Europe 66

Introduction to Modern Europe

Syllabi

Draft Topical Outline

History 66

  1. Ancien regime and the enlightenment.
  2. French Revolution
  3. Napoleonic Wars and the Congress of Vienna
  4. Industrialization and Urbanization
  5. Revolutions of 1848; socialism and liberalism
  6. Nationalism (unification of Germany and Italy)
  7. Mass politics (workers/women)
  8. Imperialism
  9. World War I and Russian Revolution
  10. Fascism and the Depression
  11. World War II
  12. Cold War
  13. European Union
  14. Europe in today’s world — contemporary issues (e.g., Yugoslavia, immigration, economics