UHC Western European History II

Week #6 -

Tuesday September 30:  We will discuss the Communist Manifesto in class today and how it fits into the 1848 Revolutions and Western European History, and in particular it has its roots in the Enlightenment and is a reaction to the worst excesses of the Industrial Revolution.

Reread for Thursday:

• pp 445-465 in Textbook

• Textbook Notes: http://wps.ablongman.com/long_levack_west_2/0,11592,2899269-,00.html

• Documents on German Unification - brief reviews

• "Bismarck and German Unification."

• Overview of Paris Commune

• One Day under the Paris Commune

• Encarta 2000 article on the Paris Commune

Thursday October 2: We will deal with the Age of Capital in this class, dealing with the period between 1848-1871, focusing particularly on German Unification.

For Next Tuesday Read:

•  pp. 467-484 in Textbook

•  http://wps.ablongman.com/long_levack_west_2/0,11592,2899305-,00.html

•  Read Lafore:  "The Lost Utopia" in The Long Fuse

For Next Thursday:

•  pp. 487-506 in Textbook

• http://wps.ablongman.com/long_levack_west_2/0,11592,2899340-,00.html

•  Berghahn:  "Introduction" and "Europe Before World War I, 1895-1914" in Europe in the Era of the Two World Wars.