History 117
Europe in the Twentieth Century
Fall 2008 - Buffalo State College
Instructor: Brian Campbell Ph.D.
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Home Phone: (716) 239-0213
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Course Schedule |
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Week One - The End of the Summer August 26 and August 28 Introductions, a look at the syllabus, a brief look at Europe up to 1890. What is modern? What is national?
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Week Two - Imperialism, Nationalism and War September 2 and 4 Communism, Social Democracy and Trade Unions, Imperialism and European power |
Study notes and assignment for Heart of a Dog Gilbert and Large - Chapters One and Two |
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Week Three - The Great War and Versailles Origins of the conflict in the Balkans and the rise of Germany as an imperial force. The Versailles Treaty and the shape of post-war Europe |
Gilbert and Large - Chapters Three and Four Excerpt from Ernst Jünger's Storm of Steel http://www.cooper.edu/humanities/classes/coreclasses/hss3/e_junger.html |
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Week Four - Revolution and Radical Europe September 16 and 18 Lenin and the Russian Revolution. Stalin's Russia, purges and famines |
Study notes for quiz on September 25 and 27 Study notes and assignment for Ordinary Men SPLIT SECTIONS Reminder! You must have the reading and assignment done by today! Readings: |
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Week Five - Rise of the Right September 25 and 27 Economic collapse and crisis, the Spanish Civil War and Mussolini's Italy, America in Europe Short examination in class today! |
Study notes and assignment for Ordinary Men Readings: Gilbert and Large - Chapter Six |
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Week Six - The Road to War September 30 and October 2 Hitler and the rise of Nazism |
Readings: Gilbert and Large - Chapter Seven Movie: Conspiracy Also: Read the transcript of the Wannsee Conference at: http://www.ghwk.de/engl/Prot-engl.pdf |
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Week Seven - Total War and Genocide October 7 and 9 Munich, Poland, and the beginnings of the war |
Study notes and assignment for The Stranger SPLIT SECTIONS Readings: Gilbert and Large - Chapter Eight |
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Week Eight -The Iron Curtain and Cold War October 14 and 16 The course of the Second World War in Europe, Yalta, Potsdam, and the origins of the Cold War |
Readings: Gilbert and Large - Chapter Nine |
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Week Nine -The End of Empire October 21 and 23 The end of Europe's imperial ambitions: Algeria, Vietnam, Kenya, and Suez |
No slides this week - we will be using Google Maps to go around the decolonizing world, so to speak. A good map of decolonization is here at CUNY. SPLIT SECTIONS Readings: Gilbert and Large - Chapter Ten |
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Week Ten -Economic Miracle and Planned Stagnation October 28 and 30 France, Germany, and the European Community, Life behind the Iron Curtain, the Berlin Wall, Hungary and European Marxism Short exmaination in class today! |
Readings: Gilbert and Large - Chapter 11 Charles de Gaulle, "Europe and Its Role In World Affairs" http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1964-degaulle-europe1.html |
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Week Eleven- Radicalism and Reaction November 4 and 6 1968 and Radical Europe, the European Social Welfare State, Thatcher and Conservatism |
Study guide and questions for The Magic Lantern Readings: Gilbert and Large - Chapters 12 and 14 |
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Week Twelve - Behind the Iron Curtain ** THURSDAY ONLY ** November 13 Solidarity and the Second Cold War |
Gilbert and Large - Chapter 13 |
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Week Thirteen -Thaw, then the Flood November 18 and 20 The collapse of Communism in Eastern and Central Europe |
SPLIT SECTIONS Readings: Gilbert and Large - Chapter 15 |
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Week Fourteen - ** TUESDAY ONLY ** - November 25 If you are going home for Thanksgiving, please be sure to watch this movie on your own or come to the November 14 class to watch it. It is available on Netflix and should be in many video stores. |
Movie: Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others) |
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Week Fifteen - Europe as a Common Home December 2 and 4 Integration and the rise of the European Union - The rise of the post-national? Yugoslavia and the return of genocidal nationalism - the revitalization of Russia and future challenges |
Readings: Gilbert and Large - Chapter 16 |
