Professor Brophy                                                                                                                                                                        Fall 2010

210 Munroe Hall                                                                                                                                                                         jbrophy@udel.edu

http://www.udel.edu/History/jbrophy/Hist102/                                                                                                                              831-0795

Office Hours: M, W, 12:30-1:30 p.m.
Teaching Assistant: Mr. Christopher Bouton

 

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, 16th 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, 4th 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 who miss more than two discussions sections are at risk of receiving a failing grade for this component of the course. 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.

 

Academic dishonesty will be punished under the severest terms as stipulated by the Office of Judicial Affairs.  Ignorance of plagiarism and other forms of cheating is not an excuse.  Know the UD code of conduct; for further information see: http://www.udel.edu/judicialaffairs/ .

 

A final reminder.  Success in this course can be attained by consistent, sustained attention to weekly assignments.  Last-minute preparation for exams, writing assignments, and discussion sections rarely yields good grades. 

 

Course Schedule (subject to change throughout semester):

 

I.  Absolutism, Constitutionalism, and the Enlightenment

 

Sept. 1

Introduction


Study maps of  Europe, Western, pp. 479, 486, 512, 552, 563, 566; read Western, Chap. 14

Discussion Section

Reading documents for historical analysis

Read Perspectives, pp. xix-xxiii, 179-82. 

Note:  Always bring the Perspectives reader to discussion section

Sept. 6

Background to the Seventeenth Century

read Western, Chap. 15

Sept. 8


Absolutism



Discussion Section

Absolute Monarchy

 Read Perspectives, pp. 233-41, 252-55

Sept. 13

The Scientific Revolution

Read Western, Chap. 16

Sept. 15


Constitutionalism in England

Read Perspectives,  Locke's "Second Treatise on Government," pp. 241-51

Discussion Section

The Scientific Revolution. 

Read Perspectives, pp. 267-84.

Sept. 20

The Enlightenment

Read Western, Chap. 17

Sept. 22

Society in the Age of Absolutism; Mercantilism and the Atlantic Economy



Begin reading Candide.


Discussion Section

The Enlightenment


Read Perspectives, pp. 299-302, 323-26, 332-47

Sept. 27

Agricultural Change and the Demographic Transition

Finish Candide

Sept. 29

First Exam (Bring blue book)

 

Discussion Section

Discuss Candide

 

 

II. Europe at its Zenith, 1789-1914   

 

Oct. 4

The French Revolution

Read Western , pp. 637-45

Oct. 6 

French Revolution cont’d


Read Western, pp. 645-670

Discussion Section

The French Revolution

Read Perspectives, pp. 376-80, 383-92

Oct.  11

The Napoleonic Era

Begin reading Germinal: see essay questions here.

Oct. 13

The Industrial Revolution


Read Western, Chap. 19


Discussion Section


Republicanism and Napoleonic Era Read Perspectives, pp. 393-409, 412-18

Oct. 18

Nineteenth-Century Politics and Society, 1815-1848

Read Western, Chap. 20

Oct. 20


Working-Class Formation in Europe

Read Western, Chap. 23

Discussion Section

Industrial Revolution

Read Perspectives, pp. 419-32, 436-42, 444-49, 456-61

Oct. 25

Women and Nineteenth- Century Society


Oct. 27

Nationalism and the Nation-State System

Read Western, Chap. 21

Discussion Section

The Working Class

The Working Class:

Germinal  **Paper Due**

Nov. 1

European Imperialism and Politics, 1870-1914

Read Western, chap. 22

Nov. 3

**Second Exam** (Bring Blue Book)


Discussion Section

Imperialism

Read Perspectives, pp. 569-93, 597-98, 652-55

 

III. End of the European Era, 1914-1945

 

Nov. 8

The First World War

Read Western, Chap. 24

Nov. 10

The Russian Revolution and Soviet Communism

Read Western, Chap. 25

Discussion Section

The First World War

Read Perspectives, pp. 663-76, 679-86

Nov. 15

Fascism and National Socialism

 

Nov. 17


Interwar Europe, 1919-39


Discussion Section

Communism, Fascism, and Interwar Democracy

Read Perspectives, pp. 700-19, 723-31

Nov. 22

Class Canceled

 

Nov. 24


Thanksgiving (No discussion section)

 

Discussion Section

Thanksgiving

Nov. 29

Origins of the Second World War

Read Western, Chap. 26

Dec. 1


 Second World War

Read Western, chaps. 27 & 28

Discussion Section

Second World War and Holocaust

Read Perspectives, 749-50, 757-780, 784-88

Dec. 6

Reconstruction & Cold War

Read Western, Chap. 29

  Dec. 8
  Conclusions

Dec. 15, 8-10:00 a.m.

**Final Exam**

Bring blue book to exam