EIU His 2400.001, Western Civilization II, Newton Key
Fall 2003, T, Th 14:00-15:15, CH 2741

Western Civilization II (1500 to the present)

weeks 1 & 2. Early or Modern?: Europe circa 1500 Aug. 26. Introduction Aug. 28. Perry, Western, chs. 13 (pp. 315-20) & 14 (pp. 328-32) Sept. 2. Perry, Western, ch. 14 (pp. 332-45) Sept. 4. Perry, Western, ch. 15

week 3. Crisis of the Seventeenth Century: State and Science Sept. 9. Perry, Western, chs. 16 & 17 (pp. 411-20) Sept. 11. Tierney and Scott, Documentary, sections 1 (pp. 6-13) & 2 (pp. 39-46) [Absolutism, Crown & Parliament, Civil War]

week 4. War, Trade, and Empire in the Eighteenth Century Sept. 16. Perry, Western, ch. 17 (pp. 420-6); Tierney and Scott, Documentary, section 3 (pp. 68-75, 78-84) [Commerce, North America, Far East] Sept. 18. Tierney and Scott, Documentary, section 3 (pp. 85-99) [Old Colonial, European Empires]; Voltaire, Candide, chs. I-VI

week 5. Ancien Regime Europe and Its Discontents Sept. 23. Perry, Western, ch. 18; Voltaire, Candide, chs. VII-XVIII; Candide pre-assignment due Sept. 25. Tierney and Scott, Documentary, section 4 (pp. 102-30) [Nature, God, Progress, Skepticism, Politics]; Voltaire, Candide, all

weeks 6 & 7. French Revolution and Europe, 1787-1815 Sept. 30. Perry, Western, ch. 19; Oct. 2. Tierney and Scott, Documentary, section 6 (pp. 169-92, 196-200) [Privilege, 3rd Estate, Challenges] Candide's Eighteenth Century papers due Oct. 7. MID-TERM EXAM I. Oct. 9. Perry, Western, chs. 20 & 23 (pp. 562-65)

 

week 8. Industrial Europe Oct. 14. Perry, Western, chs. 21 (pp. 513-22, 524-29), 22 (pp. 538-58), & 23 (pp. 570-82) Oct. 16. Tierney and Scott, Documentary, sections 5 (pp. 144-61) & 8 (pp. 240-9) [Manufacture, Political Economy, Factory, City]

 

week 9. Nineteenth-century Nationalism and Realpolitik Oct. 21. Perry, Western, chs. 24 (pp. 591-608) & 25 Oct. 23. Tierney and Scott, Documentary, section 10 (pp. 300-13, 315-20) [Nationalisms, Italy, Habsburg, Germany]

 

week 10. Domination and Instability, 1870-1914 Oct. 28. Perry, Western, chs. 26 (pp. 656-62), 27 (pp. 668-90), & 28 (pp. 696-706) Oct. 30. Tierney and Scott, Documentary, section 12 (pp. 356-85) [World War I: all]

 

week 11. The Great War: Origins Nov. 4. Perry, Western, ch. 29 (pp. 729-54 & 758-61) Nov. 6. Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front

 

week 12. The Russian Revolution Nov. 11. Perry, Western, chs 29 (pp. 754-8) & 30 (pp. 769-76) Nov. 13. MID-TERM EXAM II

 

week 13. Totalitarianism Nov. 18. Perry, Western, chs. 30 (all except 769-76) & 31 (pp. 809-12 & 823-31) Nov. 20. Tierney and Scott, Documentary, section 14 (pp. 424-39) [Italy, Germany, Spain, Munich Crisis]

 

week 14. World War II and Recovery Dec. 2. Perry, Western, chs. 32 & 33 (pp. 867-78); Great War paper due Dec. 4. Tierney and Scott, Documentary, section 15 (pp. 458-68) [Yalta]

 

week 15. Europe after 1945: the End of History? Dec. 9. Perry, Western, chs. 33 (pp. 881-5) & 34 (pp. 888-901) Dec. 11. Conclusion Final Review.

Books available from Textbook Services:

• Marvin Perry, et. al., Western Civilization, 6th ed., vol. since 1400s (2000)
• Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front
• Brian Tierney and Joan W. Scott, Western Societies: A Documentary History, 2nd ed., vol. II (2000)
• Voltaire, Candide

His 2400 surveys Western Civilization, which developed primarily in Europe, since the Renaissance. Western civilization is an idea, and this course emphasizes intellectual as well as political, religious, and social factors in the construction of this idea. This course also emphasizes the practice of history: the reading and analysis of documents in a historical context. Thus, discussion and essay writing are important aspects of this course.

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