History 581.01
19th Century European International History, 1789-1914
Tuesday-Thursday, 10:30-12:18, Mendenhall Laboratory, Room 185
The Ohio State University
Fall Quarter 2004
Professor Jennifer Siegel
220 Dulles Hall
2-0314
http://people.cohums.ohio-state.edu/siegel83/
Office Hours: Thursdays, 12:30-2:00 p.m., or by appointment
This course will examine the political, economic, diplomatic and military relations between and among the Great Powers from the end of the Napoleonic Wars to the outbreak of the First World War. Starting from the destruction of the eighteenth century ÒOld RegimeÓ in the aftermath of the French Revolution, we will trace the development of the Great Power system within the context of the foundations of State power. Over the course of the quarter, we will examine a number of broad topics, including: (1) the diplomacy of the individual Great Powers; (2) the rise of non-European powers; (3) the military strategies of the Great Powers in peacetime and war; (4) the relationship between continental commitments and world power; (5) the significance of technological advance upon both warfare and the strategic balance; (6) and the relationship between economic stability and diplomacy in the international system. We will end the quarter by exploring the collapse of the nineteenth century international system and the origins and outbreak of the First World War.
Course
Requirements:
Late work will not be accepted without prior agreement of instructor.
Attendance. You are required to attend the weekly lectures and be responsible
for the material covered in them.
Please come to class on time so that you do not cause unnecessary
disruption for your fellow classmates.
Please also do not leave class before the class is dismissed. Attendance
will be taken. If you miss more
than two sessions over the course of the quarter, your final grade will be
dropped 1/3 of a letter grade for each additional day missed. More than five total absences will
result in automatic failure of the course. The only exceptions to this policy will be made for medical
or legal emergencies. In
accordance with departmental policy, the student will be expected to present
proof of the emergency, such as an official statement from the University
Medical Center.
Active participation in in-class discussions covering the readings and lectures. Readings are expected to be completed by the Thursday of each week.
Three map quizzes. (30 September, 12 October, 28 October)
One paper, approximately 5-7 pages in length, due no later than 16 November, at beginning of class. Complete instructions are attached at end of syllabus. Papers may be submitted on any date before 16 November. You are encouraged to write your paper when your overall schedule will allow you to devote the greatest amount of time to the assignment.
One in-class midterm exam, covering through the Crimean War. (21 October)
One final examination. (Thursday, 9 December, 9:30-11:18 AM).
[The midterm and the final will follow the same format. There will be a section of identifications, a short answer question drawing upon your understanding of the reading, and one longer, comprehensive essay question.]
Midterm: 35%; Final: 40%; Paper: 20%; Map Quizzes and Discussions: 5%
(1) Examinations and Quizzes: You must take the exams and quizzes at the scheduled time. Students will be allowed to take a make-up exam only for urgent reasons, such as a medical or legal emergency. In accordance with departmental policy, the student will be expected to present proof of the emergency, such as an official statement from the University Medical Center. If you need to take a make-up exam, you must submit your proof of emergency to me within 9 days of the scheduled exam.
(2) Grade complaints must be made in writing and only after 24 hours have passed after grades are distributed.
(3) Academic dishonesty: Papers and exams must represent the work of the student alone. Plagiarism or cheating will result in a failing grade on the assignment and other penalties determined by university regulations. Plagiarism cases will be referred to the appropriate University committee on academic misconduct without exception. Information on plagiarism can be found at http://cstw.osu.edu/, particularly at http://cstw.osu.edu/writing_center/handouts/index.htm. See also the paper assignment at end of syllabus. Students are encouraged to consult with me if they are uncertain about the proper use of sources.
(4) In accordance with departmental policy, all students must be officially enrolled in the course by the end of the second full week of the quarter. No requests to add the course will be approved by the department chair after that time. Enrolling officially and on time is solely the responsibility of each student.
(5) Please turn of cell-phones at the beginning of class.
*All students with disabilities who need accommodations should see me privately during my office hours to make arrangements. Please do so by the third week of class.*
Readings
available for Purchase:
All readings for purchase available at SBX and on reserve in the Main Library
Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart.
Lafore, Laurence. The Long Fuse: An Interpretation of the Origins of World War I.
Nicolson, Harold. The Congress of Vienna.
Taylor, A.J.P. Bismarck, The Man and the Statesman.
Tolstoy, Leo. Sebastopol Sketches.
