JOHN CABOT UNIVERSITY COURSE CODE: "HS 262-2" COURSE NAME: "Modern Europe II: The Age of Imperialism" SEMESTER & YEAR: Spring Semester 2013

SYLLABUS INSTRUCTOR: Ogle Gene EMAIL: [email protected] HOURS: TTH 11:30-12:45 TOTAL NO. OF CONTACT HOURS: 45 CREDITS: PREREQUISITES: Recommended: HS 261 OFFICE HOURS: By Appointment

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course provides an overview of the history of Europe from the 1870s through the end of World War II. In it, we will explore the cultural, diplomatic, economic, political, and social developments that shaped the lives of late nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century Europeans. Significant attention will be given to the relationship between Europeans and peoples in other parts of the world, the development of political ideologies and systems, and the ways in which everyday life in Europe changed during this period.

SUMMARY OF COURSE CONTENT: This course provides an overview of the history of Europe from the 1870s through the end of World War II. In it, we will explore the cultural, diplomatic, economic, political, and social developments that shaped the lives of late nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century Europeans. Significant attention will be given to the relationship between Europeans and peoples in other parts of the world, the development of political ideologies and systems, and the ways in which everyday life in Europe changed during this period.

LEARNING OUTCOMES: This course provides an overview of the history of Europe from the 1870s through the end of World War II. In it, we will explore the cultural, diplomatic, economic, political, and social developments that shaped the lives of late nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century Europeans. Significant attention will be given to the relationship between Europeans and peoples in other parts of the world, the development of political ideologies and systems, and the ways in which everyday life in Europe changed during this period.

TEXTBOOK: Book Title Author Publisher ISBN number Library Call Number Comments Format Local Bookstore Online Purchase The Butcher's Tale: Murder and Anti-Semitism in a German Town Helmut Walser Smith W. W. Norton & Company 978-0393325058           Vichy in the Tropics: Petain's National Revolution in Madagascar, Guadeloupe, and Indochina, 1940-44 Eric Jennings Stanford University Press 978-0804750479           The End of the European Era: 1890 to the Present (6th ed.) Gilbert and Large W. W. Norton & Company ISBN-13: 978-0393930405

REQUIRED RESERVED READING: NONE RECOMMENDED RESERVED READING: NONE

GRADING POLICY -ASSESSMENT METHODS: Assignment Guidelines Weight Midterm Exam See below. 25% 2 Analytical Book Reviews See below. 30% Participation See below. 15% Final Exam See below. 30% -ASSESSMENT CRITERIA: AWork of this quality directly addresses the question or problem raised and provides a coherent argument displaying an extensive knowledge of relevant information or content. This type of work demonstrates the ability to critically evaluate concepts and theory and has an element of novelty and originality. There is clear evidence of a significant amount of reading beyond that required for the course. BThis is highly competent level of performance and directly addresses the question or problem raised.There is a demonstration of some ability to critically evaluatetheory and concepts and relate them to practice. Discussions reflect the student’s own arguments and are not simply a repetition of standard lecture andreference material. The work does not suffer from any major errors or omissions and provides evidence of reading beyond the required assignments. CThis is an acceptable level of performance and provides answers that are clear but limited, reflecting the information offered in the lectures and reference readings. DThis level of performances demonstrates that the student lacks a coherent grasp of the material.Important information is omitted and irrelevant points included.In effect, the student has barely done enough to persuade the instructor that s/he should not fail. FThis work fails to show any knowledge or understanding of the issues raised in the question. Most of the material in the answer is irrelevant. -ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS: Your participation grade will primarily be determined by your active participation in our classroom discussions. To do so in an adequate manner, you absolutely must do the assigned class readings by the dates for which they are assigned. You also must bring copies of those readings to class so that you may consult them during our discussions and may be asked to leave the classroom should you fail to do so.

