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Academic Year 2005/2006

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

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

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

Last Updated on MAR-30-2006

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