Syllabus, Textbooks & 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 (Microsoft Word)
      1. DeFronzo, James. Revolutions and Revolutionary Movements. 4th ed. Boulder,   Colorado: Westview Press, 2011. Print.  Introduction, Chapters 1, 2 (omit 76-80), 3, 7-9, 11.
      2. Popkin, Jeremy D. A Short History of the French Revolution. 5th ed. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2010. 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.
    • Students will also be asked to read two current short articles on the 2011 Middle East revolutionary movements.
    • MLA Students should also read:
    • Goldstone, Jack, Ed. Revolutions: Theoretical, Comparative and HistoricalStudies. 3rd ed. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 2003. Print. 1-20, 45-53, 85-107, 171-177, 183-201, 261-284.
    • 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 Joan B. Landes. This site can be accessed under “Online Learning Resources
    • Ebadi, Shirin. Iran Awakening: One Woman’s Journey to Reclaim her Life and Country. New York: Random House, 2007. Print.  OR
    • 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.
  1. The student will view the following video-cassettes/DVDs/online documentaries available at or through the Munday Library or UTube.  (With the approval of the instructor, students who wish may substitute other carefully chosen documentaries or websites on these topics). *Reviews are required of those documentaries with an asterisk below:
      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 Munday Library’s database, Films on Demand.  A& E Networks distributes this; it was originally aired on the History Channel in 2004.*
      3. 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.*
      4. In conjunction with the study of the Iranian Revolution, please view at least one of the following documentaries: 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 old 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, Parts 1 and 2, in our library’s database Academic Video Online; or the 2001 PBS documentary, Muslims, available at the Munday Library in VHS and DVD.*
      5. To enhance our understanding of the Arab Spring revolt in Egypt, please see the 2012: Egypt: Children of the Revolution, in out library’s database, Films on Demand.
      6. For a better understanding of South Africa today and of the South African Revolution, please view: Testing Hope (39 min), available on the library’s database, Academic Video Online. Also view the 10 minute segment: Part 1 of 4. Apartheid- Desmund Tutu and F. W. de Klerk on UTube.
  2. Course Syllabus