Course Reader for HIST 101
Western Civilization, the Master-source of the Modern World
Prepared by Jonathan Daly
Lecture 1: Revolutionary Civilization
Introduction to Stephen Moore and Julian L. Simon, It’s Getting Better All the Time: 100
Greatest Trends of the Last 100 Years (Washington, D.C.: Cato Institute, 2000), 1-24.
“European Exceptionalism: A Different Path,” in David Landes, The Wealth and Poverty
of Nations (New York: W. W. Norton, 1998), 29-44.
Lecture 2: Humanism, Religious Revolution, and Military Revolution
Francis of Assisi, Admonitions (ca. 1220), in Mark A. Kishlansky, ed., Sources of the
West: Readings in Western Civilization, 4th ed., 2 vols. (New York: Longman, 2001),
1:170-75.
"A Christian Debate: Canon Lawyers in the Twelfth Century,” in Peter N. Stearns, ed.,
World History in Documents: A Comparative Reader (New York and London: New York
University Press, 1998), 106-9.
Pico della Mirandola (1463-1494), "On the Dignity of Man,” in J. H. Hexter et al., eds.,
The Traditions of the Western World (Chicago: Rand McNally, 1967), 302-5.
Martin Luther, "The Freedom of a Christian"(1520), in Mark A. Kishlansky, ed., Sources
of the West: Readings in Western Civilization, 4th ed., 2 vols. (New York: Longman,
2001), 1:258-61.
"The Edict of Nantes" (1598), in Mark A. Kishlansky, ed., Sources of the West: Readings
in Western Civilization, 4th ed., 2 vols. (New York: Longman, 2001), 1:308-9.
V.-L Bourrilly, “Iconoclasm and Reparations during the Reign of Francis I, 1515-1547"
in Katherine J. Lualdi, ed., Sources of The Making of the West, 2nd ed., 2 vols. (Boston,
New York: Bedford/St. Martins, 2003), 2:18-20.
Lecture 3: How the People Lived
Feudal Documents (11th-13th centuries), in Mark A. Kishlansky, ed., Sources of the
West: Readings in Western Civilization, 4th ed., 2 vols. (New York: Longman, 2001),
1:154-58.
“Ideals of Courtly Love,” in Peter N. Stearns et al., eds. Documents in World History, 2
vols. (New York: Harper and Row, 1988), 1:179-83.
“Church (Canon) Law on Marriage,” Twelfth Century, in Peter N. Stearns, ed., World
History in Documents: A Comparative Reader, 2 vols. (New York and London: New
York University Press, 1998), 1:137-38.
“A Contemporary Description of Twelfth-Century Clairvaux,” in C. Warren Hollister,
ed., Landmarks of the Western Heritage, 2 vols. (New York: John Wiley and Sons,
1967), 1:338-40.
Jacob von Grimmelshausen “Simplicissimus” (1669) in Tierney and Scott, eds., Western
Societies A Documentary History 2nd Edition. Vol.2, (Boston: McGraw-Hill 2000) 2:4-5.
“The Trial of Suzanne Gaudry” (1652) in Katherine J. Lualdi, ed., Sources of The
Making of the West, 2nd ed., 2 vols. (Boston, New York: Bedford/St. Martins, 2003),
2:35-40.
“A True and Exact Relation of the Raising of the Siege of Vienna, 1683,” in Katherine J.
Lualdi, ed., Sources of The Making of the West, 2nd ed., 2 vols. (Boston, New York:
Bedford/St. Martins, 2003), 2:53-56.
Heinrich Kramer and Jacop Sprenger, “The Hammer of Witches” (1486), in Dennis
Sherman, ed., Western Civilization: Sources, Images, and Interpretations, 4th ed., 2 vols.
(Boston: McGraw Hill, 2004), 1:50-51.
Mary Astell, “Reflections upon Marriage 1706," in Katherine J. Lualdi, ed., Sources of
The Making of the West, 2nd ed., 2 vols. (Boston, New York: Bedford/St. Martins, 2003),
2:67-71.
Henri Mission, “The Sports and Diversion of England” (1698), in Walter L. Arnstein,
The Past Speaks: Sources and Problems in British History, 2 vols.
(Lexington/Massachusetts/Toronto: D.C Heath 1993) 2:30-31.
Pehr Kalm, “Account of his visit to England” (1748), in Walter L. Arnstein, The Past
Speaks: Sources and Problems in British History, 2 vols.
(Lexington/Massachusetts/Toronto: D.C Heath 1993) 2:31-33.
