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SCHEDULE, WEEKS 4, 5, 6
WEEK 4 (10/12-10/16)
READ: Okey, chap. 3 and 4; Jones, entire
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Springtime of Nations: 1848
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PRES: POLAND
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DISC: Jones
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Search for New Structures
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DISC: Okey, chaps. 3 and 4
WEEK 5 (10/19-10/23)
READ: Okey, chap. 5
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Economy and Society in the 1860s
PRES: HUNGARY
DISC: Okey, chap.5
The Origins of Mass Politics
The Origins of Mass Politics
WEEK 6 (10/26-10/30)
READ: Okey, chap. 6
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PRES: CZECHOSLOVAKIA
MIDTERM EXAM
Film: “The Hapsburgs”
Road to Sarajevo
DISC: Okey, chap. 6
M, 11/2: PRES: YUGOSLAVIA
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: Okey, Chapters 5 and 6
1. What regions of East Europe experienced the most dramatic economic growth after 1860? What
stimulated this growth? Why didn't the economy take off in some parts of the region?
2. Who were the capitalists in East Europe? What kinds of regional variations were there? How would
you describe their social and cultural affiliations?
3. Describe the theories of underdevelopment proposed by Marx, Wallerstein, Gerschenkron, and Stokes.
Which seem most applicable to the East European economic situation?
4. Why did the peasant economy and lifestyle persist in East Europe, despite the successes of the
state/liberal alliance? What was the effect of this "dual economy"?
5. What factors led to the birth and growth of mass politics in Eastern Europe? How did it affect the
state/liberal alliance? What three types of mass political factions developed?
6. What was Bismarck's strategy for maintaining the peace in Europe? How do we explain mounting
Great Power tensions in the decades prior to WW1? Why were the Balkans the tinderbox of Great Power
diplomacy?
7. How are modernization and nationalism linked? What factors are necessary for the development of
nationalism? Does class or political status play a role in the development of nationalism?
8. What three strategies did the East European empires use to combat nationalism? Why were these
strategies becoming less and less effective?
Ottoman prisoners of war during the First Balkan War