Courses of Study 2012-2013 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
Courses of Study 2012-2013 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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HIST 1511 - The Making of Modern Europe, from 1500 to the Present


(HB) (HA-AS)


Spring, summer. 4 credits.

Each student must enroll in a section.

H. Case and R. Travers.

The course covers the major developments in European history since around 1500. From the development of the printing press to the growth of the welfare state, from the Protestant Reformation to the industrial revolution, from the Italian renaissance to the sexual revolution, Europeans have shaped many aspects of the modern world. While tracing the main developments in the history of European politics, art, economics, science, and philosophy, we will discuss the Enlightenment, the rise of capitalism and the modern state, revolutions, the expansion and collapse of empires, slavery, liberalism, nationalism, communism, Zionism, fascism, totalitarianism, the two world wars, and European unification. Readings will be from world-shaping figures such as Machiavelli, Voltaire, Alexis de Tocqueville, Karl Marx, John Stewart Mill, Hannah Arendt, and Vaclav Havel.

 



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