Modern Europe
HIST 203
Fall 2005
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01
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| Certificates: International Relations |
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 first-year 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. |
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Essential Capabilities:
Writing, Writing |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS HIST |
| Course Format: Lecture | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (FRST-MN)(FRST)(HIST-MN)(HIST)(STS) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
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 CENTURY EUROPE
Sheila Fitzpatrick, THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
Robert Paxton, THE ANATOMY OF FASCISM
Geoff Eley, FORGING DEMOCRACY: THE LEFT IN EUROPE, 1850-2000
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Examinations and Assignments:
Two five-page papers and a final examination or two hour examinations and a final examination. |
| Instructor(s): Greene,Nathanael Times: .M.W.F. 10:00AM-10:50AM; Location: PAC002; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 60 | | SR major: 10 | JR major: 10 | | |
| Seats Available: 9 | GRAD: 0 | SR non-major: 10 | JR non-major: 10 | SO: 10 | FR: 10 |
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