Textbooks and Course Materials

  1. The student will read the following:
    (All are available at the SEU Bookstore, with the exception of the Review Analysis of The Anatomy of Revolution, which is linked below.)

    • Downloadable Syllabus_Sp15
    1. DeFronzo, James. Revolutions and Revolutionary Movements. 5th ed. Boulder,   Colorado: Westview Press, 2015. Print.  Introduction, Chapters 1-3, 7-9, 11-12.
    2. Popkin, Jeremy D. A Short History of the French Revolution. 5th ed. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2006. Print.  xi-106, 135-138, 152-155.
    3. Sánchez, Joanne. Review Analysis of Crane Brinton’s The Anatomy of Revolution. 1938. New York: Vintage, 1966. Print.
    4. Todd, Allan. Revolutions 1789-1917. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. Print.1- 11,15-17, 20-23, 28-30, 31-34, 39-41,45-50, 54-61, 64-68, 71-74, 77-84, 90-93, 99-103,107-113.
    5. In addition, students should read an encyclopedia or text article on the Chinese revolution, and the following article on the Chinese Cultural Revolution:   Ewers, Justin. “Pictures at the Revolution.”US News and World Report 135.11 (Oct 6,2003): 44-48. Academic Search Complete. Web. 3 January 2008.
    • MLA Students should also read:
      1. Goldstone, Jack, Ed. Revolutions: Theoretical, Comparative and Historical Studies. 3rd ed. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 2003. Print.
        • 1-20, 45 -53, 85-107, 171-177,183-201, and 261-284
      2. The following essays under “Imaging the French Revolution” on the Exploring the French Revolution website created by George Mason University: the introductory and concluding essays by Jack Censor and Lynn Hunt, as well as the essay by John B. Landes . This site can be accessed under “Online Learning Resources.”
      3. a. Cheng, Nien. Life and Death in Shanghi. NY: Grove Press, 1986. Print. vii-382. OR  b. Ebadi, Shirin. Iran Awakening: One Woman’s Journey to Reclaim her Life and Country. New York: Random House, 2007. Print. OR c.  Ghonim, Wael. Revolution 2.0: The Power of the People is Greater than the People in Power: A Memoir. New York; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012. Print.
  2. The student will view the following online documentaries, which are available through the Munday Library’s databases or UTube.  Write a review of the documentary on the French Revolution, and choose two more documentaries/videos on two different revolutions under # 3, 4, 5, or 7 below to write your 2nd and 3rd reviews. Your second and third reviews will be due the Saturday at midnight the weeks we study those revolutions. Instructions for the documentary reviews are under Learning Activities and Course Requirements- B.  (With the approval of the instructor, students who wish may substitute other carefully chosen documentaries or websites on these topics):
      1. For an introduction to revolutions, students should view Catalysts of Change: Exploration, War, and Revolution’s part on Revolution, sections 1,4, 5-8,10, 12,14. This can be found in the Munday Library’s database, Films on Demand.
      2. In conjunction with the study of the French revolution, students will view the documentary, The French Revolution, which is available in the Scarborough Phillips Library’s database, Films on Demand.  A& E Networks distributes this; it was originally aired on the History Channel in 2004.
      3. In conjunction with the study of the Russian Revolutions, view either The People’s Revolution (54 min.), available through our library’s database, Films on Demand OR Stalin: Inside the Terror (49 min), available through our library’s database, Academic Video Online.
      4. Students will view either No Rest for the Weary: The Cultural Revolution and its Origins (53 min) available in the Munday Library’s database, Films on Demand, or WGBH and Ambrica Production’s two hour China in Revolution, available in ten parts on UTube.
      5. In conjunction with the study of the Iranian Revolution, please view at least one of the following documentaries; and if you choose to review a documentary on the Iranian Revolution, write a review of one of them: Death in Tehran through our library’s Films on Demand database, about the 2009 election protests and the killing of Neda, a female protestor, whose death was captured on a cell phone; 20th Century with Mike Wallace: Crisis in Iran. Death of the Shah and the Hostage Crisis, a 1998 documentary with original footage of the Shah and the hostage crisis, available in our library’s database Academic Video Online; Generation K about the Internet generation in Iran, filmed in 2011, available in our library’s database, Academic Video Online; Women and Islam: Islam Unveiled, Parts1 and 2, in our library’s database Academic Video Online.
      6. To enhance our understanding of South Africa today and of the South African Revolution, please view: the 10 minute segment: Part 1 of 4. Apartheid- Desmund Tutu and F. W. de Klerk on UTube, as well as Mandela Dead: His Life and Legacy, a 7:12 minute tribute by the Wall Street Journal Live. (These are very brief and cannot be used for your second or third documentary review).
      7. To enhance our understanding of the Arab Spring revolt in Egypt, please see the 2012: Egypt: Children of the Revolution in our library’s database, Films on Demand.