Spring
Semester Courses 2000
History 300, Crime and Society, Davis, Monday 6-9
Crime has always justified the existence of the state and this course
will examine how the debates on crime and punishment have influenced
the development of public administration and power in western Europe
since the Enlightenment. Starting with the eighteenth century debates
on capital punishmnet, the course will chart the nineteenth century
rise of the penetentiary, the redefinition of the dangerous classes,
the gendering of crime, the tenets of positivist criminology and its
critics. Texts will include the work of C. Beccaria, E.P. Thompson,
M. Foucault, L. Chevalier, R.J. Evans, C. Lombroso.
Fall Semester Courses 1999
History 297W-02, European Fascism, Davis
This senior history seminar examines the debates on the origins
and nature of the European fascist and reactionary movements and
regimes of the inter-war period. Countries studied in detail include
Germany, Italy, Austria, France, Spain, Portugal, and Great Britain,
with some reference also to Soviet Russia and Latin America. Students
write discussion papers and a term paper. The course is part of
the LTL program
Spring Semester Courses 1999
History 269 (Undergraduate) "Modern Italy, 1815-Present."
No Prerequisites. Tuesday/Thursday 12:30-2:00 p.m.
The course examines key phases in Italian history from the Risorgimento
to the present, with particular emphasis on the economic, social
and cultural contexts of political change.
History 300-36 (Graduate) Italian Fascism," Tuesday 7:00-10:00
p.m.
This course studies the collapse of parliamentary government in
Italy, the rise of fascism, and the consolidation of the fascist
regime, with particular emphasis on historical debate and interpretation.
The examination of the fascist experience in Italy will involve
comparison with developments in other European states and students
will be expected to develop an outline knowledge of other European
fascist and authoritarian movements in the period.
Fall Semester Courses 1998
History 297W-01 (Undergraduate) "The Nature of Fascism in
Western Europe" (Senior seminar for history majors) Tuesday/Thursday
12:30-2:00 p.m.
This course provides an introduction to the debates on the origins
and nature of fascism in inter-war Europe, moving from general comparative
approaches to a closer investigation of fascist movements and regimes.
As well as the fascist regimes that came to power in Italy, Germany,
Spain, Portugal and many Eastern European states, fascist and other
extremist movements in Great Britian, France, Belgium and the Scandinavian
countries will also be examined.
History 323 (Graduate) "Society, State and Politics in 19th
Century Europe," Tuesday 6:00-9:00 p.m.
This course explores the relationship between social change and
state formation in Western Europe from c. 1800 to the mid-20th century;
industrialization, class, social identities, nationalism and imperialism.
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