History 430 Europe 1815-1914

M/W 11:40 am – 1:20 pm / King Hall B4015 Winter 2014

Napoleon Bonaparte, London’s Crystal Palace, Karl Marx

Instructor: Professor Kris Pangburn Email: kris.pangburn2@calstatela.edu Office Hours: Mondays (11:00-11:40 am) and Wednesdays (1:20-2:00 pm), King Hall B4022 This course surveys the sweep of European history from Napoleon’s defeat until the outbreak of the First World War – a span of roughly one hundred years that witnessed the birth of the modern Western world. Topics to be examined include the expansion of industry and the capitalist system, the clash of conservative, liberal, and socialist ideologies, the rise of nation-states and global empires, the advent of mass party politics, and the inception of the women’s movement. Readings will encompass a wide variety of primary sources, supplemented by several scholarly studies. Readings The following books, which are required for this course, are available for purchase at the university bookstore. If you buy your books on-line, be careful to order the editions listed below. Merriman, A History of Modern Europe, vol. 2 (Norton, 3rd edition) 9780393933857 Balzac, Père Goriot (Signet Classics) 9780451529596 Mill, On Liberty (Longman) 9780321276148 Hochschild, King Leopold’s Ghost (Mariner) 9780618001903 Morton, A Nervous Splendor (Penguin) 9780140056679 * All other readings listed on the syllabus are available on-line at the course website Grading Attendance/participation (incl. homework) 10% Two short papers (4-5 pages each) 40% One research paper (8-10 pages) 30% Final exam 20%

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Attendance and Classroom Conduct It is crucial that you do not miss any classes, because lecture material will appear on the final exam. If you are absent, you are responsible for getting notes from a classmate, and for asking me about any handouts that I may have distributed. PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CELL PHONE IN CLASS. Be on time each afternoon, and do not leave the room except during our scheduled breaks, unless it’s an emergency. Note that reading assignments are due on the day they are assigned (see the lecture and reading schedule below). You should come to class prepared to discuss the day’s assignment! Academic Honesty California State University, Los Angeles does not tolerate plagiarism. Plagiarism means failing to give credit for ideas or arguments that are not your own, or resubmitting work that you did for another class. For more on plagiarism, see http://web.calstatela.edu/univ/stuaffrs/jao/doc/ah.pdf. Please note that make-up exams and early exams will not be given, so you should inform me as soon as possible if you have a scheduling conflict. Students with Disabilities If you have a disability and require accommodations for this course, please speak with me privately as soon as possible. If you have not already done so, you will need to register with the Office for Students with Disabilities (http://www.calstatela.edu/univ/osd/). The Office is located in Room 115 of the Student Affairs Building. To make an appointment, call 323-343-3140. ________________________________________________________________________________ Lecture and Reading Schedule NOTE: All texts on the syllabus that are marked with an asterisk (*) can be found at the “Moodle” website. To access this site, go to the college homepage and click the link for myCSULA, which is at the top right of the screen. Enter your User Name and Password. Once you have logged in, click on the Moodle 2013-2014 link and select this course (History 430). You should PRINT these documents and bring them with you to our class meetings. Mon, 1/6: Introduction Wed, 1/8: Napoleon’s Rise and Fall

Merriman, 479-512 (Napoleon) * Joffrin, “Napoleon: A Classic Dictator?”

Mon, 1/13: Restoration of the Old Order

Merriman, 569-579 (Congress of Vienna and Conservatism); 582-585 (Romanticism) * Metternich, “Political Confession of Faith” (1820) * Carlsbad Decrees (1819) * Burke, Philosophical Inquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime (1757)

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Wed, 1/15: Liberalism and Early Nationalism

Merriman, 579-582 (Liberalism); 585-612 (Pre-1848 Revolts) * Ricardo, excerpt from On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation (1817) * Mazzini, “General Instructions for the Members of Young Italy” (1831)

Mon, 1/20: NO CLASS – MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY Wed, 1/22: Industrial Expansion and Middle-Class Culture

Merriman, 513-553 (Industrial Revolution and Middle-Class Culture) * Beeton, excerpt from The Book of Household Management (1861) Mon, 1/27: Balzac’s Portrait of French Society

Balzac, Père Goriot (1835)

Wed, 1/29: Utopian Socialism and Marxism

Merriman, 553-568 (Problems of Industrialization; Early Socialism and Communism) * Owen, excerpt from “Report to the County of Lanark” (1821) * Marx and Engels, excerpt from The Communist Manifesto (1848)

Mon, 2/3: Revolutions of 1848 – SHORT PAPER #1 DUE IN CLASS

Merriman, 613-643 * de Tocqueville, excerpt from Recollections (1850) * Schurz, Reminiscences (“Student Movement and Revolution in German States”), 1907

Wed, 2/5: The New Nationalism: Italy and Germany Merriman, 645-683

* Bismarck, excerpt from Thoughts and Reminiscences (1898) * Schurz, Reminiscences (“Meeting with Bismarck”), 1907 Mon, 2/10: Victorian Britain and Its Critics

Merriman, 684-705 Mill, On Liberty (1859)

Wed, 2/12: France’s Second Empire

Merriman, 725-34 (France’s Second Empire; Franco-Prussian War; Paris Commune) * Zeldin, “The Myth of Napoleon III”

* von Eckart, “The Man Who ‘Destroyed’ Paris”

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Mon, 2/17: Realism, Positivism, Darwinism – SHORT PAPER #2 DUE IN CLASS

Merriman, 798-807 (Realism, Impressionism, Positivism) * Darwin, excerpt from The Origin of Species (1859) * Mayr, “Darwin’s Influence on Modern Thought”

Wed, 2/19: Dawn of Mass Politics

Merriman, 734-796 (France’s Third Republic; Second Industrial Revolution; Population Explosion; Rise of Workers’ Parties) * Treitschke, “Our Views” (1879) * Review of Drumont’s La France Juive (New York Times, June 13, 1886)

Mon, 2/24: The Age of Imperialism

Merriman, 819-859 * Hobson, Imperialism: A Study (1901)

Hochschild, King Leopold’s Ghost – begin

Wed, 2/26: Crimes in the Congo

Hochschild, King Leopold’s Ghost – finish Mon, 3/3: Tsarist Russia – RESEARCH PAPER PROSPECTUS DUE

Merriman, 705-725 (Tsarist Russia) * Kropótkin, excerpt from Memoirs of a Revolutionist (1899)

Wed, 3/5: Birth of the Women’s Movement

Merriman, 796-798 (Quest for Women’s Rights) * Dixon, “Why Women Are Ceasing to Marry” (1899) * Cartoons from the British humor magazine Punch (1894-1910)

Mon, 3/10: Cultural Ferment and Critique

Merriman, 807-818 (Nietzsche, Freud, Avant-Garde Artists) * Rogers, “Nietzsche” from Philosophers Behaving Badly * Nietzsche, excerpts from The Gay Science (1882) and Beyond Good and Evil (1886) Morton, A Nervous Splendor – begin

Wed, 3/12: Vienna on the Eve of the Great War

Morton, A Nervous Splendor – finish * Ronay, “Death in the Vienna Woods” ____________________________________________________________________

* FINAL EXAM = Monday, March 17, 10:45 am – 1:15 pm * RESEARCH PAPERS ARE DUE AT THE EXAM