ACADEMIC HONESTY As stated in the university catalog, any student who commits an act of academic dishonesty will receive a failing grade on the work in which the dishonesty occurred. In addition, acts of academic dishonesty, irrespective of the weight of the assignment, may result in the student receiving a failing grade in the course. Instances of academic dishonesty will be reported to the Dean of Academic Affairs. A student who is reported twice for academic dishonesty is subject to summary dismissal from the University. In such a case, the Academic Council will then make a recommendation to the President, who will make the final decision.

STUDENTS WITH LEARNING OR OTHER DISABILITIES John Cabot University does not discriminate on the basis of disability or handicap. Students with approved accommodations must inform their professors at the beginning of the term. Please see the website for the complete policy.

SCHEDULE

In the two papers, you will prepare analytical and critical book reviews of Helmut Walser Smith's The Butcher's Tale and Eric Jenning's Vichy in the Tropics. Your grades for these reviews will be determined by the strength of your analysis, the persuasiveness of your argument (including quality of writing), and the originality of your thought. I will provide you with further guidelines regarding these assignments later in the session. Your participation grade will primarily be determined by your active participation in our classroom discussions. To do so in an adequate manner, you absolutely must do the assigned class readings by the dates for which they are assigned. You also must bring copies of those readings to class so that you may consult them during our discussions and may be asked to leave the classroom should you fail to do so. The exams will be in-class written exams composed of short answer significance/identification questions and essay questions. Your grade on these exams will depend upon the analytical strength and persuasiveness of your arguments as well as the factual accuracy of your answers. I will provide you with more information about these exams and how to prepare for them as their dates near. All late work will be penalized by at least one letter grade. No late work will be accepted after the final examination. Any documented case of academic dishonesty on any assignment will result not only in a failing grade for the assignment in question but also in a failing grade for the course as a whole. If you have questions about how to cite material properly, refer to the appropriate sections of the MLA Style Manual or Chicago Manual of Style (or come talk to me during my office hours). There are copies of both in the reference section of the library downstairs. Please note that also submitting work that you have previously submitted (or plan to submit) for credit in another course is also a form of academic dishonesty, unless you obtain the explicit approval from both instructors to do so. For this course, no such double submission is allowed. Please note that your papers may be submitted to turnitin.com to check their content for plagiarism. Accessing Shared Documents on MyJCU       1. Go to the internal web site (MY JCU).      2. After you have logged in, click on the course post-it for Spring 2013, HS 262. Then click on shared files.      3. You should then be able to access any course handouts not accessible by clicking the links on this syllabus.      4. Be sure to check the handouts page frequently for changes and updates.  Similarly, I will post messages on the MyJCU message board should I need to contact you in between class meetings (e.g., in the case of an unexpected class cancellation, etc.). Course Schedule   (Please note that this may be subject to change.)   1/15    Introductions—Nations and States 1/17    Industry’s Advance                              Gilbert and Large (hereafter GL), 3-34                              DISC: Taylor, “The Principles of Scientific Management, 1911” http://www.fordham.edu/Halsall/mod/1911taylor.asp               DISC: Franz, "German Banking, 1910" http://www.fordham.edu/Halsall/mod/germanbanks.asp               DISC: “Tables Illustrating the Spread of Industrialization” http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/indrevtabs1.html               DISC: “Spread of Railways in 19th Century” http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/indrev6.html                 DISC:  Zola, The Ladies' Paradise, excerpts, 233-251, 259-269 (Handout/On Reserve)               DISC:  Explore images of the Bon Marché at http://expositions.bnf.fr/zola/bonheur/borne/accueil.htm (click on parts of the image to see the images). 