REVISED SYLLABUS
HISTORY 541: FRANCE SINCE 1815 S2002 J. POPKIN
Office: 1725 POT
MWF 11 am, CB 303 Phone: 257-1415
Office Hours: M 1:30-3 pm
W 9:30-10:30 & by appt
Email: popkin@uky.edu
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No foreign country attracts Americans more than France, but few countries
puzzle us more as well. In this course,
we will study the major events that have shaped French history in the past
two centuries with the aim of gaining an understanding of how France has managed
to combine social stability with almost constant political turmoil; how it
has remained wedded to ages-old traditions while also playing a leading part
in the creation of the modern world; and what its place is in the world today.
Lectures, discussions, readings and class projects will focus on such
events as the revolutions of 1830, 1848 and 1871, the industrialization of
France, the impact of the two World Wars, the nature of modern French society,
and French reactions to American culture.
(1) regular attendance and active class participation
(2) completion of assigned readings (see below)
(3) written assignments: four
writing assignments of varying length (from 1 page to 4 pp), based on the
assigned books. Some of these assignments
will require collaboration with other students in the class.
(4) exams: two in-class mid-term
exams (essay tests with some identification questions) and a final.
The final will include a take-home section.
Graduate students in history will be assigned a longer paper. There will be periodic meetings for the graduate
students to provide for more intensive discussion of French historiography
Class participation 10%; written assignments 40%; midterms 12.5% each;
final 25%. (Graduate students: class participation 20%, essays 20%, term paper
20%, midterms 10% each, final 20%). I
do assign +/- grades on assignments; the university does not allow +/- grading
for the overall course grade.
Students completing this class should (1) have a basic knowledge of the
main trends and events in French history since 1815, as demonstrated through
classroom work and success on exams; (2) have demonstrated capacity to analyze
and discuss college-level material related to the course orally and in writing;
(3) should be able to identify differing approaches to history and relate
them to one another.
Assigned Readings
(to be purchased by all students)
(1) J. Popkin, History of Modern France (Prentice Hall, 0-13-030955-9)
(2) M. Traugott, The French Worker (Univ of California Press, 0-520-07932-9)
(3) Michael Miller, The Bon Marché (Princeton UP, 0691-03494-X)
(4) P. Hyman, The Jews of Modern France (Univ of California Press, 0-520-20925-7)
(5) C. Cogan, Charles de Gaulle: Biography with Documents (Bedford/St. Martins, 0-312107900)
(6) R. Kuisel, Seducing the French (Univ of California Press, 0-520-20698-3)
(7) M. L. Roberts, Civilization without Sexes (U. of Chicago Press, 0-226-72122-1)
[Dates on which
written assignments are due are marked *]
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9
Jan. |
Introduction
to the Course |
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11
Jan. |
France:
Geography, History, Culture (Popkin, 1-34) |
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14
Jan. |
Revolutionary
& Napoleonic Era (Popkin, 35-77) |
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16
Jan. |
Era
of Constitutional Monarchy (Popkin, 78-94) |
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18
Jan. |
Social
Question and 1848 Revolution (Popkin, 95-115) |
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21
Jan. |
Martin Luther
King holiday—no class
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23
Jan. |
Working-Class
Life (Traugott, 47-115) |
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25
Jan. |
Artisan
memories (Traugott, 116-82) |
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28
Jan. |
Martin
Nadaud (Traugott, 183-249) |
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30
Jan. |
Norbert
Truquin (Traugott, 250-308) |
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1
Feb. |
Dumay
and Bouvier (Traugott, 309-end) |
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*4
Feb. |
Second
Empire (Popkin, 116-31) (Traugott article due) |
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6
Feb. |
A
minority group in France (Hyman, 1-52) |
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8
Feb. |
Origins
of 3rd Republic (Popkin, 132-152) |
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*11
Feb. |
1
st M/T |
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13
Feb. |
Fin-de-siècle
and Dreyfus (Popkin, 153-174) |
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15
Feb. |
Jews
in the 19th Century (Hyman, 53-114) |
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18
Feb. |
Toward
a Consumer Society (Miller, 3-72) |
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20
Feb. |
Managing
a Department Store (Miller, 75-161) |