Lecture 4: Political Absolutism
Niccolo Machiavelli, "Excerpts from The Prince (1513), in Mark A. Kishlansky, ed.,
Sources of the West: Readings in Western Civilization, 4th ed., 2 vols. (New York:
Longman, 2001), 1: 225-28.
Jacques Bossuet, “Politics Drawn from the very words of the Holy Scripture” (1748) in
Tierney and Scott, eds., Western Societies A Documentary History 2nd Edition, 2 vols.
(Boston: McGraw-Hill 2000) 2:11-13.
James I, “The Powers of the Monarch in England” (1610), in Dennis Sherman, ed.,
Western Civilization: Sources, Images, and Interpretations, 4th ed., 2 vols. (Boston:
McGraw Hill, 2004), 2:49.
Thomas Hobbes, “Leviathan” (1651), in Brophy et al., eds Perspectives from the Past
Primary Sources in Western Civilizations, 2 vols. (New York, London: W.W. Norton &
Company 2002) 2:160-65.
Duke Saint-Simeon, “Memoirs of Duke Saint-Simeon,” in Tierney and Scott, eds.,
Western Societies A Documentary History 2nd Edition, 2 vols. (Boston: McGraw-Hill
2000) 2:14-17.
Lecture 5: The Scientific Revolution
John Buridan (ca. 1296-ca. 1366), “Questions on the Eight Books of the Physics of
Aristotle” in J. H. Hexter et al., eds, The Traditions of the Western World (Chicago: Rand
McNally, 1967), 264-68.
Sir William Harvey, On the Motions of the Heart and Blood (1628) in J. H. Hexter et al.,
eds., The Traditions of the Western World (Chicago: Rand McNally, 1967), 437-39.
Francis Bacon, “The New Science,”(1620) in Kramnic, ed., The Portable Enlightenment
Reader (New York: Penguin 1995), 39-42.
Rene Descartes, “The Discourse on Method” (1637) in Sherman ed., Western
Civilization: Sources, Images, and Interpretations 6th ed., 2 vols. (New York: McGraw
Hill 2004), 2:18.
Isaac Newton, “Mathematic Principles of Natural Philosophy” (1687) in Kramnic, ed.,
The Portable Enlightenment Reader (New York: Penguin 1995), 43-48.
Sir George Clark, “Early Modern Europe: Motives for the Scientific Revolution” in
Sherman ed., Western Civilization: Sources, Images, and Interpretations 6th ed., 2 vols.
(New York: McGraw Hill 2004) 2:23.
Lecture 6: Early Movement Toward Modern Democracy
John of Salisbury (ca. 1115-1180), “On Tyranny,” in C. Warren Hollister, ed.,
Landmarks of the Western Heritage, 2 vols. (New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1967),
1:343-44.
”Magna Carta” (1215), in Peter N. Stearns et al., eds. Documents in World History, 2
vols.(New York: Harper and Row, 1988), 1:164-68.
Defense of Liberty against Tyrants (1579), in J. H. Hexter et al., eds., The Traditions of
the Western World (Chicago: Rand McNally, 1967), 378-82.
Jean Bodin, “On Sovereignty” (1606), in Brophy et al., eds Perspectives from the Past
Primary Sources in Western Civilizations, 2 vols. (New York, London: W.W. Norton &
Company 2002) 2:129-134.
The Petition of Right (1628), in C. Warren Hollister, ed., Landmarks of the Western
Heritage, 2 vols.(New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1967), 1:501-4.
The English Bill of Rights (1689), in C. Warren Hollister, ed., Landmarks of the Western
Heritage, 2 vols. (New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1967), 1:527-29.
Lecture 7: The Rise of Capitalism
Benedetto Cotrugli, “On the Dignity and Office of Merchants” in J. H. Hexter et al., eds.,
The Traditions of the Western World (Chicago: Rand McNally, 1967), 274-75.
Adam Smith, eds., from The Wealth of Nations (1776) in Reilly, ed., Worlds of History:
A Comparative Reader, 2nd ed., 2 vols. (Boston, New York: Bedford/St. Martins, 2004),
2:243-47.
“An Account of the Slave Trade on the Coast of Africa,” in James R. Lehning and Megan
Armstrong, eds., Europeans in the World, 2 vols. (Prentice Hall, 2002), 2:8-9.
Daniel Defoe, “Rural Industry” (1724) in Walter L. Arnstein, The Past Speaks: Sources
and Problems in British History, 2 vols. (Lexington/Massachusetts/Toronto: D.C Heath
1993), 2:29-30.
