This course covers the period 1789-1848 in Europe, the period of
political, economic, social and cultural revolutions (and a period
often referred to as
The Age of Revolutions). It will start with the French Revolution, and conclude with the continent-wide revolutions of 1848, passing through the Revolution of 1830 in France, Chartism in Great Britain, Italian nationalist movements of people like Mazzini, social movements such as feminism and socialism, and of course, the accompanying Industrial Revolution. Readings include, among others, Goethe's The Sorrows of Young Werther, Mary Wollstonecraft's, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Marx and Engels' The Communist Manifesto, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Alexis de Tocqueville's Recollections, along with - since this is an upper-division history course - a plethora of primary documents.
The Age of Revolutions). It will start with the French Revolution, and conclude with the continent-wide revolutions of 1848, passing through the Revolution of 1830 in France, Chartism in Great Britain, Italian nationalist movements of people like Mazzini, social movements such as feminism and socialism, and of course, the accompanying Industrial Revolution. Readings include, among others, Goethe's The Sorrows of Young Werther, Mary Wollstonecraft's, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Marx and Engels' The Communist Manifesto, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Alexis de Tocqueville's Recollections, along with - since this is an upper-division history course - a plethora of primary documents.
- Teacher: Angela Olivas
- Teacher: Elizabeth Sage