History 210, Spring 2022 - Schedule: Topics that will be discussed in class are listed here. Each week readings will be made available in advance on Moodle.
Week 1. Napoleon and the legacy of the French revolution
Week 2. The European environment and the industrial revolution
Week 3 The new revolutions, Karl Marx and the Communist Manifesto
Week 4. The birth of a new nationalism
Week 5. Europe and the Americas
Week 6. The question of German unification: Napoleon to Bismarck
Week 7. A century of music, art, poetry and literature
Week 8. Review session and midterm exam
Week 9. Queen Victoria and the British Empire
Week 10. The Italian Risorgimento - Hungary and Poland
Week 11. Napoleon III and the rebuilding of Paris - urban vs rural Europe
Week 12. The Russian dilemma: tradition and modernization
Week 13: The scramble for Africa. The “strong brown God”
Week 14: War and peace: Sir Norman Angell and The Great Illusion
Week 15: The collapse of the balance: towards the First World War
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