The
Growth of Western Civilization I and II
History 001 and 002
Marquette University
Description
History 001, a survey of Europe from the invention of writing to the scientific revolution, is an introduction to the legacy that we now call “Western Civilization”. The course addresses the uneven accomplishments of the ancient world: democracy, republicanism, art, architecture, philosophy, literature, war, slavery, and despotism. Likewise, it investigates the developments in Western Civilization after the fall of Rome: The rise of Christianity, feudalism, manorialism, plague, famine, exploration, conquest, the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the Wars of Religion. The course pays particular attention to the position of women, the treatment of non-Europeans, the development of political institutions, the influence of new technologies, the role of religion, and the general transformation of culture and philosophy.
History 002, a survey of Europe from the Enlightenment to the present, addresses the developments that gave rise to modern world: science, constitutionalism, liberalism, nationalism, radicalism, industrialization, imperialism, racism, a large middle class, colonization, an industrial working class and the role of these developments in the horrors of the first half of the 20th century. It asks how these upheavals and disasters challenged the Enlightenment belief in reason and progress. Lastly, it addresses Europe’s dealings with women, non-Europeans, workers, and others who have until recently been silenced by Western Civilization.
Goals
Marquette University has identified History 001 and 002 as core courses because they develop the skills and concepts necessary to understand how we wound up with the world we live in today. The goal of this course is to understand the West from the standpoint of particulars: particular places, particular people, at particular times. In this spirit, we consider how various social, political, economic, and cultural arrangements functioned in the past and how they changed over time - things like family politics, relations between the genders, ethnic tensions, and scientific inquiry. As important an aim is the ability to read documents critically, place them in their historical context, and use them to write clearly and persuasively about change and the relationship between culture, society, economics, and politics. Above all, our aim is gain the skills necessary to formulate original interpretations.
Instructors
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Dr. Timothy McMahon |
Dr. Andrew Donson |
Dr. Barbara Fox |
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Tel. 288-5099 |
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Email: timothy.g.mcmahon@mu.edu |
Email: andrew.donson@mu.edu |
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Dr. Alan Singer |
Dr. Sean Field |
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Blackboard
Each instructor maintains all the documents for the current course on the Blackboard website. To register for the current Blackboard course content, click on this link.
Web Resources:
Links for students interested in learning more about Western Civilization:
General
Ancient
World
Medieval
History
Early
Modern European History
Nineteenth-Century
History
Twentieth-Century
History
Important
Marquette Links:
History Department, Marquette
University
Memorial Library at Marquette:
Link to Marquette Library and Online Resources
Marqcat:
Catalog of Marquette Libraries
Important Links for Writing History Papers:
Research Papers in
History by Francis Paul Prucha, S.J. : An essential manual to writing
research papers in history with
a guide to citations and footnotes.
Citation Guide for Internet
Sources: A brief citation guide for internet sources in history and the
humanities.
Evaluating
Information on the Internet Selected Resources: Resources and guides to
evaluating information on the web.
Museums
and Galleries on the Web:
Haggerty Museum of Art: Take a
virtual tour of the art collection in the Haggerty Museum, one of the
greatest assets of Marquette.
Milwaukee Art Museum: Take a tour of the art
collection at Milwaukee's premier museum.
Louvre: This site is based in
Paris at the Louvre Museum.
Metropolitan Museum: This site
is based in New York at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Uffizi Gallery: This site is
based in Florence at the Uffizi Gallery, founded in the late-sixteenth century
by the De Medici family.
The British Museum: Take a
virtual tour of the vast holdings at the British Museum in London.
National Gallery:
Take a virtual tour of the European paintings held at the National Gallery in
London.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum: Based in
Washington, D.C., this site devotes itself to the documentation, study, and
interpretation of Holocaust history.
Virtual Library of Art
Galleries: A gateway to art galleries across the globe.
Virtual Library of Museums
Pages: A gateway to all sorts of museums around the world and across
history.
Web Gallery of Art: A
virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture of
the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods (1150-1800).
Links for students interested in learning
more about Western Civilization:
General Sites:
Ancient History
Sourcebook: Hundreds of documents in the public domain pertaining to
Western Civilization.
Byzantine Studies on the
Internet: Hundreds of documents in the public domain pertaining to Western
Civilization.
Medieval History Sourcebook:
Hundreds of documents in the public domain pertaining to Western Civilization.
Modern History
Sourcebook: Hundreds of documents in the public domain pertaining to
Western Civilization.
Internet
Women's History Sourcebook: Hundreds of documents in the public domain
pertaining to women in Western Civilization.
Internet
History of Science Sourcebook: Hundreds of documents in the public domain
pertaining to science.
Eyewitness to History Detailed,
first-hand accounts of what it was like from the ancient world to the modern
period.
Internet Encyclopedia on Philosophy:
A searchable site to learn about philosophers from antiquity to the present.
Great Buildings Collection: Take a
tour of architecture around the world and across history.
