HISTORY 192 - Topics in Modern European History,1789-2000

Institution:

Bard College

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Description:

GIS A thematic survey of the modern period. Each week the class uses methodologies and historiographies ranging from gender and demographic history to diplomatic and military history. The course thus offers both an in-depth presentation of key aspects of modernity and a survey of contemporary historiography. Key issues discussed include the relation of the industrial revolution to the creation of new institutions of invention and patent, the role of colonialism in shaping domestic social relations and definitions of race, the role of gender in relation to the demographic explosion of the European population and to new attempts at state control of human activity, the development of the "military industrial academic complex," the role of institutional struture in diplomacy, and the effect of new mass media on citizenship.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bard.edu

Phone Number:

(845) 758-6822

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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