Summaries Of Articles: German Bourgeoisie
The following is the Project Assignment. It involves reading two specific articles on major topics in Western Social History. Your assignment is to write reasonably-detailed summaries of the articles and, in doing so, incorporate answers to the associated questions. Avoid simply paraphrasing the author's arguments. Explain things in your own words so that I can assess your understanding of the issues presented.
This should be written in prose, like an essay, and typed. I do not have a particular length requirement, but these are profound and detailed sources of scholarship so your efforts should reflect this.
A) The first article discusses the nature of the German Bourgeoisie in the 19th Century. This is an important topic because modern society is still shaped primarily by "bourgeois" values and aspirations and ways of life, at least for the moment. The article is from a book called, The German Bourgeoisie, edited by D. Blackbourn and R.J. Evans (London: Routledge, 1997).
1. What main characteristics define and identify the German Bourgeoisie?
2. What were the main political and social goals of this class in Germany?
3. What are the main features of Bourgeois family life and cultural interests?
B) The second article discusses the struggle faced by women in achieving independence and equality in modern society. This topic is important because women are about one-half of the human species. The source of the reading is A History of Women in the West: V. Toward a Cultural Identity in the Twentieth Century, Francoise Thebaud, editor (Cambridge, Mass.: The Belknap Press, 1996).
1. What does the author mean by "supervised emancipation”?
2. In what ways does the economic system affect the struggle for equality of women
3. What choices does a woman face (though rarely do men) in terms of career and personal life?