Daniel Defoe, “The Complete English Tradesman” (1726) in Sherman ed., Western
Civilization: Sources, Images, and Interpretations 6th ed., 2 vols (New York: McGraw
Hill 2004), 2:27-28.
Benjamin Franklin, excerpted from his autobiography (1771-1784) and from the preface
to Poor Richards Almanac ((1732-1757) as “Industry and the way to wealth” in Kramnic,
ed., The Portable Enlightenment Reader (New York: Penguin 1995), 483-90.
Lecture 8: Balance of Power in 18th Century Europe
“The Partition of Poland Drives Maria Theresa to ‘Black Melancholy,’”(1722) in Bernard
and Hodges, ed., Readings in European History (New York: Macmillan 1958), 307-8.
Frederick II, “Political Testament” (1752) in Katherine J. Lualdi, ed., Sources of The
Making of the West, 2nd ed., 2 vols. (Boston, New York: Bedford/St. Martins, 2003),
2:85-86.
“The Annual Register Praises William Pitt” (1761), in Bernard and Hodges, ed.,
Readings in European History (New York: Macmillan 1958), 312-313.
“The French Lose Quebec 1759," in Bernard and Hodges, ed., Readings in European
History (New York: Macmillan 1958), 316-318.
Lecture 9: The Rise of Russia and America
The Tsars’ Correspondence in the Conquest of Siberia, (1609-1658) in Lim and Smith,
eds., The West in the Wider World: Sources and Perspectives, 2 vols. (Boston, New
York: Bedford/St. Martins), 2: 79-83.
”Decrees of Peter the Great” (1701-1723), in Lim and Smith, eds., The West in the Wider
World: Sources and Perspectives, 2 vols. (Boston, New York: Bedford/St. Martins),
2:98-103.
The Declaration of Independence (1776), in J. H. Hexter et al., eds., The Traditions of
the Western World (Chicago: Rand McNally, 1967), 526-28.
Thomas Jefferson, “Letter to Colonel Edward Carrington” (1787) in Katherine J. Lualdi,
ed., Sources of The Making of the West, 2nd ed., 2 vols. (Boston, New York: Bedford/St.
Martins, 2003), 2:87-88.
James Madison, “Federalist No. 10" (1787-1788), in Kramnic, ed., The Portable
Enlightenment Reader (New York: Penguin, 1995), 459-66.
Lecture 10: Enlightenment: Using reason to solve life’s problems
John Locke on the Power of Reason (1690), in Peter N. Stearns et al., eds. Documents in
World History, 3rd ed., 2 vols. (New York: Longman, 2003), 2:28-30.
Marie-Therese Geoffrin and M. D’Alembert, “The Salon of Madame Geoffrin”(1763) in
Katherine J. Lualdi, ed., Sources of The Making of the West, 2nd ed., 2 vols. (Boston, New
York: Bedford/St. Martins), 2:76-78.
Baron de Montesquieu, “The Spirit of the Laws”(1748) in Kramnic, ed., The Portable
Enlightenment Reader (New York: Penguin 1995), 405-415.
David Hume, “On Miracles,” (1748) in Reilly, ed., Worlds of History: A Comparative
Reader, 2nd ed., 2 vols. (Boston, New York: Bedford/St. Martins, 2004), 2: 206-8.
Voltaire, “On Universal Tolerance,” (1763) in Reilly, ed., Worlds of History: A
Comparative Reader, 2nd ed., 2 vols. (Boston, New York: Bedford/St. Martins, 2004),
2:209-11.
Denis Dierot, “Prospectus for the Encyclopedia of Arts and Sciences”(1756) in Sherman
ed., Western Civilization: Sources, Images, and Interpretations 6th ed., 2 vols. (New
York: McGraw Hill, 2004), 2:42.
Marquis de Condorcet, “The Utility of Science” (1794) in Kramnic, ed., The Portable
Enlightenment Reader (New York: Penguin, 1995), 64-69.
Lecture 11:The French Revolution
Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen (1789), in Lim and Smith, eds., The West in
the Wider World: Sources and Perspectives, 2 vols. (Boston, New York: Bedford/St.
Martins), 2:143-45.
Society of the Friends of Blacks, “Address to the National Assembly in Favor of the
Abolition of the Slave Trade” (1790), in Lim and Smith, eds., The West in the Wider
World: Sources and Perspectives, 2 vols. (Boston, New York: Bedford/St. Martins,
2003), 2:145-47.
