HIST 243 - Europe in the Age of Revolution

2020-2021 Catalog Year

Credit(s): 4
Lecture: 4
Non-Lecture: 0
The historian Eric Hobsbawm described Europe’s nineteenth century as the age of revolution. Indeed, the period was a time of major political, social, and cultural change that continues to resonate with us today. In this class, we study uprisings such as the French Revolution and the 1905 Russian Revolution. We examine moments of societal upheavals such as the Industrial Revolution and the 1848 Revolutions. And we explore the emergence of transformative ideologies such as romanticism, nationalism, and socialism. Because the age of revolution was often accompanied by violence - from popular riots and round-ups to state-sanctioned purges and massacres - we also consider how historical actors weighed the costs of change and how they justified its outcomes.

Offered: Not on a regular basis
Program Attribute: HEUR