History 201-206 seminars are open to history majors only during pre-registration. If the course does not reach its enrollment maximum, it will be open to all students beginning with drop/add on a first-come first-serve basis.
HIST 202 European Social History
Allport
Taught as schedule allows (consult the Course Directory)
CGS Course | This is a distributional course in History and Tradition for CGS students only. | SEM
This course will examine how Western European society was utterly transformed—and much of our modern way of life created—in the 'Long Nineteenth Century' between the French Revolution and the First World War. It is not a story about statesmen or soldiers (though politics and war will certainly influence what happens), but rather about the actions and experiences of ordinary people—how they grew up, worked, played, built homes, raised families, and eventually died. It will examine such topics as the growth of cities, industrialization, nation-making, changes in education, law, and customs, gender roles, class conflict, immigration, the decline of organized religion, and the rise of consumer culture. We will look at a range of primary and secondary sources, including fictional representations of the period from authors such as Dickens and Zola.
