HIST 140 CM - Family, Women, and Social Change in Western Europe, 1500-1945

This course will analyze the relationships between family and gender, asking how men, women, and children’s roles are shaped by economic, demographic, religious, and cultural factors. In turn, we will consider how the family and gender provided a symbolic language in politics and society, and how political, economic, and religious revolutions often focused on remaking the family and altering the roles of women and men. From the Renaissance and Reformation to industrialization and nationalism of the late 19^th century.

Offered: Every other year

Credit: 1

Course Number: HIST140 CM