Teaching Economic History of the United States

A number of us include American History in our teaching loads. I thought that for those of you who have not considered the FTE on the ground program EFIAH - the info below might be of interest - especially if you live near Ohio or an interested in Vegas.

EFIAH

June 23 - 26, 2009	Federal Reserve Bank1	Jacksonville, FL	Open
July 21 - 24, 2009	Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland2	Cleveland, OH	Open
July 27 - August 1, 2009	The Tuscany Suites	Las Vegas, NV	Open

² commuter program; priority given to Northeastern Ohio residents; $425 stipend available

http://www.fte.org/teachers/programs/history/dates.php

Other resources include (for your summer reading)

Hamilton's Blessing
by John Steele Gordon
(Gordon will be the honors speaker at MCC on April 15 - my students and I will get to hear his presentation -"The Origins of American Affluence")

Hamilton's Curse
by Thomas DiLorenzo

One Nation Under Debt: Jefferson, Hamilton and the History of What We Owe
by Robert Wright