IMPORTANT:  USED BOOKS ARE CHEAP NOW, so buy them NOW! They get more expensive as September nears. Buy ALL BOOKS now so you have them available when you need them – not having the first two when class begins will hurt you.

You should acquire each of the six listed below.

1. What Is History? by Edward Hallett Carr
2. Modern European History by Birdsall Viault
3. Modern Europe by Gay & Webb. This is the primary narrative for the year – BUY A COPY NOW! You should not have to spend more than about $20 on a copy.  [I have a handful of these in my office that I will sell, but don’t count on one being available unless you’ve spoken with me. First come, first served.] You have the option of purchasing the single edition, or both  Modern Europe to 1815 and Modern Europe Since 1815, by Peter Gay and R.K. Webb. Start here AbeBooks –  I suggest purchasing the single volume.
4. The Prince by N. Machiavelli (Norton Critical edition if possible). There are many editions of this work; I suggest Norton Critical or Oxford.
5. Utopia by Thomas More (Norton Critical edition if possible).
6. The Communist Manifesto (Norton Critical edition if possible, but there are many other good ones). Also available online.
7. I highly encourage you to invest in an extra-large moleskine notebook  to use as a reading journal – READING journal, not simply class notes, though it can certainly be used for both. (IMPORTANT: there are many sizes; you want the large or extra-large.)

Summer Reading Suggestions

Some preliminary reading is important especially if you have little or no knowledge of the Middle Ages. Reading even one of these will help you quickly transition to the pace of the course in September:

• The Making of the Middle Ages by R. Southren [only $4 at AbeBooks]
• The Civilization of the Middle Ages by Norman F. Cantor
• A Distant Mirror by Barbara Tuchman

However, reading any narrative history of Europe during the years c.400-1300 will be a boon to your study of modern Europe.