HIST128 - From Complete Destruction to Superpower: Europe 1945-2013

Status
C
Activity
LEC
Title (text only)
HIST128 - From Complete Destruction to Superpower: Europe 1945-2013
Term
2013A
Subject area
HIST
Section number only
001
Section ID
HIST128001
Meeting times
MW 0200PM-0330PM
Meeting location
CLAUDIA COHEN HALL 402
Instructors
STEINBERG, JONATHAN
Description
This course offers a survey of European history, including both eastern and western Europe since World War II until the present. The course examines how Europe in all its complexity and cultures lived under the shadow of the Cold War. It examines the origins and nature of the cold War, not just in its diplomatic and political dimensions, but also its effects on the culture and people of Europe. It explores the reasons for the phenomenon of anti-Americanism and the series of revolts exploding throughout eastern Europe until the fall of the Berlin Wall. Finally, the course examines a number of thematic areas about European political culture, immigration, decolonization, the 1960s revolts and the 1970s terrorism, the resurgence of nationalism, but also the growth of the European community. The course explores the question: what does it mean to be European?
Course number only
128
Use local description
No
LPS Course
false