History 4375: Special Topics G. Shanafelt — Old Main 206 Fall 1995 Phone: 691-6270; home: 677-6959 Office hours: MWF 10-12, 2-3; TTh 8:30-10; and by appt. EASTERN EUROPE IN MODERN TIMES

Books

E. Garrison Walters, The Other Europe: Eastern Europe to 1945 Edward Crankshaw, The Fall of the House of Habsburg Joseph Rothschild, Return to Diversity , 2nd edition Ivo Andri ć, The Bridge on the Drina

Course Requirements

The subject of this course is Eastern Europe. While this term is open to all sorts of definitions, the course will define it as, roughly, the area of Europe east of Germany and west of . The events in this area which fill the newspaper headlines today are scarcely comprehensible without reference to the area’s complex, fascinating, and often tragic history. This course will attempt to introduce the main forces and personalities that shaped Eastern European history in the past, and continue to shape it today.

Your grade in the course will be computed from three noncomprehensive tests and an 8-page paper. For the latter, you’ll choose one of the modern states of Eastern Europe, discuss the problems it faces since the collapse of communism, and, based on an assessment of its past historical record, analyze its prospects of overcoming them. The paper and the three tests will each be weighted 25% of your total grade. Proposed Class and Reading Schedule

Aug 31: Introduction: The “Lands Between” Oct 31: The Twenty Years’ Truce Nov 2: Winners: Poland, Yugoslavia, Ro- Sept 5: Origins mania Sept 7: Árpáds and Hussites Rothschild, 3-24 Walters, 1-25 Walters, 150-188, 219-250

Sept 12: The Turkish Wave Nov 7: Losers: Hungary, Bulgaria, Albania Sept 14: The Rise of the Habsburgs Nov 9: Masaryk’s Czechoslovakia Walters, 25-46 Walters, 205-218, 251-269 Crankshaw, 3-15 Rothschild, 25-75 Andri ć, 13-81. Nov 14: World War II Sept 19: Enlightenment and Revolution Walters, 270-307 Sept 21: Absolutism and Liberalism Nov 16: SECOND TEST Crankshaw, 19-45 Walters, 110-131 Nov 21: The Communist Takeovers Andri ć, 82-112 Rothschild, 76-123 Walters, 308-363 Sept 26: 1848: Springtime of the Peoples Sept 28: The Road to the Ausgleich [Thanksgiving Vacation] Walters, 47-90 Crankshaw, 169-230 Nov 28: Stalin’s Eastern Europe Nov 30: From Nagy to Dub ček Oct 3: From to Austria-Hungary Rothschild, 124-190 Oct 5: Fin de Siècle Crankshaw, 233-320 Dec 5: PAPERS DUE Andri ć, 113-223 Dec 5: The First Cracks: Poland and Hungary Oct 10: Shtetls and Stock Exchanges Dec 7: 1989 Oct 12: FIRST TEST Rothschild, 191-265

Oct 17: Balkan Ferment Dec 12: Disaster: Yugoslavia Oct 19: Sarajevo Dec 14: Conclusion: Plus Ça Change...? Walters, 90-109 Crankshaw, 323-389 THIRD TEST Andri ć, 224-314

Oct 24: World War I Oct 26: 1919: The New Europe Walters, 132-149 Crankshaw, 390-419