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Europe in the Age of Revolutions - HIST2484
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Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
 
 
School:  School of History and Philosophy
 
 
Course Outline: http://hist-phil.arts.unsw.edu.au/currentstudents/ugoutlines.html
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: 18 units of credit
 
 
Equivalent: EURO2484
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Examines and assesses the most significant upheavals of the turbulent decades between the late-18th century and the mid-19th century. Topics may include: the French Revolution, Napoleonic Europe, innovations in agriculture, industry and communications, social transformations (population growth, urbanisation, ideas about 'classes'), cultural production (Romanticism, the periodical press), the expansion of state power, and conflicts over political representation (conservatism, nationalism, socialism, feminism).

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