UCSB Hist 133A, Winter 1997 "19th Century Germany" (1993 syl.) 3515 Phelps, MWF 11:00-11:50 |
Prof. Harold Marcuse (homepage,
Courses page) Office hours: Wed. 2-4 |
note 4/24/06: I will be teaching this course again in Fall 2006. In addition to Hagen Schulz's book on German Nationalism, I am considering as a textbook:
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This lecture course examines central aspects of German history from the late 18th century to the eve of World War I, including:
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
GRADING COURSE BOOKS
1. Introduction: Central Themes 2. The "Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation" 3. 18th century Germany: Absolutism and Enlightened Despotism 4. Germany, the French Revolution, and French Hegemony 5. Discussion; first written assignment due 6. Reform and Liberation, 1807-1815 7. The Political Reconstruction of Europe: The Vienna Congress 8. Social Restoration: Reactionary Politics in the 1820s 9. The Emergence of a New Social Order: 1830-1848 10. Discussion of Nationalism; 2nd assignment due 11. The Revolutions of 1848 12. 1848: Theory and Historiography 13. The post-1848 Reaction, Bismarck's Early Years 14. Industrialization and the Social Question 15. Midterm 16. German Liberalism, 1860-1914 17. The Labor Movement and Social Democracy 18. The Women's Movement 19. Bismarck and the Wars of Unification 20. Domestic Affairs under Bismarck, 1871-1890 21. Foreign Policy under Bismarck; "Imperialism" 22. William II 23. The 1890s: A Decade of Transition 24. Final paper due; discussion Man of Straw 25. Nationalism II; "Mitteleuropa" 26. Cultural and Intellectual Currents 27. Associations in Imperial Germany 28. The Road to World War I 29. Germany's "Special Path" 30. Conclusion |