HIST 20013 - Honors Western Civilization from 1500

* Prerequisite: Membership in the Honors Program. In the second semester of the western civilization track, students continue to examine the distinctive development of the West. Problems include the Reformations, the rise of capitalism, the causes and consequences of European expansion and its subsequent encounters with Africa, Asia and the Americas, industrialism, the rise of new political philosophies in the wake of democratic revolutions including liberalism and socialism, the challenges posed to those ideas by the ideas and experiences of the twentieth century. Extensive analysis through discussion and writing.





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