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Academic Year 2003/2004

Modern Europe
HIST 203 FA

This course surveys the history of Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries, from the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic era to the present, and is intended primarily for frosh and sophomores. Attention will be devoted to major political, social, economic, and cultural developments, beginning with the many dimensions of the political and industrial revolutions of the 19th century, continuing with the emergence of nation-states and nationalism, working-class movements, the consequences of imperialism and war, and Communism and Fascism, and concluding with study of the Second World War, the reassertion of Europe and the collapse of the Soviet system.

MAJOR READINGS

John Merriman, A HISTORY OF MODERN EUROPE: VOLUME II, FROM THE FRENCH REVOLUTION TO THE PRESENT
E.J. Hobsbawm, THE AGE OF REVOLUTION
Tom Kemp, INDUSTRIALIZATION IN 19TH CENTUREY EUROPE
Philip Pomper, THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONARY INTELLIGENTSIA
Sheila Fitzpatrick, THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
Stanley G. Payne, A HISTORY OF FASCISM, 1914-1945

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Two five-page papers or two hour examinations and a final examination.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS HIST    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Greene,Nathanael   
Times: .M.W.F. 10:00AM-10:50AM;     Location: PAC002
Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 60)
SR. major: 10   Jr. major: 10
SR. non-major: 10   Jr. non-major: 10   SO: 10   FR: 10

Special Attributes:
Curricular Renewal:    Writing
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Last Updated on MAR-19-2004

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