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22
Feb. |
Managing
Consumption (Miller, 165-240) |
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*25
Feb. |
Heading
toward War (Popkin, 175-193) (Miller essay due) |
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27
Feb. |
War
and Aftermath (Popkin, 194-218) |
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1
Mar. |
Cultural
Crisis (Roberts, 1-63) |
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4
Mar. |
Motherhood
between the Wars (Roberts, 63-147) |
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*6
Mar. |
New
Lives for Women (Roberts, 149-217) (Roberts essay due) |
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8
Mar. |
No Class
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11-15
Mar. |
Spring Break—no
classes
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18
Mar. |
Crisis
of 1930s (Popkin, 219-29) |
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20
Mar. |
Jewish
community in changing times (Hyman, 115-60) |
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22
Mar. |
2nd
M/T |
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25
Mar. |
France
in World War II (Popkin, 230-45) |
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27
Mar. |
De Gaulle & the War (Cogan, 3-61, 169-82) |
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29
Mar. |
Post-war
reconstruction (Cogan, 68-82, 183-88; Popkin, 246-55) |
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1
Apr. |
De
Gaulle & the 5th Republic (Cogan, 82-110, 188-198; Popkin,
256-72) |
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3
Apr. |
The
American Challenge (Kuisel, 1-69) |
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5
Apr. |
Consumer
Culture & Gaullism (Kuisel, 70-153) |
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8
Apr. |
The
Era of Globalization (Kuisel, 154-238) |
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*10
Apr. |
Guest lecture (Kuisel essay due) |
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12
Apr. |
No Class
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15
Apr. |
France
and the World (Cogan, 111-65, 198-215) |
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17
Apr. |
May
1968 (Popkin, 273-81) |
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19
Apr. |
French
Jewry, the Holocaust and After (Hyman, 161-218) |
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22
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France
since Mitterrand (Popkin, 289-94) |
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24
Apr. |
TBA |
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26
Apr. |
Conclusion |
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29
Apr. |
FINAL
EXAM (in regular classroom) |
Course Policies
1. Late Work and
Make‑Up Exams: Late papers
are not accepted and make‑up exams are not administered unless students
requesting them can produce documented evidence of illness, accident or
other cause beyond their control accounting for absence. Students who will miss an exam or assignment
because of a scheduled university activity must make arrangements to make up
the work before the scheduled due date.
2. Plagiarism:
Plagiarism is defined in the UK Student Handbook. Students submitting work which is not their own will receive an
'E' for that assignment and will not be allowed to make it up. Plagiarism includes not only the copying of
material from printed sources but also copying from sources on the Internet; it
also applies to any work submitted under a student’s name that is not in fact
his or her own writing and for which a source is not acknowledged. UK History
faculty routinely use advanced Internet search engines to check dubious
papers. In other words: do your own work! You’ll learn more, and you’ll avoid painful grade penalties or
worse.
3. Modern
Technology: Recording devices are not permitted during lectures and
discussions, except for students who have a valid physical reason for needing
them (e.g., inability to take written notes).
Students wearing earphones during class will be invited to go be bored
somewhere else. Beepers, cellular
phones and other devices which may cause a distraction must be turned off
during class.
4. Note on textbook: The textbook assigned for this course is one that I have written myself. I assign it because it best suits the way I teach the course. Since you are required to buy the book for this course, however, I would be guilty of a conflict of interest if I made a profit off your purchase of the book. I will therefore refund to each student remaining in the course after the final day for textbook returns and showing me that they have purchased a new copy of the book, an amount equal to my royalties (approx. $2.00). Alternatively, students may designate their royalty refund as a donation to the UK Library, to be made in the name of the class. Please understand that I do not receive any royalties from the sale of used copies of the textbook.