“A Parisian Newspaper Supports the Terror,” in C. Warren Hollister, ed., Landmarks of
the Western Heritage, 2 vols. (New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1967), 2:83.
“The Law of Suspects” (1793), in C. Warren Hollister, ed., Landmarks of the Western
Heritage, 2 vols. (New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1967), 2:83-85.
Maximilien Robespierre, “Speech to the National Convention” (1794) in Dennis
Sherman, ed., Western Civilization: Sources, Images, and Interpretations, 6th ed., 2 vols.
(Boston: McGraw Hill, 2004), 2:62.
Lecture 12:The Age of Napoleon
“Code Napoleon” (1804), in Brophy et al., eds Perspectives from the Past Primary
Sources in Western Civilizations, 2 vols. (New York, London: W.W. Norton & Company
2002), 2:416-18.
Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne, “Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte” (1829) in Lim
and Smith, eds., The West in the Wider World: Sources and Perspectives, 2 vols.
(Boston, New York: Bedford/St. Martins, 2003), 2:159-160.
Madame de Remusat, “Memoirs: Napoleon’s Appeal” in Dennis Sherman, ed., Western
Civilization: Sources, Images, and Interpretations, 4th ed., 2 vols. (Boston: McGraw Hill,
2004), 2:72.
Joseph Fouche, “Memoirs: Napoleon’s Secret Police” (1829), in Dennis Sherman, ed.,
Western Civilization: Sources, Images, and Interpretations, 4th ed., 2 vols. (Boston:
McGraw Hill, 2004),. 2:72-73.
Napoleon Bonaparte, “Napoleon’s Diary” (excerpts from 1798-1817), in Dennis
Sherman, ed., Western Civilization: Sources, Images, and Interpretations, 4th ed., 2 vols.
(Boston: McGraw Hill, 2004), 2:73.
Lecture 13: The Industrial Revolution
Friedrich List, “National System of Political Economy” (1840), in Brophy et al., eds
Perspectives from the Past Primary Sources in Western Civilization, 2 vols. (New York,
London: W.W. Norton & Company 2002), 2:438-41.
“Rules of a Factory in Berlin,” (1844) in Brophy et al., eds Perspectives from the Past
Primary Sources in Western Civilization, 2 vols. (New York, London: W.W. Norton &
Company 2002), 2:442-43.
Lecture 14: Conservatism, Romanticism, and Nationalism
Two poems:
William Wordsworth, “Expostulation and Reply” (1798) , in John O. Hayden, William
Wordsworth: Selected Poems. (London, New York: Penguin Books, 1994), 64, and
Willaim Blake, “Preface to “Milton” (1804-1808) in David Erdman,The Complete Poetry
and Prose of William Blake. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1981), 95.
Edmund Burke, “Reflections on the Revolution in France” (1790), in Marvin Perry, ed, in
Sources of the Western Tradition Brief Edition, 2 vols. (Boston/New York: Houghton
Mifflin, 2006), 2:108-9.
Prince Klemens von Metternich, “Secret Memorandum to Tsar Alexander I, 1820:
Conservative Principles,” in Dennis Sherman, ed., Western Civilization: Sources, Images,
and Interpretations, 6th ed., 2 vols.(Boston: McGraw Hill, 2004), 2:98-99.
Rene de Chateaubriand, “The Genius of Christianity” (1802), in Dennis Sherman, ed.,
Western Civilization: Sources, Images, and Interpretations, 6th ed., 2 vols. (Boston:
McGraw Hill, 2004), 2:105-6.
Johann Gottlieb Fichte, from Addresses to the German Nation, 1807-1808, in C. Warren
Hollister, ed., Landmarks of the Western Heritage, 2 vols. (New York: John Wiley and
Sons, 1967), 2:250-56.
Giuseppe Mazzini, from “To the Italians” (1871), in C. Warren Hollister, ed., Landmarks
of the Western Heritage, 2 vols. (New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1967), 2:244-256.
Lecture 15: Liberalism and Socialism
“T. B. Maculaly, “Speech on Parliamentary Reform”(1831), in Katherine J. Lualdi, ed.,
Sources of The Making of the West, 2nd ed., 2 vols. (Boston, New York: Bedford/St.
Martins, 2003), 2:109-112.
Sadler Commission, “Report on Child Labor” (1832), in Marvin Perry, ed, in Sources of
the Western Tradition Brief Edition, 2 vols. (Boston/New York: Houghton Mifflin,
2006), 2:98-100
“Testimonies for the Factory Act of 1833: Working Conditions in England,” in Dennis
Sherman, ed., Western Civilization: Sources, Images, and Interpretations, 6th ed. 2 vols.
