HIS 212 Europe & Modern World

This course surveys European history from the late 15th to the late 20th centuries. Topics include: religious fragmentation and conflict, empire and capitalist expansions, science and Enlightenment, revolution and reform movements, the rise of urban industrial society, modern social formation and ideologies,the emergence of the nation-state, labor movements, world wars, the welfare state, and supranational organization. (L03)