HIST2119 - 01 - 19th Century Europe: Democracy and Imperialism (H)

(HI) Historical Inquiry (H) Historical Consciousness

This course begins with the French Revolution and the Napoleionic Era and examines the political, economic, social, cultural and diplomatic history of Europe to the close of the 19th century. Among the topics to be covered are: the industrial revolution; new idealogies such as nationalism, liberalism, socialism, and romanticism; the revolutions of 1830 and 1848; unification of Italy and Germany; Bismarkian diplomacy; militarism; the new imperialism; and the turn of the century mind.