balch, Our Slavic Fellow Citizens (1910) File

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Select activity For October 1:

For October 1:
Select activity Jacob Riis, How the Other Half Lives: Studies Amon...
Jacob Riis, How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York:

Riis’ introduction

Chapter 1

Chapter 3, first two pages only

Chapter 5

Chapter 9, first page and last page only

Chapter 10, first three pages only
Select activity For October 6:

For October 6:
Select activity Addams - Twenty Years at Hull-House

Addams - Twenty Years at Hull-House File PDF
Select activity Riis, How the Other Half Lives: Chapter 13 Chapter...
Riis, How the Other Half Lives:

Chapter 13

Chapter 15

Chapter 20

Chapter 21, first two pages only
Select activity For October 8:

For October 8:
Select activity Adams - The Epic of America (Epilogue) (1931)

Adams - The Epic of America (Epilogue) (1931) File PDF
Select activity Long - Every Man a King (1934)

Long - Every Man a King (1934) File PDF
Select activity For October 20 and 22: Screening and Discussion of...

For October 20 and 22: Screening and Discussion of the film Matewan
Select activity Matewan - Essential Information

Matewan - Essential Information File PDF

You MUST read this before our October 21 class - and bring it with you to class
Select activity For October 27:

For October 27:
Select activity For October 21: Richard Wright, 12 Million Black V... (copy)
Richard Wright, 12 Million Black Voices:

Wright's Foreword

Part 1

Part 3

Part 4
Select activity For October 29 and November 3:

For October 29 and November 3:
Select activity Harrington - The Other America (1962)

Harrington - The Other America (1962) File PDF
Select activity Lewis - The Culture of Poverty (1966)

Lewis - The Culture of Poverty (1966) File PDF
Select activity For November 5:

For November 5:
Select activity Goode - How Urban Ethnography Counters Myths about the Poor (2002)

Goode - How Urban Ethnography Counters Myths about the Poor (2002) File PDF
Select activity Pynchon - A Journey into the Mind of Watts (1966)

Pynchon - A Journey into the Mind of Watts (1966) File PDF
Select activity For November 10:

For November 10:
Select activity Murray - Losing Ground (1984)

Murray - Losing Ground (1984) File PDF
Select activity Ehrenreich, Fear of Falling: The Inner Life of the Middle Class (1989)

Ehrenreich, Fear of Falling: The Inner Life of the Middle Class (1989) File PDF

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Select activity For November 12:

For November 12:
Select activity Reagan - Inaugural Address (1981)

Reagan - Inaugural Address (1981) File PDF
Select activity Reagan - Radio Address on Welfare (1986)

Reagan - Radio Address on Welfare (1986) File PDF
Select activity Jackson - Address to the Democratic National Convention (1988)

Jackson - Address to the Democratic National Convention (1988) File PDF
Select activity For November 17:

For November 17:
Select activity Rios - Stealing a Bag of Potato Chips (2012)

Rios - Stealing a Bag of Potato Chips (2012) File PDF
Select activity Davis - Masked Racism: Prison-Industrial Complex (1998)

Davis - Masked Racism: Prison-Industrial Complex (1998) File PDF
Select activity For November 19 and 24:

For November 19 and 24:
Select activity Documentary: Waging a Living

Documentary: Waging a Living URL

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Select activity For December 1:

For December 1:
Select activity Brooks, “Marshmallows and Public Policy” (2006)

Brooks, “Marshmallows and Public Policy” (2006) File PDF

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Select activity Ferdman, Roberto, The big problem with one of the most popular assumptions about the poor (2016)

Ferdman, Roberto, The big problem with one of the most popular assumptions about the poor (2016) File PDF

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Select activity For December 3:

For December 3:
Select activity Matthew Desmond, “Why Poverty Persists in America” (2023)

Matthew Desmond, “Why Poverty Persists in America” (2023) File PDF
Select activity For December 8:

For December 8:

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