European History, 1890-1960
Fall 2013
This course will address international politics, domestic governance, and ideological developments from the era of Queen Victoria to that of Adenauer and de Gaulle. The course will emphasize nationalism, imperialism, and the causes and consequences of the two world wars. It will relate social dislocation, failures of democratic governments and the rise of totalitarianism, challenges to capitalism, and the Depression to the changing place of Europe in the world.
This course will be primarily lecture. The requirements are one substantial book review-essay and a final exam. A take-home midterm may be offered to those who request
