| HIST B357 |
FALL 2004 |
| DR. SCHNEIDER | M W 1:00-2:15p.m. CA-217 |
| Modern France |
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Class Announcements Note: Information on the long paper can be found below at the Nov. 10 class date when the first draft is due. Download and review the information about the assignment including the sources to be used. Note the correct title for the Paxton reading available on ERROL. It is important to check the syllabus for this course before every class for announcements and changes. This schedule is correct as of November 14, 2004, but it may be revised. All changes will be announced in class. |
France has often been misunderstood by people in other countries, especially the U.S. Not that it matters much to the French. No other country except England, however, has a history so long associated with the U.S. From the very creation of the United States to the liberation and rebuilding of France after the Second World War both countries have sent money, arms, and ideas to the aid of each other.
The history of modern France begins before the Revolution of 1789 and ends in what the French call "histoire contemporaine" (current history). There are many ways to approach this history, including topics as varied as the successions of political regimes or as tempting as the wine and cheese of French culture. In fact, wine and cheese are important to understanding France, but so too are revolutions, economic change and the French birthrate, all of which will be studied in this course.
Required Text: Jeremy D. Popkin, History of Modern France, 2nd ed.
Françoise Gaspard, A Small City in France (Harvard University Press, 1995, orig. publ. 1990) ISBN: 0-674-81097-X, 194pp
Other readings are available online as indicated for each assignment.
Class Outlines (Click here for outlines of topics covered in class.)
Course Requirements (undergraduate)
The course grade will be based on the following:
First exam |
20% |
Second exam |
20% |
Short paper |
10% |
Long paper |
30% |
Third exam |
20% |
There will be writing assignments based on the readings scheduled below. Students are required to write a short paper (3-5 pp.) before the first exam. An extra short paper may be written to substitute for a lower grade. The long paper is on the Vichy regime. For more information, see below at class on November 10.
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 Student Code of Conduct available at http://life.iupui.edu/dos/code.htm.
Requirements for graduate credit:
Students taking the course for graduate credit will generally
be expected to perform at a higher level than undergraduates.
In addition to doing the assignments for undergraduates, they must write a term paper in place of the long paper and third exam on a topic in modern
French history. This may be an expanded version of one of the
short papers or another subject approved by the instructor. Information
about determination of overall grade will be provided at a meeting
with graduate students.
To contact the instructor outside of class:
OFFICE HOURS: CA-329, M W 12:00-1:00; 2:15-3:30 or by appointment
Phone: 274-7220; e-mail: whschnei@iupui.edu
Topics and Reading Assignments
[**Note: Dates and assignments are subject to change. You will
be notified in class of any changes.]
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Aug 25 |
Introduction; Themes in French History; French History and Geography | |
| Popkin, 1-6 | ||
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Aug 30 |
The Old Regime and the enlightenment | |
| Popkin, 7-24 | ||
Count Saint-Simon, "Memoirs of Louis XIV" (orig.) |
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Sep 1 |
Origins and course of the French Revolution | |
| Popkin, 25-59 | ||
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Notebook of Grievances (1789) |
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| Web link | Exploring the French Revolution | |
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Sep 6 |
LABOR DAY HOLIDAY | |
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Sep 8 |
Napoleon and French History | |
| Popkin, 60-77 | ||
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Sep 13 |
Napoleon, For and Against | |
| First short paper due | ||
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Sources: |
David L. Dowd, Napoleon: Was He Heir of the French Revolution? (1957), "Napoleon as Liberal" and "Napoleon as Imperial Despot," (also available from the online ERROL
system of the library) Click here for more information about the paper assignment. |
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Sep 15 |
Restoration Politics | |
| Popkin, 79-94 | ||
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Sep 20 |
Restoration Economy, Society and Art | |
| Popkin, 95-106 | ||
| Reading | Victor Hugo letter to the publisher of the Italian translation of Les Miserables in Milan, Oct. 18, 1862 |
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Sep 22 |
Revolution of 1848: From the Second Republic to the Second Empire |
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| Popkin, 107-15 | ||
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Reading
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Louis Blanc, The Organisation of Labour (1840) |
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Sep 27 |
First Exam | |
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Sep 29 |
Napoleon III: The Second Empire in the 1850s | |
| Reading | Popkin, 116-23 | |
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Oct 4 |
Napoleon III: The Second Empire in the 1860s |
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| Popkin, 124-31 | ||
| Web links | Literature and art of the Second Empire: Zola, Millet, Manet, Corot (under construction) | |
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Oct 6 |
The Establishment of the Third Republic, 1871-1880 | |
| Popkin, 132-52 | ||
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Web reading
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John Leighton: One
Day Under the Paris Commune, 1871 |
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Oct 11 |
The Politics of the Third Republic, 1880-1914 | |
| Popkin, 153-83 | ||
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Oct 13 |
Fin de siècle or Belle epoque? | |
Popkin, 153-83 (review) |
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Art
Nouveau: style of the Belle Epoque |
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Oct 18 |
France and the World; the Coming of the First World War | |
| Popkin, 184-93 | ||
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Oct 20 |
World War I: Battle and Home fronts | |
| Popkin, 194-201 | ||
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Oct 25 |
Second Exam |
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Oct 27 |
France in the 20s: Politics, Economy and Society | |
| Popkin, 202-218 Steven C. Hause and Anne R. Kenney, "The Limits of Suffragist Behavious: Legalism and Militancy in France, 1876-1922," American Historical Review 1981 86(4): 781-806 Link to full text at JSTOR |
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Cartoon history of the Poincaré franc |
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Nov 1
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France in the 30s |
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Nov 3 |
The Fall of France | |
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Nov 8
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Library work day | |
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Nov 10 |
Vichy France: discussion of student papers | |
Popkin, 230-38 |
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| paper | Long Paper (required): The Vichy Regime,
Occupation and Exile |
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Nov 15 |
Liberation, and Politics of the 4th Republic | |
| Popkin, 239-55 | ||
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Nov 17 |
French Economy & Society after 1945 , pt. 1 | |
| Gaspard, Ch. 1 "Introduction to the City" pp 9-50 | ||
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Nov 22 |
French Economy & Society after 1945 , pt. 2 | |
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Gaspard, Ch. 2 "Crucible and Crisis" pp 51-99 |
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Nov 24
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Thanksgiving Break | |
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Nov 29 |
Indochina and Algeria: French Decolonization & the Beginning of the 5th Republic | |
| Popkin, 256-63 | ||
| Study help | Chronology
of Algerian independence Prime ministers of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th Republics |
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Dec 1 |
De Gaulle and the 5th Republic | |
| Popkin, 264-72 | ||
| De
Gaulle 1967 veto of British entry into Common Market Click here for a chronology of De Gaulle's presidency |
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Dec 6 |
1968 & Post-Gaullist France | |
| Popkin, 273-81 | ||
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Dec 8 |
Library work day | |
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Dec 13 |
Mitterand Years | |
Popkin, 382-88 Gaspard, Ch. 3-4, pp 101-177 |
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| ***Long Paper due | ||
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Dec 20
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*** Final Exam: Monday 1:00-3:00 p.m. | |
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