UHVD2205 Cultural and social history of bourgeois society 19th century

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2013
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Martin Pelc, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Martin Pelc, Ph.D.
Institute of Historical Sciences – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Prerequisites (in Czech)
UHVD1001 Introduction to the study of h || UHVD1005 Historical Proseminar
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
This seminar gives an introduction to the history of mdern middle classes (Bürgertum) in Europe. it focuses on Central Europe and especially austria. The student work with text and iconographic sources, so as to understand the evolution of modern middle classes and their world (i. e. values, customs, norms, creating a unity of their life style).
Syllabus
  • 1. Concept of the long 19th century and the role of middle classes within the period
    2. The birth of modern middle classes
    3. The ways of defining the middle classes
    4. The "better" and "worse" middle class members: the internal stratificaion of the stratum
    5. Discovering to a middle class man: the directories as a historical source
    6. An insight into the middle class home: the census forms as a historical source
    7. Middle class men and / versus middle class women
    8. Middle class family
    9. Middle class child
    10. The inconspicuous acteurs of the midlle class? world - the servants
    11. Middle class values
    12. Middle class moral norms
Literature
    recommended literature
  • KOCKA, Jürgen (Hg.). Bürgertum im 19. Jahrhundert. Einheit und Vielfalt Europas. Band I-III. Göttingen 1995. info
  • FASORA, Lukáš - HANUŠ, Jiří - MALÍŘ, Jiří - VYKOUPIL, Libor (eds. Člověk na Moravě v první polovině 20. století. Brno 2006. info
  • HARDTWIG, Wolfgang. Hochkultur des bürgerlichen Zeitalters. Göttingen 2005. info
  • PEŠEK, Jiří. Od aglomerace k velkoměstu. Praha a středoevropské metropole 1850-1920. Praha 1999. info
  • W. Plumpe - J. Lesczenski (Hg.). Bürgertum und Bürgerlichkeit. Köln, 2009. info
  • Fasora a kol. (eds.). Člověk na Moravě v 19. století. Brno, 2006. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
* Analysis of German written sources
* reading the Kurrentschrift
* active work in the seminar
* passing a test
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2010, Winter 2010, Winter 2011, Winter 2012, Winter 2014, Winter 2015, Winter 2016.
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