HIST5202 READINGS EUROPEAN HISTORY II

Critical investigations and discussions of the transformations of European society and culture from the French Revolution to the present. Analyses of the sources and varying interpretations by outstanding historians of liberalism, nationalism, war, revolution, totalitarianism, and reconstruction. Emphasis on individual nations as well as on the changing significances of the European economy and civilization for the modern world. 5201 concentrates on the 19th centy (1789-1914). 5202 concentrate on the 20th century (1914 to present). The courses may be taken individually. Siegel