1/22    The Birth of National Mass Politics—Great Britain, France, and Italy to 1914               GL, 35-67               DISC: Documents on the Dreyfus Affair (Handout--be sure to read the appropriate sections of the textbook to get a clearer sense of the events and people discussed in these documents.) 1/24    National Mass Politics Managed—Imperial Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire               GL, 67-75               DISC: Edouard Bernstein, “Evolutionary Socialism” http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/bernstein-revsoc.html               DISC: Documents on Imperial Germany (Handout)               DISC: Bismarck, "Speech on the 'Polish Question'"  https://www.h-net.org/~german/gtext/kaiserreich/speech.html 1/29     National Mass Politics Denied—The Russian and Ottoman Empires                GL, 75-89                DISC: Documents on Imperial Russian Politics (Handout)                DISC: "Proclamation for the Ottoman Empire, 1908" http://www.fordham.edu/Halsall/mod/1908youngturk.asp 1/31   CLASS CANCELLED 2/5     Europe and the World, Pt. I—Motives, Means, and Imperialism Abroad                DISC: "Extent of European Colonialism in Statistical Terms" https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/pol116/colonies.htm               DISC: Hobson, "Imperialism, 1902" http://www.fordham.edu/Halsall/mod/1902hobson.asp               DISC: "British Missionary Letters Urging the Annexation of the South Sea Islands, 1883" http://www.fordham.edu/Halsall/mod/1883hebrides.asp               DISC: Lugard, "The Rise of Our East African Empire, 1893" http://www.fordham.edu/Halsall/mod/1893lugard.asp               DISC: Ferry, "On French Colonial Expansion, 1884" http://www.fordham.edu/Halsall/mod/1884ferry.asp               DISC: Earl of Cromer, "Why Britain Acquired Egypt in 1892, 1908" http://www.fordham.edu/Halsall/mod/1908cromer.asp               DISC: Wilmelm II, "A Place in the Sun, 1901" http://www.fordham.edu/Halsall/mod/1901Kaiser.asp               DISC: Prince Ukhtomskii, "Russia's Imperial Destiny, 1891" http://www.fordham.edu/Halsall/mod/1891ukhtomskii.asp 2/7       Europe and the World, Pt. II—Imperialism At Home               DISC: Pearson, "National Life From the Standpoint of Science, 1900" http://www.fordham.edu/Halsall/mod/1900pearsonl.asp               DISC: Galton, "The Comparative Worth of Different Races" (Handout)                DISC: Kipling, "The White Man's Burden, 1899" http://www.fordham.edu/Halsall/mod/kipling.asp               DISC: Morel, "The Black Man's Burden" (Handout) 2/12       Europe and the World, Pt. III—Emigration                DISC: “Letter from an Englishman after moving to South America, 1883”                               http://web.archive.org/web/19981203161408/www.signature.pair.com/letters/archive/argentina.html                  DISC:  Jacob Riis, "The Making of an American" http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=3&psid=3648                DISC:  Mary Antin, "The Promised Land" http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=3&psid=3649                DISC:  "Letters from Polish Immigrants in America" http://www.jaha.org/edu/discovery_center/push-pull/letterstohome.html 2/14      Rejecting Bourgeois and Mass Culture—The Avant-Garde                DISC:  Freud, "The Structure of the Unconscious" http://anupamm.tripod.com/freudst.html                DISC:  Nietzsche, “Excerpts”  http://history.hanover.edu/courses/excerpts/111niet.html 2/15     MAKE-UP FOR JANUARY 31, 11:30, T.G.3 (Tiber Campus)             Mass Culture and Modernity                DISC:  Modern Times (to be screened in class) 2/19     Culture, Politics and Society in the Belle Epoque               DISC:  Walser Smith, The Butcher's Tale               Walser Smith Book Review Due 2/21     Fighting for Her Rights—Women’s Suffrage                DISC:  Documents on Debates over Female Suffrage (Handout)                DISC: Pankhurst, "My Own Story" http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1914Pankhurst.asp 2/26     Midterm Exam 2/28     The Brewing Storm—Imperial Crises and the Road to World War I                GL, 90-105 3/5      World War I--In the Trenches and at Home                GL, 105-124                DISC: Fraser, “Selections from My Daily Journal, 1915-1916” http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1918fraser.html                DISC: Soldiers' Accounts (Handout)                DISC: "The Armenian Massacres" http://www.firstworldwar.com/diaries/armenianmassacres.htm     3/7     The Russian Revolution                GL, 124-139                DISC: Lenin, “What is to be Done, 1902” http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1902lenin.html                DISC: Lenin, “Call to Power, Oct 24, 1917” http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1917lenin1.html                DISC: Luxemburg, The Russian Revolution, Excerpts (Handout) 3/8     