HISTORY 2303 - History of Central Europe, 1618-1871

Institution:

Temple University

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Description:

This course will examine the political, social, and cultural history of Central Europe from the Thirty Years War until the unification of Germany in 1871. Although Central European history is dominated by German history, this course will cover Central Europe broadly defined. In addition to German and Habsburg history, we will be looking at the important historical changes taking place in Poland, Hungary, and the other non-German regions of the Habsburg lands. In the course of the term we will concentrate on a number of overarching questions: the structure and political traditions of the early modern state (absolutism, rise of bureaucracies and modern state structures, development of political parties); the questions of backwardness, modernization, and relative economic and social development; the rise of nationalism and the emergence of unification politics; and the broad implications of profound changes in the way people in Central Europe thought about and lived their lives.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.TEMPLE.EDU

Phone Number:

(215) 204-7000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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