(Boston: McGraw Hill, 2004), 2:82-83.
Jeremy Bentham, “An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation” (1789),
under the heading “English Liberalism,” in Dennis Sherman, ed., Western Civilization:
Sources, Images, and Interpretations, 6th ed., 2 vols. (Boston: McGraw Hill, 2004),
2:100-102.
Louis Blanc, “The Organization of Labor” (1840) in Tierney and Scott, eds., Western
Societies A Documentary History 2nd Edition, 2 vols. (Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2000)
2:257-60.
“Liberalism,” from The Economist (1851) in Dennis Sherman, ed., Western Civilization:
Sources, Images, and Interpretations, 6th ed., 2 vols. (Boston: McGraw Hill, 2004),
2:102.
Robert Owen, “Constitution of the Preliminary Society of New Harmony” (1825), in
Katherine J. Lualdi, ed., Sources of The Making of the West, 2nd ed., 2 vols. (Boston, New
York: Bedford/St. Martins, 2003),2:112-116.
William Morris, “How I became a Socialist” (1896), in Tierney and Scott, eds., Western
Societies A Documentary History 2nd Edition. 2 vols. (Boston: McGraw-Hill 2000) 2:35152.
“Program of the Unified Socialist Party,” (1905) in Tierney and Scott, eds., Western
Societies A Documentary History 2nd Edition, 2 vols. (Boston: McGraw-Hill 2000)
2:352-53.
Lecture 16: The Consolidation of Nation-States
“A German Empire is Proclaimed in at Versailles” (1870), in Bernard and Hodges, ed.,
Readings in European History (New York: Macmillan 1958), 423-24.
Havelock Ellis, “A Study of British Genius” (1904), in James R. Lehning and Megan
Armstrong, eds., Europeans in the World, 2 vols. (Prentice Hall, 2002), 2:117-119.
“Rudolf von Ihering, “Two Letters” (1866) in Katherine J. Lualdi, ed., Sources of The
Making of the West, 2nd ed., 2 vols. (Boston, New York: Bedford/St. Martins, 2003),
2:133-36.
Lecture 17: An Era of Realism and Struggle
Charles Darwin, “Descent of Man” (1871), in Katherine J. Lualdi, ed., Sources of The
Making of the West, 2nd ed., 2 vols. (Boston, New York: Bedford/St. Martins, 2003),
2:142-47
Herbert Spencer, “Social Statics: Liberalism and Social Darwinism” (1891), in Dennis
Sherman, ed., Western Civilization: Sources, Images, and Interpretations, 6th ed., 2 vols.
(Boston: McGraw Hill, 2004), 2:131.
Houston Stewart Chamberlain, “Foundations of the Nineteenth Century: Racism” (1900),
in Dennis Sherman, ed., Western Civilization: Sources, Images, and Interpretations, 6th
ed., 2 vols. (Boston: McGraw Hill, 2004), 2:137-38.
Social Darwinism: Herbert Spencer (1884), in C. Warren Hollister, ed., Landmarks of the
Western Heritage, Vol. 2 (New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1967), 2:291-301.
Joseph Arthur Comte de Gobineau, from The Inequality of Human Races (1854), in
James R. Lehning and Megan Armstrong, eds., Europeans in the World, 2 vols. (Prentice
Hall, 2002), 2: 107-10.
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, “Proletarians and Commusnists” (1848) from The
Communist Manifesto, in Robert C. Tucker, ed., The Marx-Engels Reader (New York:
W. W. Norton, year?), 483-88.
Lecture 18: Society and Culture in late nineteenth-century Europe
John Bright, “The Case for Democracy” (1865), in Walter L. Arnstein, The Past Speaks:
Sources and Problems in British History. 2 vols. (Lexington/Massachusetts/Toronto: D.C
Heath, 1993), 2:230-233.
Robert Lowe, “The Case Against Democracy” (1867) in Walter L. Arnstein, The Past
Speaks: Sources and Problems in British History. 2 vols.
(Lexington/Massachusetts/Toronto: D.C Heath 1993), 2:233-236
Samuel Smiles, “Self-Help,” in Dennis Sherman, ed., Western Civilization: Sources,
Images, and Interpretations, 6th ed., 2 vols. (Boston: McGraw Hill, 2004), 2:137-138.
”Patents Granted by the United States” in Stephen Moore and Julian L. Simon, It’s
Getting Better All the Time: 100 Greatest Trends of the Last 100 Years (Washington,
D.C.: Cato Institute, 2000), 147.