WebChron Project: eated and maintained by the history department at North Park
University, series of hyperlinked chronologies developed by the
instructors and historical articles prepared by students intended for use in
history classes.
WebChron Project:
Created by the history department at North Park University, this site offers a
series of hyperlinked chronologies.
Ancient World
Sites:
Perseus Project: A digital library
dedicated to all aspects of ancient Greek civilization.
Greece in the Bronze Age:
A site devoted to the city of Knossos.
Educated Women
in Ancient Society: A site devoted to the lives of women in ancient Greece,
Egypt, and Italy.
Diotima: Materials for study of
women and gender in the ancient world.
Encyclopedia Mythica: An
encyclopedia on mythology, folklore and legend.
The Ancient City of Athens:
A photographic archive of the archaeological and architectural remains of
ancient Athens. Site provided by Indiana University.
Ancient Rome: A vast site,
maintained by Providence College, with links to specialized websites on the
ancient Roman world.
Roman Architecture in
the City of Rome: A photographic site, maintained by the University of
Colorado at Colorado Springs, that is an architectural tour of ancient Rome.
Pompeii Interactive: A
site devoted to the Roman city of Pompeii, which was destroyed in 79 C.E. by
the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
Cicero
Homepage: Created by the University of Texas at Austin, the site provides
information about Marcus Tullio Cicero's life and writings, including his
oration.
Map of
Ancient Rome: A point and click map of imperial Rome.
A
Visual Tour through Late Antiquity: A visual tour of the people and
places of late antiquity through investigation of art, sculpture, and
artifacts.
Medieval
History Sites:
Medieval Europe: An
extensive website, maintained by Providence College, with links to a variety of
medieval sites.
The Byzantine
Apogee and Decline: A site dedicated to Byzantine art at the
Metropolitan Museum.
Labyrinth:
The central website, created and maintained by Georgetown University, devoted
to Medieval studies.
Anglo-Saxon
Culture: Links to Anglo-Saxon sites.
The
Vikings: A site devoted to Viking civilization and history.
Chaucer: A vast site,
maintained by Providence College, with links to scholarly Chaucer websites.
Illuminated Manuscripts:
A site, maintained by Providence College, with links to websites devoted to
illuminated manuscript collections.
Medieval
Women: Links to resources on medieval women.
Durham Castle and
Cathedral: Take a virtual tour of the 900 year-old Durham Cathedral,
a world-heritage site.
Paris at the
Time of Philippe Augustus: Take a tour of late-twelfth century Paris during
the reign of Philippe Augustus.
Monarchs and Monasteries:
A site about knowledge and power in Medieval France on display at the Library
of Congress in the virtual exhibit, "Creating French Culture: Treasures
from the Bibliotheque Nationale".
Early
Modern European History Sites:
Renaissance
Europe: An introductory gateway to Renaissance history.
The Path to Royal
Absolutism: A site from the virtual exhibit, "Creating French
Culture: Treasures from the Bibliotheque Nationale" on display at the
Library of Congress.
1492: An Ongoing
Voyage: A virtual exhibit created by the Library of Congress.
Colonization
and Print in the Americas: A virtual exhibit created by the Library at the
University of Pennsylvania.
Columbus Navigation Homepage:
A site examining the history, navigation, and landfall of Christopher Columbus.
Martin Luther:
A site devoted to Martin Luther.
Protestant
Reformation: Created by MSU, this site has lots of links and provides a
starting point to learn more about the Protestant Reformation.
Catholic Reformation:
Created by Hanover College, this site provides primary source documents
to study the Catholic Reformation.
Witch Hunts: Created by
Hanover College, this site offers primary documents as well as secondary
sources to study the Witch Hunts.
Glorious Revolution of
1688: Created by the University of Georgia, the site devotes itself to
England's Glorious Revolution of 1688.
The Rise and Fall of the
Absolute Monarchy: A site from the virtual exhibit,
"Creating French Culture: Treasures from the Bibliotheque Nationale"
on display at the Library of Congress.
The Galileo Project: The
Galileo Project, created and maintained by Rice University, is a gateway to
learn more about the life and work of Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) and the
science of his time.
The
Newton Page: Created by Robert Hatch of the University of Florida, this
site is devoted to all things Isaac Newton-- his biography, bibliography,
resources, and links.
The Palace of Versailles:
Take a virtual tour of the Palace of Versailles and learn about the history
surrounding Versailles.
Nineteenth-Century
History Sites:
Napoleon: A site devoted to
all things Napoleon.
From Empire to Democracy:
A site about France after 1799 from the virtual exhibit, "Creating French
Culture: Treasures from the Bibliotheque Nationale" on display at
the Library of Congress.
German History
Sources: Maintained by California State University, Stanislaus, this site
provides links to hundeds of documents in German history from the eighteenth
through the twentieth centuries.
Child Labor and
Industrialization: Created by Britain's Spartacus Educational, this
site explores the history of child labor in the industrial age.
