Berlanstein, Lenard, R., ed. Industrial Revolution and Work in Nineteenth-Century Europe. Routledge, 1992.
Crew, David F. Town in the Ruhr: A Social History of Bochum, 1860-1914. Columbia University Press, 1979.
Evans, Richard J., ed. The German Peasantry: Conflict and Community in Rural Society from the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Centuries. Croon Helm, 1986.
Hall, Catherine. White, Male and Middle Class: Explorations in Feminism and History. Routledge, 1992.
Marius, Richard. A Short Guide to Writing About History. Second Edition. Harper, 1995.
Course Requirements
Short papers combined: 30%; Paper Proposal: 20%; Research Paper 50%. If final paper is revised after discussion, grade will consist of the average of the two drafts.
Seminar Schedule
Aug. 24: Introduction: Why social history? What is social history?
31: Paradigms of Research on Work and the Industrial Revolution. Essay on four chapters of Lenard Berlanstein Additional essay on your intellectual interests and social history
Sept. 7: Feminist History as a research model. Essay on selected chapters from Catherine Hall. Extension of your personal essay.
14: How does one approach the social history of rural peoples? Essay on selected chapters from Richard Evans.
21: Date of meeting to be rescheduled to accommodate presentation of visiting lecturer, Dr. Axel Lubinski, Max-Planck Research Group for Agrarian History, Potsdam. Short essay on agrarian history, reading to be announced. Time reserved for investigation of resources for individual research projects.
28: Preliminary discussion of research topics. Urban history: reading from David Crew; corresponding essay.
Oct. 5: Readings and topics to be announced.
Discuss research proposals plus accompanying articles. Due Monday noon prior to Thursday seminar in mailboxes or by e-mail.
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Nov. 2: Time reserved for research and writing. Class for consultation purposes.
Discussion of final papers. Due Monday Noon prior to Thursday seminar.
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