List of inventions in world history :
http://tigger.uic.edu/daly/homepage/teaching/genhand/genhand/misc.html.
“The Remarkable Gains by Women,” in Stephen Moore and Julian L. Simon, It’s Getting
Better All the Time: 100 Greatest Trends of the Last 100 Years (Washington, D.C.: Cato
Institute, 2000), 231-39.
Alexis Soyer, How-To Books for Women in Mark A. Kishlansky, ed., Sources of the
West: Readings in Western Civilization, 4th ed., 2 vols. (New York: Longman, 2001),
2:156-60.
Emmeline Pankhurst “Speech from the Dock” (1908) in Katherine J. Lualdi, ed., Sources
of The Making of the West, 2nd ed., 2 vols. (Boston, New York: Bedford/St. Martins,
2003), 2:177-80.
Lecture 19: International relations in late nineteenth-century Europe.
Josiah Strong, from Our Country (1885), in C. Warren Hollister, ed., Landmarks of the
Western Heritage, 2 vols.(New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1967), 2:317-20.
Friedrich Fabri, from Does Germany Need Colonies? (1879), in Lim and Smith, eds., The
West in the Wider World: Sources and Perspectives, 2 vols. (Boston, New York:
Bedford/St. Martins, 2003), 2:244-46.
Agnes McAllister, from A Lone Woman in Africa in Schlesinger et al., eds., Global
Passages: Sources in World History (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2004),
222-26.
Albert Beveridge, “America’s Destiny” (1900), in Paul F. Boller, Jr., and Ronald Story,
eds., A More Perfect Union: Documents in U.S. History, 2 vols. (Boston: Houghton
Mifflin, 1992), 111-14.
Joseph Chamberlain, “The True Conception of Empire” (1897), in Lim and Smith, eds.,
The West in the Wider World: Sources and Perspectives, 2 vols. (Boston, New York:
Bedford/St. Martins, 2003), 2:246-28.
Jules Ferry, “Speech Before the French National Assembly”(1883) in Andrea and
Overfield, ed., The Human Record Sources of Global History 5th Edition, 2 vols.
( Boston/New York: Houghton Mifflin 2005) , 2:302-304.
Joseph Rudyard Kipling, “The White Man’s Burden” (1899) in Katherine J. Lualdi, ed.,
Sources of The Making of the West, 2nd ed., 2 vols. (Boston, New York: Bedford/St.
Martins, 2003), 2:154-56.
Lecture 20: World War I
Daily Telegraph, “An Interview with the German Kaiser” (1908), in Tierney and Scott,
eds., Western Societies A Documentary History 2nd Edition, 2 vols. (Boston: McGrawHill, 2000), 2:356-58.
“The Austro-Hungarian Ultimatum to Serbia” (1914), in C. Warren Hollister, ed.,
Landmarks of the Western Heritage, 2 vols. (New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1967),
2:331-34.
Fritz Freisler, “Four Weeks in the Trenches” in Peter N. Stearns et al., eds. Documents in
World History, 3rd ed., 2 vols. (New York: Longman, 2003), 2:255-57.
Evelyn Blucher, “The Home Front” (1917), in Dennis Sherman, ed., Western
Civilization: Sources, Images, and Interpretations, 6th ed., 2 vols. (Boston: McGraw Hill,
2004), 2:149-50.
-Fritz Fanke and Siegfried Sassoon, “Two Soldier’s Views of the Horrors of War” (19141918) in Katherine J. Lualdi, ed., Sources of The Making of the West, 2nd ed., 2 vols.
Boston, New York: Bedford/St. Martins, 2003), 2:187-89.
-L. Doriat “Women on the Home Front” (1917) in Katherine J. Lualdi, ed., Sources of
The Making of the West, 2nd ed., 2 vols. (Boston, New York: Bedford/St. Martins, 2003),
2:189-91.
Lecture 21:The Russian Revolution and the Post-War Settlement
V. I. Lenin, “Letter to V. V. Kuraev, Ye. B. Bosh, A. E. Minkin," in Richard Pipes ed,
The Unknown Lenin (New Haven/London: Yale, 1996), 50.
V. I. Lenin, “Letter to Molotov for Politburo Members,” in Richard Pipes ed, The
Unknown Lenin (New Haven/London: Yale 1996), 152-55.
Miron Dolot, “Execution by Hunger: The Hidden What?” in Lim and Smith, eds., The
West in the Wider World: Sources and Perspectives, 2 vols. (Boston, New York:
Bedford/St. Martins, 2003), 2:305-307.
