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HIS 1106 Western Civilization 1700 to the Present
Instructor: Peter Schimert
Office Hours: Tues., 14:00-16:00; Thurs., 15:45-16:30; and by appointment.
Methods: Primarily lectures with occasional discussions.
Goals: 1. To expose the student to some of the major events that shaped the historical development of modern Europe; 2. To increase the student' s ability to understand and explain the events that helped to form western civilization.
Required Reading: John P. McKay, Bennett D. Hill and John Buckler, A History of Western Society, vol. II (8th or 9th ed.); and Marvin Perry, Joseph R. Peden and Theodore H. Von Laue, Sources of the Western Tradition, vol. II (4th, 6th or 7th ed.)
Course Requirements: Each student will be expected to attend class regularly, do the assigned readings, participate in the class discussions, as well as take the midterm test and the final examination. The midterm and the final will be essay tests.
Evaluation: Grades will be determined in the following manner:
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Attendance and contributions to the discussions 30%
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Final Examination 40%
Attendance: The student is expected to attend classes regularly. In accordance with the regulations of McDaniel College, students with more than three unexcused absences will have their grades reduced.
Schedule of lectures and reading assignments:
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Introduction; the Reformation and its Political Consequences
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The Continental European Religious and Civil Wars
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England during the Seventeenth Century (542-557)
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Absolutism: the Age of Louis XIV (523-542)
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Absolutism: the Rise of Brandenburg-Prussia (559-587)
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The Scientific Revolution (589-598)
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Discussion: The Scientific Revolution (Perry IV, 28-52; VI, 29-52; VII, 30-49)
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The Enlightenment (598-609)
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Discussion: The Enlightenment (Perry IV, 53-73, 76-88; VI, 53-81, 82-83; VII, 52-66, 68-69, 72-90)
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The Enlightenment and Absolutism (609-619)
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Causes of the French Revolution (683-689)
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The French Revolution (689-703)
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Hungarian National Holiday! No Class!
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Napoleon and Europe (703-715) Discussion: The French Revolution (Perry VI, 95-101, 104-116, 119-123; VII, 98-121, 109-111)
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The Early Industrial Revolution in England (717-727)
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Midterm Test
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The Industrial Revolution on the Continent (727-745)
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Discussion: The Industrial Revolution (Perry IV, 119-136; VI, 126-137, 139-144; VII, 126-135, 139-142)
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The Age of "-isms" (747-761)
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Toward the Revolutions of 1848 (761-768)
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The Revolutions of 1848 (768-777)
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Discussion: Romanticism, Reaction, Revolution (Perry IV, 139-141, 143-150, 152-159; VI, 147-149, 152-154, 155-156, 158-168; VII, 149-164, 167-171).
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France under Napoleon III; the Unification of Italy (815-821)
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The Unification of Germany (821-825)
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Domestic Politics, 1871-1914: Great Britain and France (825-845)
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Domestic Politics, 1871-1914: Italy and Germany
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Late Nineteenth-Century Imperialism (855-885) Discussion: European Imperialism (Perry IV, 244-235, 240-250, 254-258; VI, 244-254, 259-272; VII, 244-48, 251-257, 260-263).
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The Road to World War I (879-911)
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Final Examinations
Please note: This class will be conducted with strict observance of the honor code. All written work must be pledged and signed before it can be graded.
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