H114
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HISTORY OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION 2
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CA 229 |
MW 9:30-10:45 |
Note: The following syllabus is correct as of 4/23/01.Be sure to review the identifications since the midterm. Draw up your cumulative list to compare to a list which is now available under "other resources."
The syllabus is subject to change. These will be announced in class.
Western Civ web links
Identifications
Class Outlines
In addition to a midterm and final, there will be study assignments written outside of class.
These will include opportunities to write two short papers based on the assigned readings. At least one paper must be written before the midterm and one after. (An additional paper may be done for extra credit). More information will be given later on the papers.
The class grade will also include quizzes on some of the readings and two assignments using the web. These will be announced in advance.
Be sure you understand the school's policy on plagiarism (cheating). Those guilty of it will be dealt with in accordance with the regulations spelled out in the School of Liberal Arts Bulletin, p. 21.
Attendance in class is essential for success in this course.
If you miss a class, you must contact the instructor before the
next class meeting. Two consecutive unexcused absences will be
reported to the university administration for determination of
possible unofficial withdrawal.
The relative weight of these assignments in determining the final
grade will be as follows:
Class grade: (2 papers, other assignments, quizzes & class participation) 50%
Midterm 20%
Final 30%
Assignments may change during the term. If so, they will be announced in advance during class.
Although most class materials and resources will be available
on the web, attendance is absolutely essential. If, for some reason
you know you will be unable to attend or have unavoidably missed
a class, you must make arrangements to find out about that class.
To contact the instructor outside of class:
| Office (CA-441) | Hours: MW 11:00-12:00; 1:00-2:30 or by appointment |
| Phone: 274-7220 | email: whschnei@iupui.edu |
KEY DATES THIS SEMESTER
Jan 8 (Mon) First class Jan 15 (Mon) Martin Luther King Day (no class) Jan 17 (Wed) Web assignment due Jan 31 (Wed) Paper assignment due Feb 12 (Mon) Paper assignment due Feb 26 (Mon) MIDTERM Mar 2 (Fri) Last day to withdraw without W or F Mar 12 - 18 Spring Break (no class) Mar 19 Paper assignment due Mar 26 (Mon) Web assignment due Mar 30 (Fri) Deadline for withdrawal Apr 11 (Wed) Paper assignment due Apr 30 (Mon) Last day of Class May 4 (Fri) FINAL EXAM 8:00-10:00 a.m. (Note: This is a Friday.)
CLASS TOPICS, READINGS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Note: Highlighted text are www links for more information.
For outlines of classes check Class Outlines (above).
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Jan 8 |
Introduction: Europe in 1600; France and England to 1648 | |
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Topic | |
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Jan 10 |
English constitutionalism and FrenchAbsolutism | |
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Text reading: |
Esler | 297-308; 312-19 |
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Web reading: |
"The
Divine Right of Kings," by Bishop Jacques-Benigne Bossuet,
(orig.) English Bill of Rights, 1689 (orig.) |
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Assignment: |
Bossuet study questions; Bill of Rights study questions | |
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Visuals: |
Recommended Web sites: Monarchs of England Glorious Revolution of 1688 |
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| Jan 15 | Martin Luther King Day (no class) |
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Jan 17 |
Louis XIV, Versailles and Eastern
Europe: From Absolutism to Enlightened Despotism |
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Text reading: |
Esler | 308-12; 409-13 |
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Web reading: |
Count Saint-Simon, "Memoirs of Louis XIV" (orig.) | |
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Assignment: |
Web Assignment: Versailles as "stage" for absolutism | |
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Visuals: |
Web Site: Versailles WebPictures: Russia
and Peter the Great |
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Topic | |
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Jan 22 |
Scientific Revolution | |
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Text reading: |
Esler | 332-44 |
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Web reading: |
Copernicus, "Dedication" to Revolutions of the Heavenly Bodies (1543) (orig.) | |
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Assignment: |
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Visuals: |
WebPictures: The
Scientific Revolution Recommended Web Site: Galileo |
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Topic | |
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Jan 24 |
The Enlightenment | |
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Text reading: |
Esler | 396-409 |
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Web reading: |
Montesquieu: "The Spirit of
the Laws," 1748 (orig.) Declaration of Independence (orig.) |
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Recommended
Web Site: Enlightenment in art |
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Topic | |
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Jan 29 |
18th Century Economy & Society | |
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Text reading: |
Esler | 369-95; 419-23 |
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Web reading: |
Voltaire, Letters on England (orig.) | |
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Visuals: |
WebPictures: 18th century in painting | |
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Topic | |
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Jan 31 |
The Cause & Course of French Revolution | |
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Text reading: |
Esler | 441-53 |
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Web reading: |
Arthur Young, Travels
in France, (1787) (orig.) Notebook of Grievances (1789) Declaration of the Rights of Man (1789) |
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Assignment: |
Paper Assignment: The cause of the French Revolution | |
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Visuals: |
WebPictures: Images of the French Revolution and Napoleon | |
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Topic | |
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Feb 5 |
Napoleon & Wider Revolutions | |
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Text reading: |
Esler | 454-63 |
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Web reading: |
Mary Wollstonecraft, Vindication
of the Rights of Woman (1792) Recommended: |
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Assignment: |
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Visuals: |
Recommended Web Site: Napoleonic Library | |
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Topic | |
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Feb 7 |
Vienna Settlement & Politics to 1848 | |
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Text reading: |
Esler | 493-509 |
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Topic | |
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Feb 12 |
Industrial Revolution: Its Nature & consequences (1) | |
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Text reading: |
Esler | 423-29; 464-74 |
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Web reading: |
Evidence given before the Sadler
Committee, 1832 (orig.) Recommended: |
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Assignment: |
Paper Assignment: The social consequences of the industrial revolution | |
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Visuals: |
WebPictures: Industrial
Revolution
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Topic | |
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Feb 14 |
Industrial
Revolution Consequences and Ideologies: conservatism & liberalism |
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Text reading: |
Esler | 475-82 |
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Web reading: |
