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Academic Year 2001/2002
Crime and Criminality in 19th Century Europe
HIST 285 FA
In examining 19th-century responses to the crime problems, particularly in England and France, this seminar will explore the connections between perceptions and definitions of criminality and the broader socioeconomic,
political and cultural
transformations of the period. Further, it will analyze both representations of the criminal and the narratives that organized stories of crime in a variety of contemporary documents.
MAJOR READINGS
Louis Chevalier, LABORING CLASSES AND DANGEROUS CLASSES IN PARIS DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY H. Mayhew, LONDON LABORERS AND THE LONDON POOR Michel Foucault, I, PIERRE RIVIERE, HAVING SLAUGHTERED
MY MOTHER, MY SISTER, AND MY
BROTHER... Michel Foucault, DISCIPLINE AND PUNISH Judith Walkowitz, PROSTITUTION AND VICTORIAL SOCIETY Ruth Harris, MURDERS AND MADNESS
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Three papers; oral presentation
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
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:
Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
NONE
Grading Mode:
Student Option
Prerequisites:
NONE
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Last Updated on MAR-19-2002
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