JOHN CABOT UNIVERSITY COURSE CODE: "HS 261-1" COURSE NAME: "Modern Europe I: The Age of Nationalism" SEMESTER & YEAR: Fall Semester 2012

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

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course explores the history of Europe from the Napoleonic era through the 1880s. In it, we will investigate the cultural, diplomatic, economic, political, and social developments that shaped the lives of nineteenth-century Europeans. Significant attention will be given to the relationship between Europeans and peoples in other parts of the world, the development of new political ideologies and systems, and the ways in which everyday life and culture changed during this period.

SUMMARY OF COURSE CONTENT: There will be two class meetings a week, composed of a combination of lecture and discussion. Most of the discussion portion of class will be spent examining the assigned readings. You should also feel free to ask questions about the lectures or the textbook reading.  Your active participation in classroom discussions will determine a significant portion of your final grade (15%).

LEARNING OUTCOMES: In successfully completing this course, you should cultivate an understanding of the most important themes and developments of nineteenth-century European history. You should also develop an understanding of some of the most important modes of analysis that historians use in reconstructing the past. In this course, you should work on developing the following skills: critical analysis of primary sources and historians’ arguments, developing your own well-reasoned and well-supported arguments, and effectively communicating your arguments in writing.

TEXTBOOK: Book Title Author Publisher ISBN number Library Call Number Comments Format Local Bookstore Online Purchase Europe and the Making of Modernity: 1815-1914 Robin Winks and Joan Neuberger Oxford University Press 978-0195156225           Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire's Slaves Adam Hochschild Mariner Books 0618619070           Around the World in Eighty Days Jules Verne Penguin Classics 978-0140449068

REQUIRED RESERVED READING: NONE RECOMMENDED RESERVED READING: NONE

GRADING POLICY -ASSESSMENT METHODS: Assignment Guidelines Weight Midterm Examination See below. 25% Analytical Book Review See below. 15% Primary Source Paper See below. 15% Participation See below. 15% Final Exam See below. 30% -ASSESSMENT CRITERIA: Assessment Guidelines for assigning main letter grades: A, B, C,D, and F. A: Work 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. B: This is highly competent level of performance and directly addresses the question or problem raised. There is a demonstration of some ability to critically evaluate theory 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. C: This is an acceptable level of performance and provides answers that are clear but limited, reflecting the information offered in the lectures and reference readings. D: This level of performance 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. F: This work fails to show any knowledge or understanding of the issues raised in the question. Most of the material in the answer is irrelevant. 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. In the first paper, you will prepare an analytical and critical book review of Adam Hochschild's Bury The Chains. Your grade 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 this assignment later in the session. In the second paper, you will explore Jules Verne's Around the World in 80 Days as a historical artifact, using it to make an argument about the historical era in which it was written. Your grade 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 this assignment 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. 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 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 explicit approval from both instructors to do so.  For this course, no such double submission is allowed. Please note that your papers and book-reviews may be submitted to turnitin.com to check their content for plagiarism.       -ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS: See the discussion of the participation portion of the grade in the previous section.

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.

