History 492 - Seminar:The Masses and the Modern:1880-1914 Sharp

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Whitman College

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1880-1914 was the Belle Epoque, the beautiful era before World War I when Europeans ruled the world and society was "civilized" and "proper". Yet this was also the moment when middle class women marched in the streets demanding the vote and working class men and women swelled socialist party numbers. When scientists and politicians deplored the "degeneration" of the individual and society while avant-garde artists drank absinthe and celebrated decadence. Motor cars, airplanes, bicycles, cinema, anarchists, and a celebration of violence all challenged the norms of bourgeois society. This seminar explores the emergence of mass politics and modern culture, and the social and cultural contradictions that characterized European society leading up to World Wa

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.whitman.edu

Phone Number:

(509) 527-5111

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

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Semester

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