Seminar in Historical Analysis (405-0-22)

Topic

Revolution

Instructors

Paul Gillingham
847/467-4829
Harris Hall - Room 323

Meeting Info

Harris Hall room 101: Wed 2:00PM - 5:00PM

Overview of class

Revolution

This course introduces major debates in the comparative history of revolution. The global analysis starts in France; proceeds with the spread of revolutionary ideologies in the Americas; returns to Europe for 1848 and 1917; tacks back to the Americas for peasant revolutions in Mexico and Cuba; and then migrates to China before ending in a consideration of the revolutions that never happened. En route we will explore the intellectual history of revolution in the works of Tocqueville, Marx, Lenin, James, Guevara and Scott, juxtaposing these texts with more recent scholarship to shed light on their multiple qualities: primary sources, political prescriptions and analytical frameworks.

Registration Requirements

Graduate Students Only

Learning Objectives

Graduate-level mastery of historical and theoretical approaches to revolution.

Class Notes

History Major Concentration(s): Global
History Minor Concentration(s): Europe, Latin America, Asia