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This course surveys the history of Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries, from the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic era to the 1990s, 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.
COURSE FORMAT: Lecture
Level: UGRD Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS HIST Grading Mode: Graded
Prerequisites: NONE
Last Updated on MAR-24-2000
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