Modern European History

Catalog description

This course surveys the history of Modern Europe from the Age of Enlightenment to date. Students will explore a number of major events, including the French, Industrial and Russian Revolutions, the birth of capitalism and other ideologies, The Age of Imperialism, the World Wars, Decolonization, the Cold War, the end of Communism and the European Union. This course will focus the lives of people during eras of transition while examining demographic change, political and economic revolution and interrelationships of different nations within Europe.