History 151 - Europe in the Modern World

Surveys the major movements and developments in Europe during the era of European expansion and dominance -- from the devastations of the Thirty Years War to the Second World War -- and up to the current era of European Union. Topics include: the French Revolution and the birth of nationalism; the scientific and industrial revolutions; the modern history of international relations; imperialism, fascism, the Holocaust, the two World Wars, and the present and potential roles of Europe at the dawn of the twenty-first century.