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THE FIRST WORLD WAR AND THE SHAPING OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY EUROPE

HISTORY 350
Course Description

The experience and legacy of the First World War has been linked to nearly every social, cultural, and political transformation that marked the short century that followed: mobilization and the experience of total war transformed the relations between governments and citizens, between men and women, and between social classes. Europeans experienced death on an unprecedented scale and came to terms with new forms of industrialized warfare, from the use of poison gas to modern practices of genocide. Europeans now learned to live with violence, both during as well as after the war, and found new ways to mourn or remember the dead. Using a wide variety of contemporary sources -- memoirs, essays, poems, or cinematic representations -- situates the upheaval of 1914-1918 within the larger framework of twentieth-century European history.

Prerequisties

Sophomore standing

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

3 to 4

Offered

Fall

Grade Point Average
1.98

-10.91% from Historical

Completion Rate
98.36%

0.61% from Historical

A Rate
45.08%

67.13% from Historical

Class Size
122

45.45% from Historical

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