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HIST203
Modern Europe
HIST203 FA
Fall 96 Availability (Last Updated on Thu Apr 17 05:01:13 EDT 1997
)
Section Limit Enrollment Available
01 30 0 30
This course surveys the history of Europe in the nineteenth
and twentieth centuries, from the French Revolutionary and
Napoleonic era to the 1990's, 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 nineteenth 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
Tom Kemp, INDUSTRIALIZATION IN 19TH CENTURY EUROPE
Additional readings will be assigned.
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Two five-page papers, or two
hour examinations, and a final examination.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Unless
preregistered students attend the first class meeting or
communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first
class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE:
Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the
Registrar's Office.
COURSE FORMAT: Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS HIST
Prerequisites:
None
- Section 01
- Greene, N
- Times: M.W.F.. 10:00AM;
- Grading Mode: A/F
- Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 4, Jr: 3, So: 2, Fr: 1
- No Major Preference Given
Last Updated on MAR-10-1997
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