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SCHEDULE

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 Fall 2012, HS261. 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 board should I need      to contact you in between class meetings (e.g., in the case of an unexpected class cancellation, etc.).   Course Schedule (DISC Indicates Readings To Bring To Class For Discussion) N.B. The schedule and specific readings listed below may be subject to change.   Sept. 4  Introductions—Europe, History, Modernity, and the Old Regime Sept. 6  The Legacies of the Old Regime, French Revolution, and Napoleon, I                       DISC: Winks and Neuberger (hereafter WN), 1-9 Sept. 11  The Legacies of the Old Regime, French Revolution, and Napoleon, II                   DISC: "Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen"  http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/rightsof.asp      Begin Reading WN, 64-124  Sept. 13  The Legacies of the Old Regime, French Revolution, and Napoleon, III                   Continue Reading WN, 64-124                   DISC: Woolf, “The Construction of a European World-View in the Revolutionary-Napoleonic Years,” 72-101                        http://www.jstor.org/stable/650852 Sept. 18  The Industrial Revolution—Social and Cultural Ramifications                   Finish Reading WN, 64-124                   DISC:  Thompson, “Time, Work-Discipline, and Industrial Capitalism,” 56-97                        http://www.jstor.org/stable/649749                                                        DISC: “Women Miners in the English Coal Pits”                            http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1842womenminers.asp                                       DISC: Engels, “Industrial Manchester, 1844”                            http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1844engels.asp                        DISC: WN, 73, 78, 110, 112, 119 Sept. 20  Reactions to the Revolutions, I—Conservativism                   WN, 125-129                   DISC: Metternich, “Political Confession of Faith, 1820”                        http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1820metternich.asp                    DISC: Burke, “Reflections on The Revolution in France, 1791”                        http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1791burke.asp                    DISC: DeMaistre, “The Divine Origins of Constitutions, 1810”                        http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1810demaistre.asp                    DISC: WN, 128  Sept. 21 OFFICIAL MAKE-UP FOR NOVEMBER 1 Reactions to the Revolutions, II—Liberalism and Radicalism                       WN, 130-139        DISC: “In Defense of Laissez-Faire”           http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1840laissezfaire.asp                DISC: Tocqueville, Democracy in America (excerpts)           http://history.hanover.edu/courses/excerpts/111toc.html                                 http://history.hanover.edu/courses/excerpts/165tocqueville.html                      DISC: Tocqueville, "Letter on the French Revolution" http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/590/                      DISC:  WN, 136-137 Sept. 25  Reactions to the Revolutions, III—Early Socialisms, Pt. 1                           WN, 139-152                           DISC: Fourier, “Theory of Social Organization”                                http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1820fourier.asp                            DISC: Blanc, “The Organisation of Labour, 1840”                                http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1840blanc.asp   Sept. 27  Reactions to the Revolutions, III—Early Socialisms, Pt. 2                           DISC: Marx and Engels, “The Communist Manifesto” (In the PDF version, read pp. 14-34)                               http://www.marx.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/index.htm   Oct. 2  Reactions to the Revolutions, IV—Romanticism                       WN, 41-57, 62-63                       DISC: WN, 44-46                       Start Reading Hochschild, Bury The Chains Oct. 4  Reactions to the Revolutions, V—Nationalism                   WN, 57-62                   DISC: Herder, “Materials for the Philosophy of the History of Mankind, 1784”                        http://www.fordham.edu/Halsall/mod/1784herder-mankind.asp                   DISC:  Fichte, “To the German Nation”                       http://www.fordham.edu/Halsall/mod/1806fichte.asp                            http://www.fordham.edu/Halsall/mod/1807fichte1.asp                   DISC: Mazzini, “On Nationality”                        http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1852mazzini.asp                     DISC: WN, 61                   Continue Reading Hochschild, Bury The Chains   Oct. 9  MIDTERM EXAM Oct. 11 Ideologies in Practice, I—Conservatism Triumphant                        WN, 11-27, 38-40                        DISC: "Carlsbad Resolutions"           http://history.hanover.edu/texts/carlsbad.html      Continue Reading Hochschild, Bury The Chains Oct. 12  OFFICIAL MAKE-UP FOR NOVEMBER 22 Ideologies in Practice, II—Revolution and Reform on the Continent                       WN, 27-35                       DISC: Guizot, “Condition of the July Monarchy, 1830-1848”                            