Useful+Links

Here are some interesting and/or useful links that I recommend to you.
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==This is a "Baloney Detection Kit" that introduces critical thinking and how we can tell the difference between valuable information and nonsense. It focuses primarily on science but the essential ideas apply to historical analysis as well.==

= PODCASTS =

==There is an amazing wealth of free podcasts on iTunes including some wonderful lecture courses from some of the best Universities in the world. Not everyone can learn by just listening to someone talk but, if you are a podcast kind of person, these are great resources. They will supplement our course work and provide an excellent review for the tests.==

= European Civilization, 1648-1945 - John Merriman (Yale) =

==Merriman is an old school scholar and gentleman. He literally wrote the most widely used college textbook on European history (which we would probably use if we didn't use McKay). He lives part time in France and has a great affection for French history, which might explain why I enjoy him so much.==

= Modern European History, Thomas Laqueur (UC Berkeley) =

== Berkeley has, perhaps, the finest history department in the country and Thomas Laqueur has been enthusiastically teaching an introduction to European history there for over twenty years. He's written several books on the history of sex and gender, but these lectures are strictly PG. He is entertaining and irreverent with the slightly lefty bias you would expect from someone who went to Berkeley in the 1960s. ==