HIS 333: Nineteenth-Century Europe Fall 2014

MWF 10-10:50a, LAB 201

Prof. Andrew Ross Department of History LAB 454 E-mail: andrew.ross@usm.edu Phone: 601-266-5858 Office Hours: Tuesday 9-11a and by appointment Course Description: This course traces the political, social, and cultural history of Europe over the "long" nineteenth century (1789-1914). The major theme of the course is the concept of European "modernity." During the nineteenth century, Europeans came to see themselves as standing at the height of civilization. And yet, the century ended with the slaughterhouse of World War I. This course traces this contradiction as it explores the ways in which Europe wrestled with both the promises and problems that emerged in the wake of the French and Industrial Revolutions. Topics covered include the rise of liberalism and socialism, cultural movements such as Romanticism and modernism, the emergence of nationalism and the nation-state, the 1848 Revolutions, the unification of Germany and Italy, the "Eastern Question," imperialism and the rise of racial sciences, changing relations of class, gender, and sexuality, the emergence of mass culture and mass politics, and the origins of World War I. Course Objectives: By the end of the semester, students will be able to: • identify and understand key themes and concepts in Nineteenth-Century European

history • understand and explain the relationship between intellectual, political and social

trends • critically analyze primary and secondary sources • orally present historical research Required Texts: Winks, Robin and Joan Neuberger. Europe and the Making of Modernity. New York:

Oxford University Press, 2005. Hunt, Lynn. The French Revolution and Human Rights: A Brief Documentary History.

New York: Bedford/St. Martin's, 1996. Dickens, Charles. Hard Times. Mineola: Dover Publications, 2001. Conrad, Joseph. Heart of Darkness. New York: Penguin, 2007. Smith, Helmut Waler. The Butcher's Tale: Murder and Anti-Semitism in a German Town.

New York: W.W. Norton, 2003. Please purchase the editions listed above, several of which are also available in e-book format.

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Course Format: Class will meet three times a week. All meetings will be a mix of lecture and discussion unless otherwise noted. Course Requirements: Students are required to complete all assignments in order to pass this course.

1. Attendance and Participation: Attendance in class is a requirement in order to pass this course and role will be taken every day. You are permitted to miss three classes before your grade begins to suffer. Active participation in class discussion is expected as well.

2. Readings: All readings are due the day for which they are listed on the syllabus.

3. Quizzes: We will have four quizzes through the course of the semester. Format

will be a mix of map identification, short answer, identification, and essay. IDs require you to identify the title, author (if applicable), approximate date, and significance of a quote or term. Your lowest quiz grade will not count towards your final grade. A handout on how to answer an identification question will be provided before the first quiz.

4. Short Essay: You will complete two short (3-5 pages) essays in response to

prompts provided by me. Each essay will require you to address course material and will not necessitate outside reading. One essay will address material from the first half of the course, the other from the second half. You will have about one week to write each essay. Essays will be submitted using turnitin.com via Blackboard.

5. Group Oral Presentation: During the final weeks of class, groups of between

three and four students will present their research on a single topic not covered by me during lectures. The topic may be a person, event, or idea. Each group should consult with me over e-mail or during office hours in order to choose an appropriate topic of research. A handout of selected possible topics will be provided early in the semester. Each presentation must accomplish three tasks. 1) The group must describe the event, person or idea; 2) the group must discuss the ways in which historians have interpreted the topic and, in particular, any particular disagreements, debates, or significant moments in the historiography; and 3) the group must relate the topic to modern European history by stating its significance. Presentations should also include a full bibliography of sources consulted, either on a PowerPoint slide or as a handout. Each group member will receive two grades: one for the group as a whole, one for each individual's contribution. Each person in the group should therefore prepare to speak for about the same amount of time. A grading rubric and guide will be provided at the beginning of the semester.

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While each group is presenting, the audience will be tasked with filling out evaluation rubrics. These evaluations will help me assess each presentation and will ensure that you think about what makes an effective presentation as well.

