Schedule of Topics
January
16 Introduction and overview. The Revolutionary and Napoleonic Legacies WN: 1-9; Saunders: 1-54.
18 The Congress of Vienna and the “Concert of Europe.” Restoration and Revolution. WN: 11-40; Saunders: 54-56.
23 Romanticism, Nationalism, Liberalism. WN: 41-63. Gay 3-33.
25 Empires and Monarchies. I. The Austrian Empire. Sked: 1-41
30 II. The Russian Empire. Saunders: 59-173.
February
1 III. Ottoman Empire. Pavlowitch: 1-44.
6 France from Restoration to the Constitutional Monarchy. WN: 27-34
8 The British Empire and the World. WN: 35-38.
13 The Awakening of Nationalities in the Balkans. Pavlowitch: 45-71. WN 218-219.
15 Economic and social transformation. I. The Industrial Revolution. WN: 64-92.
20 Economic and social transformation. II. A new society. Ideas and Ideologies. WN: 93-152. Gay: 35-125; 191-219.
22 1848. WN: 153-182; Sked 42-139.
27 The Crimean War and the Eastern Question. WN: 183-188; Saunders: 173-203.
March
1 Midterm Examination
6 Nations and Empires I. Russia after the Crimean War. Saunders: 204-277; WN: 219-224.
8 Nations and Empires II . Austria after 1848. Sked: 140-190.
13 Napoleon III and the Second Empire. WN: 188-192.
15 Nationalism and Nation Building I. Italy and Germany: Cavour and Bismarck WN: 197-204
20 The Balkans States under loosened control: 1856-1878. Pavlowitch: 72-114.
22 Great Britain and the Empire WN: 224-228.
27 The Third Republic in France. WN: 205-206.
29 The Dual Monarchy: Austria-Hungary. WN: 209-218; Sked: 191-243.
April
10 Russia under Alexander III and Nicholas II. Saunders: 278-373.
12 Germany from Bismarck to 1914. WN: 206-209.
17 The Intellectual crisis of the end of the Century. Gay: 97-153.
19 Expansion and the Search for a new International Stability. The "colonial scramble" I. WN: 257-278.
24 Expansion and the Search for a new International Stability. The crisis of the Ottoman and Chinese Empires. II. WN 257-278.
26 The origins of the First World War.