C. E. Bechhofer, “Situation in Russia in 1921,” in John Daborn, Russia: Revolution and
Counter-Revolution (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001), 119-120.
Lecture 22:The Soviet Tragedy
Victor Serge, “Lies of the Press” in John Daborn, Russia: Revolution and CounterRevolution (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001), 123-24.
Winston Churchill, The World Crisis (1929), in Lim and Smith, eds., The West in the
Wider World: Sources and Perspectives, 2 vols. (Boston, New York: Bedford/St.
Martins, 2003), 2:275-77.
Speech praising Stalin (1935), in Martin McCauley, Stalin and Stalinism (London:
Longman, 1983), 97-98.
”Secret Police Operational Order” (1937), in Evan Mawdsley, The Stalin Years: The
Soviet Union, 1929-1953 (Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press,
1998), 127-28.
”Unnatural Population Losses under Russian Communism,” from HYPERLINK:
http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstat1.htm.
Lev Kepelev, “Terror in the Countryside,” in Perry, ed., Sources of the Western Tradition
Brief Edition, 2 vols. (Boston/New York: Houghton Mifflin 2006), 2:193-96.
Antonina Solovieva, “Sent by the Komsomol” (1964), in Lim and Smith eds., The West
in the Wider World: Sources and Perspectives, 2 vols. (Boston/New York Bedford St
Martin’s, 2003), 2:302-04.
Lecture 23: Fascism, the Great Depression, and Nazism
Benito Mussolini, “Fascist Doctrine”(1932), in Mark A. Kishlansky, ed., Sources of the
West: Readings in Western Civilization, 4th ed., 2 vols. (New York: Longman, 2001),
2:261-65.
“The Times” (May 28, 1932), in Tierney and Scott, eds., Western Societies A
Documentary History 2nd Edition., 2 vols. (Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2000), 2:423-24.
“Men without Work: A Report Made to the Pilgrim Trust” (1938), in Tierney and Scott,
eds., Western Societies A Documentary History 2nd Edition, 2 vols. (Boston: McGrawHill, 2000), 2:420-21.
Adolf Hitler, from Mein Kampf (1923), in Mark A. Kishlansky, ed., Sources of the West:
Readings in Western Civilization, 4th ed., 2 vols. (New York: Longman, 2001), 2:267-69.
Joseph Gobbels, “Nazi Propaganda Pamphlet” (1930), in Katherine J. Lualdi, ed.,
Sources of The Making of the West, 2nd ed., 2 vols. Boston, New York: Bedford/St.
Martins, 2003), 2:203-204.
Neville Chamberlain, “In Defense of the Munich Agreement” (1938), in Walter L.
Arnstein, The Past Speaks: Sources and Problems in British History, 2 vols.
Lexington/Massachusetts/Toronto: D.C Heath 1993), 2:372-73.
Winston S. Churchill, “In Criticisms of the Munich Agreement” (1938), in Walter L.
Arnstein, The Past Speaks: Sources and Problems in British History, 2 vols.
(Lexington/Massachusetts/Toronto: D.C Heath 1993), 2:373-76.
“The Russo-German Nonaggression Pact” (1939), in C. Warren Hollister, ed.,
Landmarks of the Western Heritage (New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1967), 2:387-88.
“Transcript of a Conversation Between Ribbentrop and Stalin” (1939), in C. Warren
Hollister, ed., Landmarks of the Western Heritage, 2 vols. (New York: John Wiley and
Sons, 1967), 2:388-91.
Lecture 24: World War II: German Mastery of Europe
“The Indoctrination of the German Soldier” (1940) in Perry, ed., Sources of the Western
Tradition Brief Edition, 2 vols. (Boston, New York: Houghton Mifflin 2006), 2:241-44.
“Nazi Medical Experiments: Testimony of Dr. Franz Blaha, A Czechoslovakian
Prisoner,” in C. Warren Hollister, ed., Landmarks of the Western Heritage, 2 vols. (New
York: John Wiley and Sons, 1967), 2:369-71.
“The Mass Murders of Jews: Testimony of Rudolf Hoess” in C. Warren Hollister, ed.,
Landmarks of the Western Heritage, 2 vols. (New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1967),
2:371-73.
Primo Levi, from Survival in Auschwitz (1947), in Lim and Smith, eds., The West in the
Wider World: Sources and Perspectives, 2 vols. (Boston, New York: Bedford/St.
Martins), 2:319-23.