Grade Breakdown:

Quizzes: 30% Short Essays: 30% Oral Presentation: 30% Attendance and Participation: 10%

Grade Rubric:

• A 90 – 100% • B 80 – 89% • C 70 – 79% • D 60 – 69% • F 59% and below

Late Assignments: Late assignments will be deducted one grade for each day late. If I have not received your essay after four days you will automatically fail the assignment. Contacting Me: The best way to get in touch with me is through e-mail (andrew.ross@usm.edu). Please allow 24 hours for a response; if you have not heard from me in that time, do not hesitate to send another note. My office hours are at the top of this syllabus; if those times are not convenient for you I am happy to make other arrangements. Please do not hesitate to contact me should you have any questions regarding the course material or any other concerns. Do not contact me with a question that can be answered by reading the syllabus. Technology in the Classroom:

• Phones: All phones must be on silent (not vibrate) or turned off during class. • Recording Devices: No recording of a class lecture is permitted without my

explicit written permission. • Computers and Tablets: Feel free to use your laptop or tablet to take notes if

that suits you, but refrain from using such devices for tasks unrelated to the class. Note that research consistently demonstrates that students retain information more readily by taking notes by hand.

• PowerPoint Slides: All PowerPoint slides will be posted on Blackboard by the end of each week.

Academic Honesty: Scholastic dishonesty will not be condoned under any circumstance in this course. See the current Undergraduate Bulletin (http://www.usm.edu/registrar/bulletins) or the Student Handbook (http://www.usm.edu/sites/default/files/groups/division-student-

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affairs/pdf/67251_nobleed.pdf) for a definition of such behavior. Demonstrated plagiarism on a paper or cheating on an exam or quiz will automatically lead to a grade of “F” for the course and can result in dismissal from the university. The course will use the Turnitin.com service to detect plagiarism. Please see me during office hours if you have any questions regarding this policy. Ignorance of this policy or of the definition of plagiarism will not excuse instances of academic dishonesty. ADA Syllabus Statement: If a student has a disability that qualifies under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and requires accommodations, he/she should contact the Office for Disability Accommodations (ODA) for information on appropriate policies and procedures. Disabilities covered by ADA may include learning, psychiatric, physical disabilities, or chronic health disorders. Students can contact ODA if they are not certain whether a medical condition/disability qualifies. Address: The University of Southern Mississippi Office for Disability Accommodations 118 College Drive # 8586 Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001 Voice Telephone: 601.266.5024 or 228.214.3232 Fax: 601.266.6035 Individuals with hearing impairments can contact ODA using the Mississippi Relay Service at 1.800.582.2233 (TTY) or email Suzy Hebert at Suzanne.Hebert@usm.edu. Web: http://www.usm.edu/oda Course Schedule: Week 1: August 20 – August 22: Introductions Wednesday: Introductions Friday: The Old Regime Reading: Winks and Neuberger, Preface and Introduction. Week 2: August 25 – August 29: The French Revolution, Part 1 Monday: The Origins of the French Revolution

Secondary: John Merriman, A History of Modern Europe, 435-447 (Blackboard)

Primary: Hunt documents 1-2; 6-8 Wednesday: The Moderate Revolution Secondary: Merriman, 447-460 (Blackboard) Primary: Hunt documents 10, 14-17

Last day to add/drop without Academic/Financial Penalty Friday: The Radical Revolution

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Secondary: Merriman, 460-470 (Blackboard) Primary: Hunt documents 26-33 Week 3: September 1 – September 5: The French Revolution, Part 2 Monday: No Class (Labor Day) Wednesday: Discussion Secondary: Merriman, 470- 478 (Blackboard) Primary: Hunt documents 34, 36-39 Friday: The Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte Secondary: Merriman 479-494 (Blackboard) Primary: The Code Napoleon (http://www.historyguide.org/

intellect/code_nap.html)

