HIS 152 - European Women in the Age of Revolutions

Institution:

Long Island University-C W Post Campus

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Description:

This course provides an introduction to the experience of women and the social and cultural construction of gender in the confrontation with modernity. It examines how women contributed to larger trends in European history of the 19th and 20th centuries and explores how ideas about gender and sexuality shaped that history. Topics to be studied include: women and revolution, the shifting nature and meaning of women?s work in industrial urban society, middle-class models of domesticity, the history of feminism, and the role of the state, industry, and science in shaping women's roles in the home, the workplace, and in civil society. Prerequisite of HIS 1 or the permission of the instructor is required.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.liu.edu

Phone Number:

(516) 299-2900

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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