If nothing else, the reading material is interesting and a large portion of it is available online and linked to on their readings page ( <a href="http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/History/21H-001Fall-2007/Readings/index.htm" rel="nofollow">http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/History/21H-001Fall-2007/Readings/...</a> ).