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3.00 Credits
This course examines the social, political, economic and intellectual developments of Russia from the great reforms of Peter to the emancipation of the serfs in 1861.
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In the mid-nineteenth century, when Europe and America had already embarked on the road to industrialization, Russia was a backward agrarian society in which the vast majority of the population were serfs who eked out a living by primitive agricultural techniques. Yet in 1917, it was in Russia that the world's first socialist government came to power. This course traces the development of Russian society, economy and institutions from the liberation of the serfs in 1861 through the Revolution of 1917. The central questions are: when and why did Russian institutions collapse? And what other factors accounted for the violent social upheaval of 1917?
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces major themes in the history of East Asia. It analyzes the relationships between East Asian thought systems; political, economic, and social institutions; and foreign influences for the purpose of understanding the forces that shaped the East Asian tradition. The course focuses on how this distinctive tradition produced different societies in China, Japan and Korea.
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3.00 Credits
Modern history begins in Britain at the end of the War of the Roses and the accession of the House of Tudor. Much of the next 300 years were molded by the foundations laid in Tudor times. These foundations are studied in the presentation of this course.
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3.00 Credits
The constitutional, religious, cultural, and social crises of Stuart times paved the way for British expansion and major power status in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. These crises are the major concentration of this course.
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3.00 Credits
Presents the evolution of constitutional monarchy/oligarchy in 18th-century Britain to the constitutional monarchy/democracy in 19th century Britain. The development of responsible ministry under the Georges is discussed. The international complications of the 18th-century diplomatic wars and the effects of the French Revolution upon Britain are also discussed. The Industrial Revolution and the rise of “new” economic imperialism conclude the course with the coming of WWI.
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3.00 Credits
Great Expectations was the title Charles Dickens chose to open the Victorian era. H.G. Wells ended the era with The War of the Worlds. Between the two lies a period worth investigating; they were times that broadened horizons beyond Victorian recognition.
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3.00 Credits
England during the Victorian era was the leading industrial, political, and Great Power on the European scene. Her economic preponderance and political system were the envy of the world. Twentieth-century Europe witnessed an end to “Pax Britannica,” and Britain’s economic superiority was inexorably cast away. England became a second, third-rate power. America in the late 20th century might learn much to guide her as her industrial preponderance and “Pax Americana” is challeng
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3.00 Credits
In this course, the emergence of a united Germany is traced from the confusion of medieval particularism and the disaster wrought by the religious wars of the 16th and 17th centuries. The rise of Prussia under Frederick Wilhelm the Great Elector, French chauvinistic imperialism, the advent of Otto von Bismarck, the Bismarckian Empire’s weaknesses, the First World War, and the rise of Adolph Hitler are studied. The course ends with the disappearance of a united Germany in 1945. GE: History/Euro-American
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3.00 Credits
This course concentrates on France since 1789. The Revolution, the Empire, the Restoration, the July Monarchy, the Second Republic, Second Empire, Third Republic, WWI, France between the wars, WWII, Vichy France, the Fourth and finally the Fifth Republic are dealt with in this study. GE: History/Euro-American
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