HIST 3523 - Modern Germany since 1618

Credits: 3 Fall, Even

A survey of the history of Germany from the Thirty Years War (1618-1648) to the present with special attention to culture and politics. The course focuses on the development of a unified German state and its political, social, cultural, and intellectual effects; the growth and decline of the Holy Roman Empire; the origins and implications of German unification under Prussian leadership; the structure and ideology of Nazi Germany; the problems of a divided Germany after World War II; and prospects for the newly reunited Germany. Cross-Listed: GRMN 3523