Atlantic Worlds Discussion #1
Honroe de Balzac
Who?
- Well educated (University of Paris)
- Part of the bourgeois (supports/ part of group that led first Revolution)
o Parents wanted him to be a lawyer
- Realist
o Skeptical about movements
What?
- Short story
- Historical fiction
When?
- 1842
o Not written at the time of the Reign of Terror
Where?
- Paris, France
How?
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Darkness
Tension
Anxiety
Shadows
o Light and dark
Fallen society
o Tells story through fallen clergy
 Pity for them
o King is gone
 Reason for this atmosphere
Robespierre’s radicalness
Why?
- Human rights were lost after King was killed
o Advocates for constitutional monarchy (middle ground)
- 1842- revolution movements starting back up
o Cautionary tale
 When you get rid of King and spirituality -> chaos
 Go slowly
Concluding Statements:
- Propaganda piece
o Both a primary and secondary source
- Ideological break in Europe at the French Revolution
o Republic or Monarchy
Discussion #2
Communist Manifesto
- Primary source
Who?
- German philosopher
- Got a college education (Elite)
o Still lived in poverty
o Kids died
When?
- 1848
o Industrial Revolution
- London center of Industrial Revolution
What?
- Manifesto
o Declaration/model of public policy
o History of the world as he sees it, to make modern argument about Global
Capitalism in the Industrial Revolution
Why?
- Injustices in classes
o Cautionary tale, draw attention to issue
Proletariat
- Working class
o Factory workers, laborers
o Non-property owning
Bourgeoisie
- Upper/Middle class
o Property owners
Columbian Exchange  Global world
- Catalyst for this rise in bourgeoisie
o United States
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