Description
Pre-requisite: HIS 2301
This course provides a historical survey of Europe from the Congress of Vienna in 1814-15 through to the Yalta Conference in 1945. Beginning with the Treaty of Vienna, the course studies developments in nineteenth century Europe: the revolutions of 1848, the rise of nationalism and the unifications of Italy and Germany. In the twentieth century the course addresses the origins, course and effects of the two World Wars in Europe as well as the rise of communism, Fascism and Nazism.