Course Sessions and Readings:
Week I:
23 SeptemberÑThe Diplomacy of the French Revolution
Readings for Week I:
Harold Nicolson, Congress of Vienna, chapters 1-3
Week II:
28 SeptemberÑThe Diplomacy of the Napoleonic Wars
30 SeptemberÑMap Quiz I (Europe); Peacemaking and PeacebreakingÑThe Congress of Vienna and NapoleonÕs Hundred Days
Readings for Week II:
Harold Nicolson, Congress of Vienna, chapters 4-9
Documents upon the Continental System: http://www.napoleonseries.org/reference/diplomatic/continental.cfm
Treaty of Peace between France and Russia. July 7, 1807: http://www.napoleonseries.org/reference/diplomatic/tilsit.cfm#russia
Napoleon Bonaparte: Farewell to the Old Guard, April 29, 1814 : http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1814napoleon.html
The Return of
Napoleon from Elba, 1815: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1815napoleon100days.html
Week III:
5 OctoberÑPeacemaking and PeacekeepingÑThe Second Treaty of Paris, the Holy Alliance and the Concert of Europe
7 OctoberÑPeacekeeping Continued and the Rise of the Eastern Question
Readings for Week III:
Harold Nicolson, Congress of Vienna, chapters 10-16
Treaty of Paris, May 30, 1814: http://www.napoleonseries.org/reference/diplomatic/paris1.cfm
Treaty of Paris, November 20, 1815: http://www.napoleonseries.org/reference/diplomatic/paris2.cfm
The Holy Alliance Treaty, September 26, 1815: http://www.napoleonseries.org/reference/diplomatic/alliance.cfm
Week IV:
12 OctoberÑMap Quiz II (Middle East and Asia); Nationalism and Revolutions, 1830 and 1848
14 OctoberÑCollapse of the ConcertÑThe Crimean War and the Unification of Italy
Readings for Week IV:
Tolstoy, Leo. Sebastopol Sketches, pp. 39-184.
Documents on the Revolution of 1848 in France: http://history.hanover.edu/texts/fr1848.htm
The Treaty of London for Greek Independence, July 6, 1827, excerpts: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1827gktreaty.html
Week V:
19 OctoberÑThe Unification of Germany
21 OctoberÑ Midterm Exam (covering through Crimea)
Readings for Week V:
A.J.P. Taylor, Bismarck, chapters 1-4.
Documents of Italian Unification, 1846-61: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1861italianunif.html
Documents of German Unification, 1848-1871: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/germanunification.html
The Charge of the Light Brigade, Alfred Lord Tennyson: http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/britpo/tennyson/TenChar.html
Week VI:
26 OctoberÑ The Search for a New International Stability, 1871-1882
28 OctoberÑMap Quiz III (Africa); Rise of the New Imperialism and Case Study I: The Scramble for Africa
Readings for Week VI:
A.J.P. Taylor, Bismarck, chapters 5-6.
Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart, chapters 1-5.
The Dual Alliance Between Austria-Hungary and Germany - October 7, 1879: http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/dualalli.htm
The Three
Emperors League - June 18, 1881: http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/empleagu.htm
20 May, 1882, The Triple Alliance (First 8 Articles): http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/1914m/tripally.html
Week VII:
2 NovemberÑELECTION DAY! DONÕT FORGET TO VOTE!!!
Case Study II: The Great Power Competition over China
4 NovemberÑCase Study III: The Great Game
Readings for Week VII:
Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart, chapters 6-end.
The Siege of Khartoum. Major-General Charles Gordon : http://www.hillsdale.edu/oldacademics/history/war/19e/Empire/1884-Khartoum-Gordon.htm
Pierre Loti: When the Allies Entered Peking, 1900: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1900Loti-peking.html
Rudyard Kipling, The White Man's Burden, 1899: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/Kipling.html
Week VIII:
9 NovemberÑThe Breakdown of BismarckÕs Alliance System
11 NovemberÑNo Classes, VeteransÕ Day
Readings for Week VIII:
Hans Ulrich Wehler, ÒBismarckÕs Imperialism, 1862-1890,Ó in Past & Present, No. 48, pp. 119-155. [online reserve]
A.J.P. Taylor, Bismarck, chapter 7.
