Western Civilization II Since 1715

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This course will analyze the impact of social, economic, political, cultural, and intellectual changes upon Europe from the close of Louis XIV's reign until the contemporary period. The course will include the Enlightenment, capitalism, industrialization, the French Revolution, liberalism, democracy, nationalism, imperialism, socialism, the Russian Revolution, fascism, World War I, the Great Depression, World War II, the Cold War era, and the Revolutions of 1989.