HISTORY 2616
AMERICA THROUGH BASEBALL
Lecture: Muenzinger E0046
MWF 1:00-1:50
Movie: Hale 230
Wed., 5:30-8:00 p.m.
Professor Tom Zeiler
Department of History, Hellems 221, Office hours: MW 2-3:00
Email: [email protected]
Poet Walt Whitman once said, “I see great things in baseball. It’s our game, the
American game.” This course will explore what he meant by the “American
game” by examining U.S. society, politics, economics, and foreign policy. We will
base our exploration on the notion that baseball is more than a game or sport in
American life and history; it is, at least sometimes, a reflection of society itself.
Please note the following:
If you qualify for accommodations because of a disability, please submit to me a
letter from Disability Services (DS) early in the semester so that your needs may be
addressed. DS determines accommodations based on documented disabilities (303)
492-8671, Willard 322. See www.colorado.edu/sacs/disabilityservices)
If you will have a conflict between religious observance dates and course
examinations or assignments, please let me know at least two weeks in advance. We
will make lecture notes available and also change exam dates.
CU has a Honor Code. See http://www.colorado.edu/academics/honorcode. It
applies to all aspects of this course. In particular, do not copy another
student's work. Plagiarism also will not be tolerated. This course adopts the
following definition of plagiarism: to steal and use the ideas or writings of
another as one's own. To take passages or ideas from another and use them
as one’s own.
