HIST 206
Spring 2013
Tuesday&Thursday: 11:00-12:15
SOS Z22
Dilek Barlas
Office Hours: Tu&Th:15:30-17:00
E-Mail: dbarlas@ku.edu.tr
Telephone no. 338 1408
Europe since the French Revolution
Course Description: This course deals with the French Revolution’s influence on the
transformation of European societies. It discusses political, social, and economic factors that led
to the revolutionary atmosphere in Europe. This course examines the effects of these political and
economic changes on European societies up to the Second World War.
Course Requirements:
Discussion: 15
Essay Questions: 15
Mid-term: 35%
Final Exam: 35%
 It is required that students do not miss the classes (If you miss more than 3 sessions, you
will lose 30 points) and the exams (In the case of illness, a valid medical excuse has to be
submitted within 3 days of absence).
Academic Integrity: Please refer to http://vpaa.ku.edu.tr/academic/student-code-of-conduct#09
Course Materials:
Readings are available on reserve at Suna Kıraç Library. Electronic copies are available at
http://libunix.ku.edu.tr/search~/r?hist%20206&searchscope=9
Required Readings:
David Parker, Revolutions and the Revolutionary Tradition, London: Routledge, 2000
Charles Tilly, “State and Nationalism in Europe 1492-1992” in Theory and Society, Vol. 23, No.
1 (Feb., 1994), pp: 131-146
Edward Whiting Fox, The Emergence of the Modern European World, Cambridge, MA:
Blackwell, 1992
Eric Hobsbawn, Age of Extremes, London: Abacus, 1999
____________, The Age of Capital 1848-1875, NY: Vintage Books, 1996
____________, The Age of Empire 1875-1914, NY: Vintage Books, 1989
____________, The Age of Revolution 1789-1848, NY: Vintage Books, 1996
____________, Industry and Empire, London: Penguin Books, 1999
R. J. W. Evans and Hartmut Pogge Von Strandmann, The Revolutions in Europe 1848-1849,
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000
T. C. W. Blanning, The Nineteenth Century, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000
Class Schedule:
Week I: February 5-7
Introduction
Charles Tilly, “State and Nationalism in Europe 1492-1992” in Theory and Society, pp: 131-146
Week II: February 12-14
On the Eve of the French Revolution
Eric Hobsbawm, The Age of Revolution 1789-1848, pp: 17-51
Week III: February 19-21
The French Revolution
Eric Hobsbawm, The Age of Revolution 1789-1848, pp: 74-100
E. W. Fox, The Emergence of the Modern European World, pp: 48-66
Week IV: February 26-28
War and Peace in Europe
Eric Hobsbawm, The Age of Revolution 1789-1848, pp: 101-136
Week V: March 5-7
Revolutions in Europe and New Ideologies I
Eric Hobsbawm, The Age of Revolution 1789-1848, pp: 137-177
Week VI: March 12-14
Revolutions in Europe and New Ideologies II
John Breuilly, “The Revolutions of 1948”, in Revolutions and the Revolutionary Tradition in the
West 1560-1991, pp: 108-131
R. J. W. Evans, “Liberalism, Nationalism, and the Coming of the Revolution”, in The Revolutions
in Europe 1848-1849, pp: 9-25
Week VII: March 19-21
Industrial Revolution and Britain
Eric Hobsbawn, Industry and Empire, pp: 87-131
Week VIII: March 26-28
Social Classes in Europe
Eric Hobsbawn, The Age of Capital 1848-1875, pp: 208-250
Mid-term
Week IX: April 2-4
The Rise of Germany and The Age of Empire
T. C. W. Blanning, The Nineteenth Century, pp: 175-188
Eric Hobsbawn, The Age of Empire 1875-1914, pp: 56-83
Week X: April 9-11 (Spring Break)
Week XI: April 16-18
Modern Times by Charlie Chaplin
Week XII: April 23-25
The Quest for Hegemony
Eric Hobsbawn, The Age of Empire 1875-1914, pp: 302-327
E. W. Fox, The Emergence of the Modern European World, pp: 239-252
Week XIII: April 30- May 2
Revolution in Russia
Maureen Perrie, “The Russian Revolution”, in Revolutions and the Revolutionary Tradition in the
West 1560-1991, pp: 151-168
Eric Hobsbawn, Age of Extremes, pp: 54-84
Week XIV: May 7-9
The First World War
E. W. Fox, The Emergence of the Modern European World, pp: 252-274
Eric Hobsbawn, Age of Extremes, pp: 22-35
Week XV: May 14-16
Aftermath of War and End of Empires
Eric Hobsbawn, Industry and Empire, pp: 185-203 and 256-277
Eric Hobsbawn, Age of Extremes, pp: 199-222