This course will examine the making and remaking of national identities in 20th-century Western Europe. It will first consider various understandings of nationalism and proceed to investigate the processes of inclusion and exclusion that produce national identities; women's suffrage; anti-Semitism; the fascist state and its legacy; social citizenship in the welfare state; immigration and citizenship; the nationalism of the new right; and the construction of public memory and national myths in fil m and fiction.
COURSE FORMAT: Lecture
Level: UGRD Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS HIST Grading Mode: Student Option
Prerequisites: NONE
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