Group presentation members due by e-mail by 4:00p Week 4: September 8 – September 12: Napoleon’s Europe Monday: Napoleon’s Empire Secondary: Merriman, 494-512 (Blackboard)

Images: Jacques-Louis David, Napoleon Crossing the Alps (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_Crossing_the_Alps#mediaviewer/File:Napoleon4.jpg); Paul Delaroche, Napoleon Crossing the Alps (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_Crossing_the_Alps#mediaviewer/File:Paul_Delaroche_-_Napoleon_Crossing_the_Alps_-_Google_Art_Project_2.jpg); Jackques-Louis David, The Emperor Napoleon in his Study at the Tuileries (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emperor_Napoleon_in_His_Study_at_the_Tuileries#mediaviewer/File:Jacques-Louis_David_-_The_Emperor_Napoleon_in_His_Study_at_the_Tuileries_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg); The Colossus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Colossus_(painting)#mediaviewer/File:El_coloso.jpg)

Wednesday: Discussion and Review Friday: Quiz 1: Weeks 1-4 Week 5: September 15 – September 19: The Restoration Monday: The Congress of Vienna Secondary: Winks and Neuberger, ch. 1

Primary: Edmund Burke, Reflections on the French Revolution (http://web.archive.org/web/19981206201151/http://pluto.clinch.edu/histo

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ry/wciv2/civ2ref/burke.html); Klemens von Metternich: Political Profession of Faith (http://www.fordham.edu/Halsall/mod/1820metternich.asp)

Wednesday: Romanticism Secondary: Winks and Neuberger, ch. 2

Primary: Johann Gottfried Herder, Reflections on the Philosophy of the History of Mankind (Blackboard); Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Addresses to the German Nation (Blackboard)

Images: “Images of Romantic Art” (http://history.hanover.edu/courses/art/111rom.html); Caspar David Friedrich, “The Wanderer” (http://www.caspardavidfriedrich.org/The-Wanderer-above-the-Mists-1817-18-large.html)

Friday: Discussion Week 6: September 22 – September 26: The Industrial Revolution: Processes Monday: The Beginning of the Industrial Revolution Secondary: Winks and Neuberger, 64-83 Primary: Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations (Blackboard) Wednesday: Industrialization on the Continent

Secondary: Winks and Neuberger, 83-93 Primary: Begin reading Hard Times Friday: Discussion Primary: Dickens, Hard Times (First Half) Group presentation topics due by e-mail Week 7: September 9 – October 3: The Industrial Revolution: Effects Monday: Social Change Secondary: Winks and Neuberger, ch. 4 Primary: Thomas Malthus, Essay on Population

(http://www.fordham.edu/Halsall/mod/1798malthus.asp) Wednesday: Constructing Class

Secondary: E.P. Thompson, The Making of the English Working Class (https://www.nytimes.com/books/first/t/01thom.html) Primary: Factory Rules in Berlin (http://www2.sunysuffolk.edu/strattr/his102/HIS_102/Fall,2009/2-second-quarter/factory_rules_in_berlin2.htm);

Friday: Discussion

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Primary: Dickens, Hard Times (Finish) Week 8: October 6 – October 10: Challenges to the Restoration Monday: Quiz 2: Weeks 5-7 First Essay Prompt Handed Out Wednesday: Liberalism Secondary: Winks and Neuberger, 125-139

Primary: William Wilberforce, An Appeal to the Religion, Justice, Humanity of the Inhabitants of the British Empire, in Behalf of the Negro Slaves in the West Indies (Blackboard); John Stuart Mill, On Liberty (Blackboard)

Friday: Socialism and Radicalism Secondary: Winks and Neuberger, 139-151

Primary: Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, The Communist Manifesto (Blackboard); The People’s Charter and National Petition file://localhost/(http/::www.fordham.edu:Halsall:mod:1838chartism.asp)

