HIST 3463 - Modern Europe, 1815-Present

Credits: 3 Spring, Even

This course will trace the evolution of European societies and politics during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with an emphasis upon the collective identity of Europe in the world. It will begin with a discussion of the diplomatic structure established after the Napoleonic wars, tracing the impact of industrialization, international migration, imperialism, and socialist doctrines upon nineteenth-century Europe. The failure of liberal politics in the coming of the Great War and the rise and fall of communism and fascism will provide a framework for the discussion of modern relativism, and the reemergence of European economic power.