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Academic Year 2000/2001


Sophomore Seminar: The Spanish Civil War, 1936-39
HIST 160 SP

The Spanish Civil War erupted during a decade in Europe marked by ideological tensions, economic and social crises, the weakness of democracies contrasted to the dynamism of dictatorial regimes, and an international climate that culminated in the outbreak of the Second World War. The ideological character of the civil war in Spain, which appeared to pit left versus right, or democracy against fascism, or nation and religious faith against communism and revolution, captured the imagination of Euro peans and spurred their involvement in the war. All of Europe's dangers seemed to have exploded in Spain, whatever the specifically Spanish factors that unleashed and defined the struggle. This seminar will examine the events in Spain and Europe's respo nse to them through contemporary writings, such as journalistic and participants' accounts, diplomatic documents, memoirs, films, biographies, and general and specific studies from the 1930's to the present.

MAJOR READINGS

George Orwell, HOMAGE TO CATALONIA
Franz Borkenau, THE SPANISH COCKPIT
Andre Malraux, MAN'S HOPE
Dolores Ibarruri, THEY SHALL NOT PASS
Stanley G. Payne, FASCISM IN SPAIN, 1923-1977
Paul Preston, THE COMING OF THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR
Helen Graham, SOCIALISM AND WAR
Alun Kenwood, THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR: A CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL READER
Jose Peirats, ANARCHISTS IN THE SPANISH REVOLUTION
Jose Sanchez, THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR AS A RELIGIOUS TRAGEDY
Ronald Fraser, BLOOD OF SPAIN: AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR
Paul Preston, FRANCO

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Four short papers, major research paper, oral presentations

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS HIST    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Greene,Nathanael   
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Times: ...W... 01:00PM-04:00PM;     Location: BTFDA413
Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 18)
SR. major:    Jr. major: 2
SR. non-major:    Jr. non-major: 2   SO: 12   FR: 2

Special Attributes:
Curricular Renewal:    Speaking, Writing
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Last Updated on MAR-26-2001


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