HIST 2239 - European Nationalism in the Age of the Nation-State

Credit(s): 3
Lecture Hour(s): 3
Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
This course examines the history of nationalism in Europe between 1780 and 1990. Two separate but related themes will be pursued: how the nation-state emerged as the dominant form of geopolitical organization in Europe, and how nationalism confronted and was adapted to circumstances and rival ideologies. Topics may include popular sovereignty and nationalism in revolutionary and Napoleonic Europe liberal nationalism; the Vienna settlement and the revolutions of 1848; the unification of Italy and Germany; the decay of Europe’s multinational empires; racism, anti-Semitism, and national identity; nationalism and totalitarianism; communism and the nationality question; internationalism since 1945.

GNED Cluster 2 - Tier 2

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