Our world is the child of revolutions and revolutionaries. The French and English revolutions created modern politics. The Commercial and Industrial Revolutions spawned a global market economy. Marxism, nationalism and other ideologies have sparked revolutionary efforts to create new societies. This course explores revolutions and the people who have inspired and led them. Students study what events lead to these upheavals, what new societies revolutionary governments have created and what changed and what remained the same.
Prerequisites
- One 100- or 200-level HIS, HPS or POL course
Semester Offered
Offered spring of every third year