Course Description

This course explores a very interesting period of European history, the period from the late eighteenth century to the Cold War. During this time period Europeans created and experienced complex political and economic developments, significant social change, and new ideologies, all familiar today. Through a combination of lecture and interactive seminar, students will have the opportunity to learn about many aspects of the period - intellectual, cultural, social, political, and economic aspects - with a special focus on social and cultural history. As a course designed primarily for history majors and minors, this course will emphasize understanding of the historical process, and use of the skills of the historian with both secondary and primary source material, as background for acquiring knowledge about Europe in this time period.

Student Objectives

1. Students will develop a sound knowledge base about European history from the late 1700s to the late 1900s, including specialized knowledge about certain topics (measured by oral interaction, exams, and other written work).

2. Students will engage in the process of history through contact with primary sources, and application of skills in synthesis and analysis, making connections and seeing relationships between events.

3. Students will build on skills of reading and thinking critically about the past, and increase their ability to synthesize, analyze, and make connections.

4. Students will build on skills for formulating and sharing ideas orally and in writing.

5. Students will demonstrate skills and knowledge as they engage in independent research into a topic of their choosing, within provided parameters, and present the results in a formal paper.

Texts and Readings

1. Lynn Hunt et al., The Making of the West, vol. C (Boston: Bedford/St. Martins, 2001). This is your required basic text.

2. Merry Wiesner et al., Discovering the Western Past: A Look at the Evidence, vol. 2, 5th ed. (Houghton Mifflin, 2004). This is a collection of primary sources and related material, and 5 chapters will be assigned.

3. James S. Roberts, Drink, Temperance and the Working Class in Nineteenth Century Germany (Boston: Allen & Unwin, 1984). This is a short monograph, and a required supplemental reading. Since this work is currently out of print, stay tuned about alternative access.

4. Christine Worobec, Peasant Russia: Family and Community in the Post-Emancipation Period (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1991). Like the Roberts book, this is a monograph, and a required supplemental reading. The paperback edition is easily available for less than $10 through many booksellers.

5. There may be additional readings assigned from time to time. They will be announced in class and placed on reserve.

Note: All reading assignments are to be completed by the date listed on the syllabus; class discussions will often revolve around them. Written assignments are due as noted. Be prepared for class!! Changes or further information about readings and written assignments will be presented in class, usually one week in advance of the due date.

Daily Schedule of Topics and Assignments

UNIT I INTRODUCTION and BACKGROUND

Jan. 13 Introduction to Course and Topic

Jan. 15 Europe in the 18th Century:

Historiographic Issues and Background

Read: Hunt et al., Ch. 20

Write: letter of introduction

Unit II EUROPE 1789 to 1914 (the "long 19th century")

Jan. 20 The Revolutionary Period in France

Read: Wiesner et al., Ch. 5

prepare for discussion

Jan. 22 Revolutionary Period (cont.)

Read: "The French Revolution and Human Rights," on reserve, as assigned

Write: as assigned

Jan. 27 Revolution's Legacy to 1830

Read: Hunt, Ch. 21

Write: topic description paragraph due

Jan. 29 Industrial Revolution and Social Change

Read: Hunt, Ch. 22, pp. 803-824

Feb. 3 Industrial Revolution (cont.)

Read: Wiesner, Ch. 6

prepare for discussion

Feb. 5 Political and Intellectual Contexts to 1848

Read: Hunt, Ch. 22, pp. 824-845

Write: extended topic description and preliminary bibliography (see handout)

Feb. 10 Economic and Social Contexts to 1848

Read: begin reading Roberts, from the outside in, including Preface and Ch. 1-3

Write: begin Roberts worksheets and bring to class

Feb. 12 1848: Patterns and Details

Feb. 17 Political Change to 1870

Read: Hunt, Ch. 23

Write: draft of annotated bibliography due

Feb. 19 Economic, Demographic, and Intellectual Change to 1870

Read: Hunt, Ch. 24

Feb. 24 MIDTERM EXAM

Feb. 26 The Middle Class's Nineteenth Century

Read: as assigned

March 2 Culture and Society Late in the Century

Read: finish Roberts

Write: finish Roberts worksheets and bring to class

March 4 Industrialization, Imperialism, & Europe

Read: Wiesner, Ch. 9

prepare mentally

final typed version of Roberts worksheets due

March 9 Russia's Economy and Industrialization

Read: start reading Worobec from the outside in, including Chapters I-III

Write: begin and bring worksheets

March 11 Russia (cont.)

Read: finish Worobec

Write: complete and bring worksheets

Write: final version of annotated bibliography due no later than Friday, March 12

March 16 Politics to 1914 – Governments, Dissent, Critique

Read: Hunt, Ch. 25

Write: final typed version of Worobec worksheets due

Unit III EUROPE in the 20th CENTURY: WARFARE, POLITICS, ECONOMICS, and SOCIETY

March 18 World War I

Read: Hunt, Ch. 26, pp. 977-988

Wiesner, Ch. 11

prepare

March 22-26: SPRING BREAK

March 30 World War I (cont.)

Write: draft of research paper due

April 1 Russian Revolution, Civil War, and Stalin

Read: Hunt, Ch. 26, pp. 988 to end

April 6 Europe between the Wars

Read: Hunt, Ch. 27, pp. 1021 to 1050

April 8 Between the Wars (cont.)

Read: as assigned

April 13 Between the Wars (cont.)

Read: Wiesner, Ch. 13

prepare

April 15 World War II and the Holocaust

Read: Hunt, Ch. 27, pp. 1050 to 1066 & Ch. 28

April 20 Perspectives on the Cold War and Recent Developments

Write: final draft of research paper due

April 22 Course Conclusions

April 30 FINAL, 10:30 am

Additional Important Information

1) Your GRADE in this course will be based on the following:

10 % midterm exam

25 % critical reading/worksheets on secondary

10 % course journal

25 % research paper

20 % discussion responsibilities, including preparing,

attending, and contributing in a seminar format

10 % final exam

100 %

All assignments are required. You may be dropped by the instructor for failing to complete an assignment, or for not attending class.

Throughout the course, and in your final grade, I will use fractionated grading (A, A-, B+, etc.). Please be sure to ask if you have any questions about this policy.

2) Attendance is IMPORTANT and EXPECTED. You are expected to come on time and stay for the class period. You are responsible for all material presented or discussed in class and assigned in the syllabus. If circumstances prevent your attendance, it is your responsibility find out about new assignments and to complete any work assigned.

3) Course Journal: You will be required to keep a course journal as part of this course. I will explain the assignment in class, and provide a handout early in the semester.

4) The research paper, which counts for 25 % of your course grade, will be discussed, with handouts, during the first week of class. Be sure you understand the assignment and the stages required for its completion. You MUST have approval from me before proceeding on a topic. Also, you MUST submit all the other shaded items to receive full credit for your final paper.

I will NOT accept a paper if I have not received an annotated bibliography and a draft as assigned.

Checklists are available for your preparation, designed to remind you of what is expected with each assignment, and help you succeed on it.

5) Reminder: For this (and any) university-level course, the average student can expect to work about 2 hours out of class for every hour in class, or about 6 hours per week. If you find that the class is averaging more of your time than that, please come see me to talk about it.

6) Plagiarism is the act of using someone else's exact words, or extensively paraphrasing someone else's ideas, as if they were yours (that is, without quotation marks, and without giving credit to the author, book, or person you are "stealing" from). It is a bad thing because it is an act of intellectual theft, and because it is done IN PLACE OF learning. Plagiarism is not allowed. It results in an F on an essay assignment, and it may result in an F in the course. Your essays should reflect your understanding of the material, and should be written from your own head, after consulting with your notes and texts for content (i.e., write with the book closed). I strongly encourage you to check out the following very useful web site for further information and examples of plagiarism: www.hamilton.edu/academic/Resource/WC/AvoidingPlagiarism.html

7) If you need assistance in understanding anything on this syllabus, or in fulfilling any of the requirements for the course, please see me. If you experience difficulties with the material, or other difficulties which interfere with your work, please be sure to keep in touch with me. Any student eligible for and needing academic adjustments or accommodations because of a specific physical, psychiatric, or learning disability is requested to speak with me no later than the end of the second week of classes.

I hope to see all of you regularly in my office

as we explore history together.

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