Women and
Industrialization: A site, created by the Women and World History
curriculum, that explores women and industrial revolution through study of
documents.
Industrialization
of the Continent: Tables comparing levels of industrialization across
Europe.
The Romantic
Movement in British Literature: A hypertext source to the works of romantic
writers in Great Britain.
Marxist Internet Archive: A site devoted
to Marxism with links to an image library and to the writings by Marxists
from the nineteenth century to the present.
Encyclopedia of 1848
Revolutions: The site provides documents, discussions, bibliographies and
other links to the revolutions of 1848.
Women's Suffrage:
Created by Britain's Spartacus Educational, this site explores the history of
the women's emancipation movement in Britain.
The
Crimean War: A site, created by the history department of Hillsdale College,
that provides documents on the Crimean War.
The Victorian Web: A hypertext
source to the Victorian period in Great Britain.
The
Darwin Page: Created by Robert Hatch of the University of Florida, this
site is devoted to all things Darwin-- his life, writings, and the debates
surrounding him.
The
Paris Commune Archive: Maintained by Pitzer College, this site provides
history, bibliography and links to the Paris Commune.
Anarchist
History: Maintained by Pitzer College, this site provides history,
bibliography and links to anarchist history in the nineteenth and twentieth
centuries.
Colonialism
and Post-Colonialism: Assembled by George Landow from Brown University,
this site provides a useful bibliography to studying colonialism, particularly
colonial and post-colonial literature.
Twentieth-Century
History Sites:
Trenches on the Web: A site that
provides a social, cultural, political and military history of World War One.
WWI Sites and
Links: A gateway, created by the University of Kansas, to other World War
One web-resources.
World War One Document Archive:
An archive of primary documents from World War I that has been assembled by
volunteers of the World War I Military History List (WWI-L).
Art of the First World War:
One hundred paintings from international collections to commemorate the 80th anniversary
(1998) of the end of the First World War.
Wilfred Owen Digital Media Archive:
Created by Oxford University, this site not only provides the poems and
writings of Wilfred Owen, but also provides an image library, film clips, and a
poetry tutorial.
Versailles
Treaty: A site with the text of the complete Treaty from 28 June 1919 as
well as links to the documents and images pertaining to the Treaty.
Russian Revolution:
A gateway to web resources about the Russian Revolution.
League
of Nations: Northwestern University Library's digital collection
"League of Nations Statistical and Disarmament Documents" contains
the full text of 260 League of Nations documents.
The
Freud Page: Created by Robert Hatch of the University of Florida, this site
is devoted to all things Freud-- his biography, bibliography, resources, and
links.
Sigmund Freud--
Conflict and Culture: A virtual exhibit from the Library of Congress
devoted to the life and works of Sigmund Freud.
Sigmund Freud and the Freud
Archives: Created by the Brill Library, this site holds a
collectionof hypertext sources related to Sigmund Freud and his works.
Bauhaus: A
brief history, images, and links to other resources on the Bauhaus and its
members.
The
Einstein Page: Created by Robert Hatch of the University of Florida, this
site is devoted to all things Einstein-- his biography, bibliography,
resources, and links.
Revelations from the Russian
Archives: A virtual exhibit by the Library of Congress on material from the
secret archives of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the USSR.
Spanish
Civil War: Maintained by Pitzer College, this site provides history,
bibliography and links to the Spanish Civil War.
Posters of the Spanish Civil War:
Propaganda posters from Republicans and Fascists fighting in the Spanish Civil
War.
The Nazi Olympics: A
virtual exhibit by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum of the 1936
Olympics in Berlin.
Documents of World War
II: Created by Mount Holyoke College, this site provides links to documents
of World War II.
Powers of Persuasion:
Created by the National Archives, this site displays propaganda posters from
World War II.
Nazi Propaganda: Created
by the CAS department of Calvin College, this site explores written and visual
propaganda from Nazi Germany.
Atomic Bomb: A site that provides
primary source documents pertaining to the decision to use the atomic bomb at
the end of the war.
Nuremberg War Crimes
Trial: Created by the Avalon Project at the Yale Law School, this site
provides transcripts to the Nuremberg War Crimes Trial.
International Human
Rights: Created by the University of Minnesota, this site provides links to
documents relating to international human rights after World War II.
Postcolonial Studies:
Created by the English department at Emory University, this site provides an
introduction to postcolonial literature.
East German Propaganda:
Created by the CAS department of Calvin College, this site explores written and
visual propaganda from the German Democratic Republic.
Cold War Timeline:
A site that provides a hypertext chronology to the Cold War.
Chronology
of Russian History: Created by Bucknell University, this site provides a
hypertext chronology to Russian History.
The Marshall Plan: A site
created in 1997 to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the Marshall Plan.
United Nations: The homepage of the
United Nations.
The European Union Online:
Official website of the European Union.
Concrete Curtain: Virtual
Exhibit of the Cold War through an examination of the rise and fall of the
Berlin Wall.