Modernization in Historical Perspective

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3 Lecture Hour(s) 0 Lab Hour(s) This course concentrates on an analysis of the various paths to modernity taken by several advanced societies, notably the United States, England, France, Germany, Russia, and Japan. Particular attention will be devoted to the causes and effects of industrialization, population growth, urbanization, social protest, changes in family structure, intellectual responses to rapid change, and the development of the modern state.