HISTORY 158B: EUROPE 1815-1914
David Wetzel
dwetzel@berkeley.edu
Office Hours: Thurs, 1:30-3:30, 2315 Dwinelle
Readers:
Chad Frischman: chfrischmann@berkeley.edu
Knightcarl Raymond: knightcarl@berkeley.edu
CLASS SCHEDULE
Europe 1815-1850
Week 1
22 Jan: Peacemaking, 1815-1848 – 1
24: Peacemaking, 1815-1848-2
R(eader); 5-24
Week 2
29: The Eastern Autocracies
31: France: The Aftermath of Defeat
2
R: 25-50
Week 3
5 Feb: Great Britain: Social Unrest and Social
Compromise
7: Revolutions of 1848
R: 52-67;Dickens, Olliver Twist Namier, Revolutions of
1848
Europe 1850-1871
Week 4
12: Crimean War
14: France: Republic to Empire
Rich, Age of Nationalism… ix-xii 39-60
Week 5
19: Unification of Italy
21: Reorganization of Great Britain and Russia
Rich, 61-79, 103-137
Week 6
3
26: Emergence of German Question 1848-1866
28: Wars of German Unification
Rich, 79-101
Europe 1871-1890
Week 7
5: March: Overview of the Period
7: Economic and Social Developments
Rich, 1-38, R: 70-86
Week 8
12: Review for Midterm
14: Midterm
Europe 1890-1914
Week 9
19: Great Britain: From Liberalism to Democracy
21: France and Italy: Tormented Nations
Rich, 103-23 138-56, R: 87-55, 97-107
4
Week 10
2: April, Germany -1
4: Germany -2
Rich, 169-179; R: 71-86, 108-114
Week 11
9: Habsburg Monarchy and Balkan States
11: Imperial Russia
R: 70-86, Dostoevsky Crime and Punishment
Week 12
16: Imperialism
18: World War-Long Term Origins,
Reader, 70-86; Lafore, Long Fuse (part 1)
Week 13
23: July 1914-1
PAPER DUE
25: July 1914-2
Week 14
5
Lafore, Long Fuse (part 2)
2May: Review for Final
Books
Charles Dickens,Olliver Twist
Lewis Namier,1848: The Revolution of the Intellectuals
Feodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishmet
Laurence Lafore, The Long Fuse
Course Reader, 2580 Bancroft