Metternich,
Political Confession of Faith (1820) Andrew Ure, The Philosophy of the Manufacturers (1835) |
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Feb 19 |
19th century Ideologies: nationalism, socialism, etc. | |
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Text reading: |
Esler | 483-92 |
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Web reading: |
Recommended: Fichte, To the German Nation (1806) Louis Blanc, The Organisation of Labour (1840) |
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Topic | |
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Feb 21 |
Revolution of 1848; review | |
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Text reading: |
Esler | 509-21 |
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Feb 26 |
MIDTERM |
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Topic | |
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Feb 28 |
Unification of Italy & Germany | |
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Text reading: |
Esler | 522-33 |
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Topic | |
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Mar 5 |
Europe: Politics & Society, 1870-1914 (part 1) | |
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Text reading: |
Esler | 537-45; 592-98 |
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Web reading: |
Karl Marx, an interview with the Chicago Tribune, 1878 (orig.) | |
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Assignment: |
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Visuals: |
WebPictures:
Late 19th
century Politics Recommended Web Site: Belle Époque |
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Topic | |
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Mar 7 |
Europe: Politics & Society: 1870-1914 (part 2) | |
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Text reading: |
Esler | |
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Web reading: |
Emmeline Pankhurst: My Own Story, 1914 (orig.) | |
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| Mar 12-18 | Spring Break (no class) |
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Topic | |
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Mar 19 |
European Science and Industry in 1900 | |
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Text reading: |
Esler | 471-74 (review) |
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Web reading: |
Jules Verne, Around the World in Eighty Days (orig.) (or other Verne novel) | |
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Assignment: |
Paper Assignment: Science, technology and society in Jules Verne's writing | |
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Visuals: |
Lantern slides of world in 1900 | |
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Topic | |
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Mar 21 |
Europe and the "New Imperialism" | |
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Text reading: |
Esler | 567-91 |
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Web reading: |
Walter
Bagehot, The Use of Conflict, 1872 (orig.) Kaiser Wilhelm II on German Interests in China, 1900 (orig.) |
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Mar 26 |
European Art & the Modern World; Origins of WWI | |
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Text reading: |
Esler | 546-66 |
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Web reading: |
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Assignment: |
Web assignment: "To the Art Its Age" | |
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Visuals: |
WebPictures: Web Links to Paintings | |
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Topic | |
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Mar 28 |
WWI: Battle & Home Fronts | |
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Text reading: |
Esler | 598-606 |
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Web reading: |
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Assignment: |
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Visuals: |
WebPictures:
WWI
in Posters and at the Front Recommended Web Sites: Other WWI weblinks |
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Topic | |
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Apr 2 |
Russian Revolution | |
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Text reading: |
Esler | 606-609; 631-35 |
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Web reading: |
John Reed, Ten Days that Shook the World | |
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Assignment: |
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Visuals: |
WebPictures: Pictures from the Russian Revolution | |
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Topic | |
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Apr 4 |
Versailles Treaty; Europe in the 1920s | |
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Text reading: |
Esler | 609-20 |
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Web reading: |
J. M. Keynes,
Economic Consequences of Peace (1919) Ch. 3 "The Conference" & Ch. 6 "Europe after the Treaty" |
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Assignment: |
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Visuals: |
WebPictures:
The
Paris Peace Conference Recommended Web Site: Versailles Treaty |
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Topic | |
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Apr 9 |
Economic Depression and Europe in the 1930s | |
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Text reading: |
Esler | 620-25; 637-42 |
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Web reading: |
Recommended: Wall St. Crash Headlines (orig.) | |
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Assignment: |
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Visuals: |
Recommended
Web Sites: New Deal Network (sponsored by the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute , Columbia University) FDR Cartoon database (High school project) French Popular Front 1933 -- photos Propaganda and Dreams: Photographing the 1930s in the USSR and US (exhibit at the Corcoran Gallery, Washington, July 3 - October 3, 1999 |
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Topic | |
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Apr 11 |
Rise of Fascism | |
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Text reading: |
Esler | 626-31 |
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Web reading: |
Mussolini, What Is Fascism? 1932 (orig.) 1927 Nuremberg Nazi party rally (orig.) |
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Assignment: |
Paper: Assignment "Selling a Totalitarian State" | |
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Visuals: |
Nazi Posters | |
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Topic | |
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Apr 16 |
Hitler and WWII | |
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Text reading: |
Esler | 644-63 |
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Web reading: |
Hitler, "Announcement to the Reichstag concerning the Declaration of War against the United States,"(excerpts) December 11, 1941 (orig.) Recommended WebReadings: |
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Assignment: |
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Visuals: |
WebPictures: WWII
in Posters Recommended Web Sites: |
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Apr 18 |
Cold War | |
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Text reading: |
Esler | 663-86 |
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Web reading: |
The Nuremburg
Trial: Indictments (orig.)
and Judgements (orig.) Churchill's "iron curtain" speech (excerpt) March 5, 1946 (orig. txt) (sound) |
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Visuals: |
Recommended
Web Sites: U. S. Holocaust Museum Images of the Cold War (includes "iron curtain" speech) |
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Apr 23 |
End of European Empire | |
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Text reading: |
Esler | 686-98 |
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Apr 25 |
Europe: East & West in the Cold War | |
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Text reading: |
Esler | 699-722 |
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Apr 30 |
Review |
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May 4 |
FINAL EXAM 8:00-10:00 a.m. (fri.) |