HIST126 - EUROPE FROM THE FRENCH REVOLUTION TO WWII: WAR, REVOLUTION AND EMPIRE

This course covers the social, political, and cultural history of Europe during the "long" nineteenth-century from 1789-1890. Beginning with the French Revolution and ending on the eve of the First World War, the class focuses on long term developments such as the industrial revolution, urbanization, and imperialism as well as key events like the revolutions of 1848 and the Paris Commune. Readings draw on both primary and secondary material so as to introduce students to the m any divergent perspectives necessary to an understanding of the past.