http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1848guizot.asp                        DISC: WN, 30                       Continue Reading Hochschild, Bury The Chains Oct. 16  Empire, Ideals, and Politics--The British Abolition of Slavery                       WN, 257-270, 285-288                          DISC: Hochschild, Bury The Chains                     Oct. 18 Ideologies in Practice, III—Reform and Radicalism in the British Empire                       WN, 35-38                       DISC: Macaulay, “Speech On The Reform Bill of 1832, March 2, 1831”                            http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1832macaulay-reform.asp                        DISC: WN, 134 Oct. 23  The Revolutions of 1848—Overview                       WN, 153-182      HOCHSCHILD PAPER DUE--EXTENDED FROM OCT. 16 Oct. 25  The Revolutions of 1848—France and the Habsburg Empire                        DISC: “Documents of the Revolution of 1848 in France”                              http://history.hanover.edu/texts/fr1848.htm                     DISC: Lamartine, “History of the Revolution of 1848 in France”                         http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1848lamartine.asp                     DISC: St. John, “The French Revolution in 1848”                         http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1848johnson.asp                         DISC: Schurz, “A Look Back at 1848, 1907”                             http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1848schurz.asp                         DISC: WN, 164-165, 175 Oct. 30  Déjà vu?—Louis Napoleon and a New French Empire                       WN, 183-192                       DISC: WN, 189 Nov. 6  Imperial Ambitions and Reform in Eastern Europe                   WN, 219-228 Nov. 8  Ideologies in Practice, IV—Nationalism and Italian Unification                   WN, 192-197                   DISC: “Documents of Italian Unification, 1846-61”                        http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1861italianunif.asp        Start Reading Verne, Around The World in 80 Days Nov. 13  Ideologies in Practice, IV—Nationalism, German Unification, and Central Europe                   WN, 197-219                   DISC: Beust, “Memoirs of the Ausgleich, 1867”                        http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1867beust.asp                    DISC: “Documents of German Unification, 1848-1871”                        http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/germanunification.asp                    DISC: WN, 204      Continue Reading Verne, Around The World in 80 Days Nov. 15  Ideologies in Practice, V—The Paris Commune                   WN, 205-206                   DISC: “To the Democratic Socialists”                        http://www.marxists.org/history/france/paris-commune/documents/democratic-socialists.htm                    DISC: “The State ... is Abolished”                        http://www.marxists.org/history/france/paris-commune/documents/abolish-state.htm                    DISC: “To the German People”                        http://www.marxists.org/history/france/paris-commune/documents/german-people.htm                    DISC: “To the Army”                        http://www.marxists.org/history/france/paris-commune/documents/to-army.htm                    DISC: “Declaration on Reprisals”                        http://www.marxists.org/history/france/paris-commune/documents/reprisals.htm                    DISC: Leighton, “One Day Under the Paris Commune, 1871”                        http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1871leighton-commune.asp                    DISC: The Internationale                        http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/INTERNAT.asp        Continue Reading Verne, Around The World in 80 Days Nov. 20  The Domestic Grasp of Industry?—Changes in Rural and Urban Daily Life                   WN, 229-238      Continue Reading Verne, Around The World in 80 Days Nov. 27  Empires Lost, Empires Gained: Europe and the World, Pt. I      WN, 257-270, 285-288      DISC: Lin, “Letter to Queen Victoria, 1839”            http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1839lin2.asp      Continue Reading Verne, Around The World in 80 Days Nov. 29  The Global Grasp of Industry?—Europe and the World, c. 1870                   DISC: Verne, Around the World in 80 Days                  VERNE PAPER DUE Dec. 4  Culture at the Cross-Roads                      WN, 238-256      DISC: Darwin, “On the Origin of Species (1859)”           http://history.hanover.edu/courses/excerpts/111dar.html      DISC: Darwin, “The Descent of Man, 1871”           http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1871darwin.asp      DISC: Wilberforce, “On Darwin's Origin of Species, 1860”           http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1860wilberforce-darwin.asp      DISC: Mivart, “On the Genesis of the Species, 1871”           http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1871mivart.asp      DISC: Gladstone, “Points of Supposed Collision Between the Scriptures and Natural Science, 1872”           http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1872gladstone.asp Dec. 6  Looking Forward: Liberal and Authoritarian Domestic Orders                   Recommended: WN, 320-350 FINAL EXAM—Date To Be Announced