Week 9: October 13 – October 17: The Revolutions of 1848 Monday: 1848 in France and Italy Secondary: Winks and Neuberger, 153-169 Primary: François Guizot, “Condition of the July Monarchy”

(http://www.fordham.edu/Halsall/mod/1848guizot.asp); Guiseppe Mazzini, “On the Duties of Man,” ch 5 (http://history.hanover.edu/texts/mazzini/ mazzini5.html);

First Essay Due via Turn It In by 4:00p Wednesday: 1848 in Central and Eastern Europe Secondary: Winks and Neuberger, 169-182

Primary: “Documents of German Unification, 1848-1871,” (http://www.fordham.edu/Halsall/mod/germanunification.asp) (First two documents only)

Friday: No Class (Fall Break) Week 10: October 20 – October 24: Unifications Monday: Italian Unification Secondary; Winks and Neuberger, 183-197 Primary: Documents of Italian Unification

(http://www.fordham.edu/Halsall/mod/1861italianunif.asp); King Victor

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Emmanuel, “Address to Parliament, Rome, 1871,” (http://www.fordham.edu/Halsall/mod/1871victoremm.asp)

Wednesday: German Unification Secondary: Winks and Neuberger, 197-209 Primary: “Documents of German Unification, 1848-1871” (Finish); “Bismarck’s

Peace Policy” (Blackboard) Friday: Discussion and Review Week 11: October 27 – October 31: The Eastern Question Monday: Quiz 3: Weeks 8-10 Wednesday: Politics in East and West Secondary: Winks and Neuberger, 209-228. Primary: Alexander II, “Manifesto Emancipating the Serfs” (Blackboard) Friday: Discussion and Presentations 1-2 Last day to make an add/drop course request or withdraw from the University and receive a grade of W Week 12: November 3 – November 7: The New Imperialism Monday: Race and Racial Sciences Secondary: Winks and Neuberger, 257-278 Primary: Francis Galton, “Eugenics: Its Definition, Scope, and Aims” Wednesday: Building Empire Secondary: Winks and Neuberger, 278-288 Primary: Conrad, Heart of Darkness (Prefatory Material); Rudyard Kipling, “The

White Man’s Burden” (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/Kipling.asp) Friday: Discussion and Presentations 3-4 Primary: Conrad, Heart of Darkness (1-67) Week 13: November 10 – November 14: The Second Industrial Revolution Monday: Technological Change Secondary: Winks and Neuberger, ch. 8 Primary: Film: Georges Meliès, A Trip to the Moon

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JDaOOw0MEE); Heart of Darkness (67-96) Wednesday: Discussion Primary: Heart of Darkness (97-109)

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Friday: No Class (Western Society for French History Conference) Week 14: November 17 – November 21: The Fin-de-Siècle Monday: Mass Culture and its Discontents Secondary: Winks and Neuberger, 289-302; 309-318 Primary: Edouard Berstein, Evolutionary Socialism

(http://www.fordham.edu/Halsall/mod/bernstein-revsoc.asp); V.I. Lenin, “Marxism and Revisionism” (http://history.hanover.edu/courses/excerpts/111lenin.html)

Wednesday: Feminist Struggles Secondary: Winks and Neuberger, 302--309 Primary: Emmeline Pankhurst, Why We are Militant (Blackboard) Friday: Discussion and Presentations 5-6 Secondary: Begin reading The Butcher’s Tale Week 15: November 24 – November 28: Presentations Monday: Presentations 7-8 Wednesday: No Class (Thanksgiving) Friday: No Class (Thanksgiving) Read The Butcher’s Tale Over Break!! Week 16: December 1- December 5: Origins of World War I Monday: The Origins of World War I Secondary: Winks and Neuberger, ch. 11; Finish The Butcher’s Tale Wednesday: Discussion Secondary: Smith, The Butcher’s Tale Essay Prompt 2 Handed Out Friday: Quiz 4 Essay 2 Due Wednesday, December 10