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FROM TOTAL WAR TO EUROPEAN
UNION: EUROPE IN A GLOBAL AGE
May Term in Luxembourg 2009
Theresa McBride, Professor of History, Holy Cross
(508) 793-2770
e-mail: tmcbride@holycross.edu
Texts:
T.C.W. Blanning, ed. Oxford Illustrated History of Modern Europe
(Oxford University Press, 1998)
Photocopied articles/excerpts:
Antoine Prost, “Verdun,” Realms of Memory, v. III (Pierre Nora,
ed.; Harvard University Press, 1998)
Richard Bessel, “Germany From War to Dictatorship,” in 20th Century
Germany: Politics, Culture, and Society, 1918-1990 (Mary Fulbrook, ed.;
Oxford University Press, 2001)
Mary Fulbrook, “Ossis and Wessis: the creation of two
German societies, 1945-1990,” in 20th Century Germany: Politics, Culture,
and Society, 1918-1990 (Mary Fulbrook, ed.; Oxford University Press,
2001)
Jill Stephenson, “The rise of the Nazis: sonderweg or spanner in the
works?” in 20th Century Germany: Politics, Culture, and Society,
1918-1990 (Mary Fulbrook, ed.; Oxford University Press, 2001)
J. E. Talbott, “Vichy and Resistance France,” in The Transformation of
Modern France (William Cohen, ed.; Houghton Mifflin, 1997)
Bonnie G. Smith, “Cultural Challenges for the 21st Century,” Europe in
the Contemporary World, 1900 to the Present (Bedford St. Martin’s, 2007)
- excerpted
.
Introduction: Birthplace of the Modern
Paris 1900 - La belle époque. [Nicole Vedrès, 1947, consructed
from early newsreels]
Richard Kuisel, "The French Search for Modernity"
from The Transformation of Modern France
Charles Sowerwine, France Since 1870: Culture, Politics, Society
I. Burden of the Past: France in Two World Wars
William Keylor, "France and the First World War" and J. E. Talbott,
"Vichy and Resistance France" from The Transformation of Modern
France
De Gaulle and France, part one. [Three-part documentary, 1991.
The first hour concentrates on the "Free French" in the Second
World War.]
Charles Sowerwine, France Since 1870: Culture, Politics, Society, parts
I, II, III
Overnight Field Trip: Monuments of War
Verdun and Rheims - the battlefields of Verdun and the bunkers, the ossuaries
and cemeteries are extraordinarily affecting monuments to the carnage and
destruction that Europeans suffered during the first war which was largely
fought on French soil. A visit to the railroad car at Compiègne where the
armistice was signed in 1918 and again in 1940 could be incorporated. A
city tour of Rheims would add to students' understanding of the many ways in
which the city's history suggests France's historical experience. For
example, when DeGaulle invited Adenauer to France in 1963, he took Adenauer
to Rheims in a symbolic gesture of remembrance and forgiveness for the
horrors of two world wars. The visit marked the postwar rapprochement between
France and Germany so crucial to the European Union. We would
also take a tour of the champage "caves" to highlight the role of
vinicultureand viticulture in France's past and future.
II. Land and Culture: Food and Wine in French Culture
Patricia Prestwich, "Food and Drink in France"
from The Transformation of Modern France
Leo Loubère, The Red and the White: The History of Wine in Italy and
France
Field Trip: local vineyards within easy reach of the Chateau de
Munsbach along the Moselle
Another field trip to a nearby site of agricultural development. Northeastern
France, which I know better than Luxembourg, has had commercialized
agriculture for a global market (e.g. sugar beets) in this region since the
end of the 19th century.
III. Creative Urbanism: From Haussmann to La Defense
William Cohen, "The Development of an Urban Society",
from The Transformation of Modern France
Charles Sowerwine, France Since 1870: Culture, Politics, Society, parts
IV & V
Field Trip: Strasbourg and Nancy
From Nancy, a creative center of Art Nouveau decoration and architecture, to
the contemporary city of Strasbourg, a true European capital and seat of the
European Parliament, France has been at the center of European
urbanism. Visits to an Alsacian vineyard and "cave" along the Route
du Vin might also be possible. Sampling of regional cuisine.
IV. France in Europe: From Great Power Status to European Union
De Gaulle and France, selected excerpts from parts two and three of
the documentary on de-colonization, the German-French rapproachment, and the
revolution of May 1968.
Charles Sowerwine, France Since 1870: Culture, Politics, Society ,
parts VI & VII
F. Roy Willis, "France and the European Union" from The
Transformation of Modern France
Field Trip: American military cemetery in Luxembourg, and/or European
Court of Justice
Conclusion: French Exceptionalism and The Global Economy
Charles Sowerwine, France Since 1870: Culture, Politics, Society, part
VII, France since 1995
Richard Kuisel, "The French Search for Modernity"
Field Trip: Lunch at McDonald's??
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