Fall 2000 Scott Seregny
CA 503T, 274-7227
E-mail: sseregny@iupui.edu
Office hours: Monday and Wednesday 12:15-1:15

H114: Western Civilization II

Required readings:
Kishlansky, Mark, et al. Civilization in the West, vol. 2 (since 1555) = Text.
Judah, T. The Serbs.

 

Requirements:
Midterm Exam (25%)
Final Exam (35%)
Two shorter quizzes (20%)
Book review of Judah (5-7 pp.), details given in class  (20%)

 

August 23 Introduction: Themes in European History; Religious Wars and State Building in the West: Absolutism in France and Constitutionalism in England.
Text: Ch. 14
August 28-30 State Building (continued)
Text: Ch. 15-16
September 4 Labor Day
September 6 Eastern Europe Emerges
Text: Ch. 17-18
September 11-13 Eastern Europe and the Cultural Slope; Economic Change in the West
Text: Ch. 19
September 18-20 Economic Change, Enlightenment and French Revolution
Text: Ch. 20-21
September 25-27 Napoleonic Europe, Reaction and Reform
Text: Ch. 21-22
October 2-4 Reaction and Reform (continued); Nationalism and 1848 Revolutions; National Unifications and New Balance of Power
Text: Ch. 23
October 9-11 Nationalism (continued)
October 16 Nationalism (continued)
October 18 MIDTERM
October 23-25 Socialism, Labor and European Society Before the Great War
Text: Ch. 24
Judah, Ch. 1-3
October 30- Imperialism, Diplomacy, Domestic
November 1 Discontents
Text: Ch. 25
Judah, Ch. 4-8
November 6-8 Domestic Discontents (continued) and the Great War
November 13-15 Russian Revolution, German Refolution and the Peace Settlement
Text: Ch. 26
Judah, Ch. 9-12
November 20 The 1920s: Search for Stability
Text: Ch. 27
November 22 Thanksgiving Vacation
November 27-29 The Devil's Decade: Nazism and Stalinism
Text: Ch. 27
Judah, Ch. 13-16.
December 4-6 Devil's Decade (continued) and Total War
Text: Ch. 28
December 11 Devil's Decade (continued)
FINAL EXAMS: 11:00 class: December 13, 10:30-12:30
2:30 class: December