2012-2013 Catalog 
    
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2012-2013 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

HIST 143A CM - Revolutions in the Atlantic World: Britain, North America, and France in the Age of Enlightenment

This course examines the political, economic, intellectual, and cultural revolutions in the northern European and North American world from the late 17th century to the early 19th century, exploring the rise of democracy, republicanism, liberalism, and the public sphere. Topics will include comparative conceptions of rights, citizenship, and nationalism; the Enlightenment; economic change; women and revolution; violence; culture and the arts as registers of change. Though the course examines the American Revolution, the focus is primarily European.

Offered: Every third year

Credit: 1

Course Number: HIST143A CM