Lecture 25: World War II: Allied Victory
The United States Strategic Bombing Survey, “The Effects of Strategic Bombing on the
German War Economy,” in Bernard and Hodges, eds., Readings in European History
(New York: Macmillan 1958), 509-13.
“President Harry S. Truman Announces the Bombing of Hiroshima” (1945), in C.
Warren Hollister, ed., Landmarks of the Western Heritage, (New York: John Wiley and
Sons, 1967), 2:400-02.
“Opening address by Soviet prosecutor at Nuremberg Trial,” in Michael R. Marrus, ed.,
The Nuremberg War Crimes Trial, 1945-46: A Documentary History (Boston, New
York: Bedford/St. Martins, 1997), 95-97.
Hermann Göring, “Testimony on the Nazi Party,” in Michael R. Marrus, ed., The
Nuremberg War Crimes Trial, 1945-46: A Documentary History (Boston, New York:
Bedford/St. Martins, 1997), 104-07.
Indictment in Michael R. Marrus ed., The Nuremberg War Crimes Trial, 1945-46: A
Documentary History (Boston, New York: Bedford/St. Martins, 1997), 57-70.
Excerpts from the United Nations Charter (1945), in C. Warren Hollister, ed., Landmarks
of the Western Heritage, 2 vols. (New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1967), 2:403-13.
Lecture 26: Cold War and the Two Europes
Winston Churchill, “The Iron Curtain” (1946), in Mark A. Kishlansky, ed., Sources of the
West: Readings in Western Civilization, 4th ed., 2 vols. (New York: Longman, 2001),
2:304-308.
The Marshall Plan (1947), in C. Warren Hollister, ed., Landmarks of the Western
Heritage, 2 vols. (New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1967), 2:418-20.
“Statement of the Soviet Government (October 30, 1956),” in Tierney and Scott, eds.,
Western Societies A Documentary History 2nd Edition., 2 vols. (Boston: McGraw-Hill
2000), 2:471-72.
National Security Council, “Paper Number 68" (1950) in Katherine J. Lualdi, ed.,
Sources of The Making of the West, 2nd ed.2 vols. (Boston, New York: Bedford/St.
Martins, 2003), 2:225-28.
Jens Reich, “Reflecting on Being an East German Dissident,” under the heading “The
Berlin Wall,” in Dennis Sherman, ed., Western Civilization: Sources, Images, and
Interpretations, 6th ed., 2 vols. (Boston: McGraw Hill, 2004), 2:194.
Speech by Mohandas Gandhi (1936), in Peter N. Stearns et al., eds., Documents in World
History, 3rd ed.2 vols. (New York: Longman, 2003), 2:344-47.
Nguyen Long, from After Saigon Fell, in Schlesinger et al., eds., Global Passages:
Sources in World History (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2004), 2:313-16.
Ruhollah Khomeini, “Islamic Government,” in Brophy et al., eds Perspectives from the
Past Primary Sources in Western Civilizations, 2 vols. (New York, London: W.W.
Norton & Company 2002), 2:806-08.
Lecture 27: The Death of Communism
Ronald Reagan, “Speech to the National Association of Evangelicals” (1983) in Paul F.
Boller, Jr., and Ronald Story, eds., A More Perfect Union: Documents in U.S. History
(Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992), 2:283-85.
Nina Andreyeva, “Polemics: I cannot Waive Principles” (1988), in Katherine J. Lualdi,
ed., Sources of The Making of the West, 2nd ed., 2 vols. (Boston, New York: Bedford/St.
Martins, 2003), 2:249-51.
Vaclav Havel, from Living in Truth (1986) in Mark A. Kishlansky, ed., Sources of the
West: Readings in Western Civilization, 4th ed., 2 vols. (New York: Longman, 2001),
2:313-14.
Margaret Thatcher, “Speech at the College of Europe” (1988) in Lim and Smith, eds.,
The West in the Wider World: Sources and Perspectives, 2 vols. (Boston, New York:
Bedford/St. Martins), 2:371-74.
Francis Fukuyama, from The End of History? (1989), in Mark A. Kishlansky, ed.,
Sources of the West: Readings in Western Civilization, 4th ed., 2 vols. (New York:
Longman, 2001), 2:324-30.
Tables from Stephen Moore and Julian L. Simon, It’s Getting Better All the Time: 100
Greatest Trends of the Last 100 Years (Washington, D.C.: Cato Institute, 2000), 28-29,
76-77, 96-97, 108-9, 120-21, 184-89, 192-93, 196-97, 204-5, 212-23, 256-57.