Friday Official Make-up Day For April 25           Making the Peace—Uncertainty and Delusion                GL, 143-178                       DISC: “Treaty of Versailles, Jun 28, 1919” http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1919versailles.html                  DISC: "Syrian Congress Memorandum" (Handout)                DISC:  Keynes, “The Economic Consequences of the Peace, 1920” http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1920keynes.html 3/12     From Bad to Good to Worse—Economics and Culture Between the Wars                GL, 179-243                DISC:  Keynes, “The Economic Consequences of the Peace, 1920” http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1920keynes.html                DISC:  “A Surrealist Manifesto: The Declaration of January 27, 1925” http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1925surrealism.html                DISC:  Valéry, “On European Civilization and the European Mind” http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/valery.html    3/14      The Democracies at Home—Britain and France                GL, 184-198, 235-243, 272-285                DISC:  Primary Sources on the General Strike of 1926 (Scroll Down to the Section 'Primary Sources and Read Those)                            http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/TUgeneral.htm 3/19      The Original Man of Steel—Stalin’s U.S.S.R.                GL, 208-217, 299-305                DISC:  Stalin, “Industrialization of the Country, 1928”  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1928stalin.html                DISC:  “Memorandum on the Grain Problem, 1932” http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/archives/k2grain.html                DISC:  “Hymn to Stalin” http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/stalin-worship.html                DISC:  “Stalin's Purges, 1935” http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1936purges.html   3/21     The Shortfall of National Liberation—Eastern Europe Between the Wars                DISC:  Polish Minorities Treaty http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/eehistory/H200Readings/Topic5-R1.html                DISC:  Masaryk, "The Making of a State http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/eehistory/H200Readings/Topic5-R2.html                DISC:  Codreanu, "A Few Remarks on Democracy" http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/eehistory/H200Readings/Topic5-R3.html 4/2      A Third Force—Mussolini’s Fascism               GL, 198-208               DISC:  Mussolini, “What is Fascism, 1932” http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/mussolini-fascism.html                   DISC:  Documents on Fascism and Fascist Italy (Handouts) 4/4      A Racial National Community—Hitler’s Germany               GL, 243-271               DISC:  “The 25 Points 1920: An Early Nazi Program”  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/25points.asp               DISC:  “The Horst Wessel Song” http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/horstwessel.html               DISC:  Hitler, “Speech of April 12, 1921” http://history.hanover.edu/courses/excerpts/111hit1.html                DISC:  Documents on Nazism and Nazi Germany (Handouts) 4/9     The Brewing Storm, Part II—The Road to World War II               GL, 285-298               DISC: Haile Selassie, "Appeal to the League of Nations" https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/selassie.htm               DISC: Neville Chamberlain, "Peace in Our Time" http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1938PEACE.html               DISC: Hitler, "Directive Number 1 for the Conduct of the War" http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/imt/document/wardir1.htm 4/11     World War II               GL, 306-342               DISC:  von Reichenau, "Instruction to the German Army Invading the Soviet Union"                                 http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~german/gtext/nazi/reichenau-english.html               DISC:  Primary Sources on Firebombing of Dresden (Handout) 4/16    World War II and The Holocaust               DISC:  "Wannsee Protocal"  http://avalon.law.yale.edu/imt/wannsee.asp               DISC:  Graebe, "Account of Holocaust Mass Shooting" http://www.fordham.edu/Halsall/mod/1942graebe.asp               DISC:  Glazar, "Surviving Extermination" (Handout)               DISC:  Levi, "On the Bottom" (Handout) 4/18    "Fascism," World War II, and Empire:  The Beginnings of Decolonization               DISC: Jennings, Vichy in the Tropics               Jennings Book Review Due   4/23     Europe Undone—Superpowers and the Beginning of the Cold War                   GL, 346-366 Final Examination: Thursday, May 2, 15:00-17:30