II. Required Texts in Heritage
HERITAGE I TEXTS
- Plato, "Allegory of the Cave"
- Plato, Socrates' Apology"
- T. Jefferson, Declaration of Independence
- W.E.B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk
- Wm. Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice(play)
- C. Darwin, "Natural Selection"
- A. Huxley, Brave New World(novel)
- S. De Beauvoir, "Woman: Myth and Reality"
- G. Anzaldua, Selections from Borderlands: La Frontera
HERITAGE II COMMON TEXTS FOR ASIA AND LATIN AMERICA
- L. M. Barna, "Stumbling Blocks in Intercultural Communication"
- M. Nussbaum, "The Study of Non-Western Cultures"
- S. Reed, "Culture as Common Sense"
- P. L. Van Der Berghe, "Why Study Ethnic Tourism?" (selection)
HERITAGE II TEXTS: ASIA
- A. Kerr, Lost Japan (autobiography)
- The Confucian Reader
- T.C. Chung, Zhuangzi Speaks (sayings)
- Lotus Sutra (Chapters 3 and 24)
- I. Chang, Rape of Nanking (history)
HERITAGE II TEXTS: LATIN AMERICA
- M. Leon-Portilla, The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico (history)
- A. Crosby, The Columbian Voyages, the Columbian Exchange, and Their Historians (history)
- R. Menchú, I, Rigoberta Menchú: An Indian Woman in Guatemala (autobiography)
- Pablo Neruda, Memoirs (autobiography)
TEXTS FOR ALL THREE HERITAGE SEMINARS
- Heritage Guide: An Odyssey in Learning, 2007-2008 (Online)
- Heritage Reader, 2007-2008
- D. Hacker, A Writer's Reference. Fifth Edition
In addition to the required texts listed above, each Heritage section will also include texts chosen by the instructor of each class.