INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS

Name & Address

Academic Background

Major Publications

William O'Brien and the Course of Irish Politics, 1881-1918(Univ. of Calif. Press) "Dear, Dirty Dublin": A City in Distress, 1899-1916(Univ. of Calif. Press)

Courses Taught/Research Interests

"What all men speak well of, look critically into; what all men condemn examine first before you decide"... Confucius

WHO IS THIS PAGE FOR?

LIST OF FILES

• GENERAL
  1. History in the Curriculum
  2. Coping with History 232
  3. Excellence in the Classroom
  4. How to Study from the Textbook
  5. Note-Taking from the Textbook
  6. Writing an in-class Essay
  7. Frequently Encountered Errors
  8. Preparing for the CUNY Proficiency ExamO
• SYLLABUS
  1. Topical Guide to the Lectures
  2. Fall '02: Palmer/Spielvogel Syllabus for His 232-04 and 232-05
  3. Fall '02: Palmer/Cawood Syllabus for His 232-01 and His 232-02
• QUIZZES (Samples for Self-Study referenced to the Course Syllabus)
  1. Sec.A: Industrialization & Urbanization
  2. Sec. B: Forging the Nation State
  3. Sec. C: The Western Hegemony
  4. Sec. D: War & Revolution(useful for Final Exam study)
  5. Sec. E: The Era of the Dictators(useful for Final Exam study)
• EXAMS (Samples for Self-Study--to be referenced to syllabus requirements))
  1. Sample Mid-Term
  2. Sample Final Exams
  
• REFERENCE DOCUMENTS
  • Industrialization and Urbanization
    1. Technology
       • The Second Industrial Revolution: Germany
    2. Social Conditions
       • Factory Children: The Conditions of Labor, 1832
       • The Factory Act, 1833
       • Factories & Mines: Report on Child Labor, 1843
    3. Politics & Social Thought
       • Robert Owen's Parallelogram
       • The Fourierian Imagination: Work and Play in Harmony
       • The British Reform Act(1832): An Explanation
       • The People's Charter
       • The Communist Manifesto
  • The International Scene
    1. China
       • The Canton System of Trade
       • Emperor Ch'-ien lung's letter to King George III
       • Attempts to Control the Opium Trade, 1810-11
       • China & Trade with the West: The Napier Affair
       • The Legalization of Opium: The Case for . . . .
       • The Legalization of Opium: The Case against . . .
       • Commissioner Lin and the Opium Merchants
       • The First Opium War
       • Commissioner Lin's letter to Queen Victoria
       • The Treaty of Nanking(GB/China)
       • The Cushing Mission: Negotiating the U.S.-China treaty (1844)
       • U.S.-China Relations (1858)
       • On Managing the Barbarians in time of crisis (1858)
       • The Treaty of Tientsin(U.S./China)
       • The Treaty of Tientsin(G.B./China)
       • Proposals for Self- Strengthening
       • The Boxer Protocol(1901)

    2. Japan
       • A Warning to the Shogun, 1844
       • President Fillmore's letter to the emperor (1852)
       • An agressive daimyo response to the American proposals
       • A conciliatory daimyo response to the American proposals
       • The Japanese reply and Perry's response
       • The Treaty of Kanagawa
       • Townsend Harris and the Bakufu, 1857
       • The Harris Treaty, 1858
       • The Charter Oath and Constitution, 1868

    3. Africa
       • West Africa, 1808: Trade and Expectations
       • Africa before the Scramble: Britain and the Niger, 1841
       • Negotiating with African Chiefs, 1844
       • Example of Imperialist treaty with African chief(s)
       • A French Viewpoint on Imperialism
       • A German Viewpoint on Imperialism
       • A British Viewpoint on Imperialism
       • African Viewpoints on Imperialism
       • The Berlin Conference, 1884-5
       • The Herero Rebellion (1904)
       • Stanley's Congo Treaties
       • Britain and the Congo, 1903
       • The Congo Atrocities: The Casement Report

  • The Great Powers, 1860-1918
    1. Bismarck's Germany
       • The Ems telegram (1870)
    2. Alliances & Alignments
       • Summary Reference, 1873- 1907
       • The Austro-German Dual Alliance
       • The Triple Alliance
       • The Franco-Russian Alliance
       • The Anglo-Japanese Alliance

    3. World War I
       • Origins
         1. Britain and Germany: The Naval Arms Race, 1909
         2. The July 1914 Crisis: A Chronology
         3. The Austrian Ultimatum to Serbia and Serbia's reply
         4. The July Crisis: The Austrian Viewpoint
         5. The July Crisis: The Serbian Viewpoint
         6. The July Crisis: The German Viewpoint
         7. The July Crisis: The Russian Viewpoint
         8. The July Crisis: The British Viewpoint
         9. The July Crisis: A French Viewpoint
         10. The July Crisis: Views of the German General Staff
       • Course
         1. President Wilson's Fourteen Points
       • Consequences
         1. The Treaty of Versailles (Selected)
         2. A German View of the Treaty of Versailles

  • The Era of the Dictators
    1. Lenin's Revolution
       • Russia in Crisis, 1914
       • Lenin's April Theses (1917)
       • War Communism: Decree on Grain Procurements, 1918
       • Constitution of the Soviet Union, 1918
       • The Kronstadt Rebellion (1921)
       • Lenin's NEP (1921)

    2. Stalin's Russia
       • Stalin and the Crisis in Agriculture
       • Stalin on the Need to Industrialize, 1928
       • Krushchev's Indictment of Stalin
    3. Weimar Germany/Rise of the Nazis
       • The Weimar Constitution
       • The Twenty-Five Points (1920)
       • The Nazi Party

    4. Hitler's Germany
       • Concordat with the Catholic Church(1933)
       • The Nazi Decrees of 1933
       • The Nuremberg Laws

    5. World War II
       • Origins:
         • Nazi Propaganda
         • German Secret Rearmament, 1934-35
         • The Rhineland Crisis: The French Reaction
         • The Rhineland Crisis: The British Reaction
         • The German-Austrian Anschluss, 1938: The British Reaction
         • The Czech Crisis, 1938: The British View
         • The Munich Conference, 1938

       • Course:
         • Nazi Bestiality: Massacre of Ukrainian Jews

       • Consequences:
         • Emperor Hirohito Announces the Surrender of Japan
         • WWII:The Casualties
    

  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
    • Optional Recommended Reading
    

  • MISCELLANEOUS
    1. Reference Documents Filename Listing
    2. From the Mouths of Babes
    3. Quotable Quotes
    4. The late and unlamented 1900's
    5. How Much Do You Remember?