History 205B

T. Weeks (tadeusz@siu.edu)

Fall 2001

Syllabus



Class meets 11:00 to 12:15 in Faner 1004



Books

McKay/Hill/Buckler ("McKay"), A History of Western Society, 6th ed., VOLUME 2

Perry et al. ("Perry"), Sources of the Western Tradition, 4th ed., VOLUME 2.

Voltaire, Candide

Primo Levi, Survival in Auschwitz.



Week 1 (August 21, 23). Readings: Perry, chapter 1.

1. Introductions. Course Goals and Requirements, Grading.

2. Review: The Reformation



Week 2 (Aug 28, 30). Readings: McKay, chap.16, 17; Perry, chapter 3.

1. Absolutism and Crisis of the 17th Century

2. Eastern Europe: Autocracy, Absolutism, Enlightenment. QUIZ # 1.



Week 3 (Sept 6). Readings: McKay, chapter 18; Perry, chapter 2.

2. The Enlightenment and Scientific Revolution



Week 4 (Sept 11, 13). Readings: Voltaire, Candide; McKay, chapter 19.

1. Discussion of Candide and Enlightenment. PAPER # 1 DUE.

2. The Agricultural Revolution and Proto-Industrialization



Week 5 (Sept 18, 20). Readings: McKay, chapter 20; Perry, chapter 4.

1. The French Revolution - Causes and Events to 1792

2. French Revolution (II) and Napoleon



Week 6 (Sept 25, 27). Readings: McKay, chapter 21.

1. MIDTERM

2. The Industrial Revolution



Week 7 (October 2, 4). Readings: McKay, chapter 22 & 23; Perry, chapters 5, 6

1. Romanticism, Liberalism, Nationalism

2. Industrialization and Urbanization, Early Socialism



Week 8 (October 9, 11). Readings: McKay, chapter 24; Perry, chapters 6 & 7.

1. The Revolutions of 1848

2. Discussion: Europe in the first half of the 19th Century





Week 9 (October 16, 18). Readings: McKay, chapter 25; Perry, chapter 8.

1. Nationalism Triumphant: Unification of Germany and Italy.

2. Discussion: Liberalism, Socialism, Nationalism.



Week 10 (October 23, 25). Readings: McKay, chapter 26; Perry, chapters 9 & 10.

1. Imperialism

2. Europe's Fin-de-Siècle Quiz # 2



Week of October 29 to November 2 - Break! - Happy Halloween!



Week 11 ( Nov. 6, 8). Readings: McKay, chapter 27; Perry, chapters 11 & 12.

1. The "Great War"

2. Recasting Humanity: Building Soviet Power from Lenin to Stalin



Week 12 (Nov 13, 15). Readings: McKay, chapter 28; Perry, chapter 13.

1. Redrawing the Map: Versailles and its Effects

2. Fascism and the Failure of Democracy



Week 13 (Nov 20). Readings: Levi, Survival in Auschwitz; McKay, chapter 29

1. The Shoah (Holocaust) and Genocide; Discussion of Levi. Paper # 2 Due



Week 14 (Nov. 27, 29). Readings: McKay, chapter 30 ; Perry, chapter 14.

1. World War II

2. The Cold War



Week 15 (Dec 4, 6). Readings: McKay, chapter 31.

1. Decolonialisation

2. Europe Reunited (?): the "End of Communism"





Final Examination: THURSDAY, December 13, 10:10am to 12:10 pm (in Faner 1004)



Grading: 2 Minipapers 30% Midterm Exam 20% Final Exam 20%

2 Quizzes 10% Attendance and participation 20%



Office hours: Faner 3270, telephone 453-7874, e-mail: tadeusz@siu.edu

TTh 12:15-2:00, Wed 9-12 and any time by appointment.

I work in my office -- feel free to drop by without any appointment.



For more information: http://colanmc.siu.edu/history/Ted_Weeks/index.htm