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4.00 Credits
An introduction to major problems in the social, cultural, and political history of Europe in the 20th century, from the disillusionment of World War I to the challenges of post-communism. Among the topics explored are the impact of total war on European civilization, Nazism and the rise of authoritarian regimes during the inter-war period, the significance of the Russian Revolution for Europe, decolonization and Europe's changing place in world affairs, the reconstruction of democracy after 1945, the division of Europe during the Cold War, and the future of the nation-state within a unified Europe.
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to the historical, political, social and intellectual background of modern Germany. Typical discussion topics include the Congress of Vienna, the 1848 revolution, the first unification of 1871, the Weimar Republic, National Socialism, and the division of Germany after World War II. Special attention is paid to the unification process since 1989 and Germany's role in international politics. (Taught in Cologne, Germany.)
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4.00 Credits
A survey of Russian intellectual, cultural, and political history from the reign of Peter the Great to the fall of the Romanov dynasty in the February Revolution of 1917. Problems considered include the strengths and weaknesses of autocracy, Russia's rise to prominence as a European power, the role of serfdom in Russia's development and underdevelopment, the formation of Russia as a multi-national empire, the politics and culture of the intelligentsia, and the internal dynamics which helped produce revolution at the beginning of the 20th century.
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4.00 Credits
A survey of major problems in the history of Russia and the Soviet Union during the 20th century, from the promise of the October Revolution of 1917 to the uncertainties of post-Soviet life. Among the topics explored are the causes of the 1917 revolutions, the nature of Bolshevism, revolutionary culture and utopianism during the 1920s, Stalinism and the transformation of Soviet society, the idea of the Soviet Union as a multi-national polity, the Great Patriotic War against Nazism, de-Stalinization and Soviet culture, the reconstruction of the Soviet system under Mikhail Gorbachev, and the complex legacies of Soviet socialism.
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4.00 Credits
A survey of the major developments in French history beginning with the French Revolution. The course focuses on the economic and social foundations established for modern France in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic era and its political, intellectual, and cultural life since 1789. It considers such topics as the causes and importance of the Revolution, Napoleon's career, the Revolutions of 1830 and 1848, the empire of Napoleon III, imperialism, socialism, industrialism, the impact of World War I, the Popular Front, Vichy and DeGaulle.
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4.00 Credits
A survey of English history from the Norman Conquest to the Glorious Revolution. This course considers the social and economic foundations of political and cultural events. Emphasis is given to the Tudor and Stuart eras and to the development of English political and religious institutions.
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4.00 Credits
A survey of English history from the Glorious Revolution to the start of World War II. This course considers the rise and decline of England in the modern world and treats broad political and social themes. Emphasis is given to the 18th-century oligarchy, the growth of democratic institutions, and the age of Queen Victoria.
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4.00 Credits
An examination of the forces that have shaped the experiences of the American people from the age of discovery through the Civil War. The course focuses on the development of Anglo-American colonial society, the foundation of the new nation, the reforms of the Jacksonian Era, the causes of sectionalism, and the crisis of the Civil War.
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4.00 Credits
An exploration of the emergence of modern America, addressing the effects of immigration, industrialization, imperialism, war and social change on the development of the United States since the Civil War.
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4.00 Credits
An examination of the history of African-Americans from their earliest appearance in America to the end of the Civil War. Issues such as slavery, slave society and economy, African-Americans and the American Revolution, African-Americans and the Civil War, and the abolition of slavery are explored.
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