John Hobson:
Imperialism, 1902: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1902hobson.html
The March to Lhasa, C. G. Rawlings: http://www.hillsdale.edu/oldacademics/history/war/19e/Empire/1904-Lhasa.htm
18 June, 1887, The Reinsurance Treaty : http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/1914m/reinsure.html
Week IX:
16 NovemberÑLast Day to Submit Papers, The Reemergence of the Eastern Question
18 NovemberÑ How War Came: The Triple Alliance, the Triple Entente, and the Anglo-German Antagonism
Readings for Week IX:
A.J.P. Taylor, Bismarck, chapters 8-10.
The Treaty of Berlin, 1878, Excerpts on the Balkans: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1878berlin.html
Week X:
23 NovemberÑ How War Came: The Austro-Russian Rivalry, The Second Morocco Crisis
25 NovemberÑNo Classes, Thanksgiving Day
Readings for Week X:
Lafore, Laurence. The Long Fuse, pp. 13-140.
18 August, 1892, The Franco-Russian Alliance Military Convention: http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/1914m/franruss.html
Entente Cordiale, 8 April 1904: http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/ententecordiale1904.htm
1907 Anglo-Russian Agreement Concerning Persia: http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/1914m/anglruss.html
Week XI:
30 NovemberÑ How War Came: The Collapse of the Sick Man of Europe and the Coming of War
2 DecemberÑWhy War Came
Readings for Week XI:
Lafore, Laurence. The Long Fuse, pp. 141-268.
23 July, 1914: The Austro-Hungarian Ultimatum to Serbia: http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/1914/austro-hungarian-ultimatum.html
The German Request for Free Passage Through Belgium , 2 August 1914: http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/1914/germpassbelg.html
The
Belgian Refusal of Free Passage, 3 August 1914: http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/1914/belgsayno.html
History 581.01
19th Century European International History, 1789-1914
PAPER INSTRUCTIONS
Fall 2004
Write an interpretive essay of approximately 1500 words (5 to 7 pages) on any one or more of the assigned primary source documents, for which there are internet addresses in the syllabi. (If you are not sure which of the reading assignments is a primary source, please check with the professor.)
Your
essay should consist of three parts.
First, place your document in its larger context by discussing the
historic influences and events within which it was produced. The next part should be based on a
close, careful reading and analysis of your document. The third should discuss
the immediate international consequences of the document. You should consult your lecture notes and
assigned texts. While you are not
expected to use any other sources or secondary materials for this discussion,
you are always allowed to do so, provided all of your references are
properly cited.
Papers may be submitted on any date before 16 November. You are encouraged to write your paper
when your overall schedule will allow you to devote the greatest amount of time
to the assignment. Your papers
will be graded and returned to you as quickly as possible after their
submission. The last possible date
to submit papers will be on Tuesday, 16 November, at THE BEGINNING OF CLASS. Papers that are submitted after the
professor has begun lecturing will be considered late, with no exceptions. Late papers will be penalized one-third
of a letter-grade per day.
Electronic submissions will not be allowed without the prior agreement of the professor.
You will be graded on your writing style and grammar as
well as the content of your paper. Be sure to proofread and edit
thoroughly before turning in your paper.
Margins should not be smaller than one-inch. Fonts should be serif and 12 point. Lines must be double-spaced. Your pages must be numbered (no number
on the first page of text) and there must be a title page. Your paper must have a bibliography and
footnotes, (not parenthetical citations) and your citations must follow either the Chicago Manual of Style,
the MLA Handbook, or Kate TurabianÕs A Guide
for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. Guidelines
for the use of the Chicago style, including online sources, can be seen
at the addresses below. The first is for footnotes, the second is for
bibliographic entries.
http://gethelp.library.upenn.edu/PORT/Port7c.intextChHu.html
http://gethelp.library.upenn.edu/PORT/Port7c.bibliographicChSS.html
(If you do not know what serif fonts are, or parenthtetical citations, please ask the professor! There is no penalty for asking questions. There is a penalty for ignoring the instructions.)
I urge you to always be extremely vigilant in crediting your sources. As The Ohio State University Code of Student Conduct outlines: ÒPlagiarism is the representation of another's work or ideas as one's own; it includes the unacknowledged word-for-word use and/or paraphrasing of another person's work, and/or the inappropriate unacknowledged use of another person's ideas.Ó Plagiarism is considered to be academic misconduct, which will result in disciplinary action. Anything that is not an original idea, the product of original research, or common knowledge (such as ÒWorld War I began in 1914Ó) needs documentation, including information that you have gleaned from your class notes.
The University Committee on Academic Misconduct has provided the following page, which contains numerous websites dealing with plagiarism and how to avoid it: