Professor Brophy
Fall
2008
210 Munroe Hall
jbrophy@udel.edu
http://www.udel.edu/History/jbrophy/Hist102/
831-0795
Office Hours: Monday & Wednesday, 12:15-1:30 p.m.
Teaching Assistant: Ms. Ashley Morehead
Office Hours: Mon. & Wed., 11-12
email: ashmore@udel.edu
History 102
History of Western Civilization: 1648-Present
Smith 140
Required Texts (on sale at the bookstore):
Judith G. Coffin et al., Western Civilizations: Their History and Their Culture. Volume II, 15th ed. (Henceforth Western).
James M. Brophy et al., Perspectives from the Past. Primary Sources in Western Civilizations:From the Early Modern Era through Contemporary Times. Volume 2, 3rd ed. (Henceforth Perspectives).
Voltaire, Candide.
Emile Zola, Germinal.
Requirements and
Expectations
The final grade for this course will be based on five preliminary grades, each worth 20 percent: two one-hour exams; a 3-5 page essay on Germinal; your overall performance in weekly discussion sections; and a final examination. Students are expected to keep up with the reading, attend lectures, and participate in discussion sections. Lecture attendance is strongly recommended; students who do not attend lectures will have difficulty passing the course. If you attend lectures, come on time and shut off all electronic devices before entering the lecture hall. Attendance at the weekly discussions, which are based on primary-source readings from Perspectives from the Past as well as two novels, is mandatory. Students must fulfill all requirements (exams, papers, discussion sections) to receive a passing grade. The professor reserves the right to fail any student who fails to submit all written work or attend discussion sections.
Please note that the essay must be word-processed and that late papers will be penalized a grade for each overdue day. Papers faxed or e-mailed to the history department or the professor are not accepted. Note further that the date of the final exam has been fixed since the start of the semester and that there are no alternative times for the examination.
Course Schedule
(subject to change throughout semester):
I. Absolutism,
Constitutionalism, and the
Enlightenment
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Sept. 3 |
Introduction |
Study maps of |
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Discussion Section |
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Read Perspectives, pp.
xxi-xxv, 158-61. |
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Sept. 8 |
Read Western, Chap. 15. |
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Sept. 10 |
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Discussion Section |
Absolute Monarchy |
Read Perspectives, pp. 195, 201-04, 217-220, 231-34, 238-46. |
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Sept. 15 |
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Sept. 17 |
Read Western, Chap. 16 |
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Discussion Section |
The Scientific Revolution. |
Read Perspectives, pp. 248-64, 273-82. |
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Sept. 22 |
Read Perspectives, Locke's "Second Treatise on Government," pp. 220-31 |
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Sept. 24 |
The Enlightenment |
Read Western, Chap. 17. |
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Discussion Section |
The Enlightenment |
Read Perspectives, pp. 298-322, 332-41. |
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Sept. 29 |
Begin reading Candide. |
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Oct. 1 |
Finish Candide |
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Discussion Section |
Discuss Candide |
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Oct. 6 |
**First Exam** (Bring blue book) |
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II. Europe at its
Zenith, 1789-1914
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Oct. 8 |
Read Western , pp. 630-45 |
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Discussion Section |
The French Revolution |
Read Perspectives, pp. 350-70. |
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Oct. 13 |
Read Western, pp. 645-664 |
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Oct. 15 |
The Napoleonic Era |
Begin reading Germinal |
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Discussion Section |
Republicanism and Napoleonic Era |
Read Perspectives, pp. 370-392. |
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Oct. 20 |
Read Western, Chap. 19 |
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Oct. 22 |
Read Western, Chap. 20. |
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Discussion Section |
Industrial Revolution |
Read Perspectives, pp. 393-406, 410-21, 428-33. |
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Oct. 27 |
Read Western, Chap. 23. |
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Oct. 29 |
Germinal **Paper Due** |
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Discussion Section |
The Working Class |
Discuss Germinal |
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Nov. 3 |
Nationalism and the Nation-State System |
Read Western, Chap. 21 |
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Nov. 5 |
Read Western, chap. 22. |
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Discussion Section |
Imperialism |
Read Perspectives, pp. 537-68, 616-19. |
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Nov. 10 |
**Second Exam** (Bring Blue Book) |
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III. End of the
European Era, 1914-1945
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Nov. 12 |
The First World War |
Read Western, Chap. 24 |
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Discussion Section |
The First World War |
Read Perspectives, pp. 627-40, 643-50. |
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Nov. 17 |
Read Western, Chap. 25 |
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Nov. 19 |
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Discussion Section |
Communism, Fascism, and Interwar Democracy |
Read Perspectives, pp. 659-73, 677-89. |
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Nov. 24 |
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Nov. 26 |
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Discussion Section |
**Thanksgiving** (No discussion section) |
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Dec. 1 |
Read Western, Chap. 26. |
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Dec. 3 |
The Second World War and Holocaust |
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Discussion Section |
Second World War and Holocaust |
Read Perspectives, 697-720, 722-28, 732-36. |
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Dec. 8 |
Read Western, chaps. 27 & 28. |
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Dec. 10 |
Conclusions |
Read Western, Chap. 29. |
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Dec. 12, 10:30-12:30 |
**Final Exam** |
Bring blue book to exam |