HSTY1044 - Twentieth-Century Europe

Summer Main, 2012  |  Credit Points: 6

Coordinator: Jennie Nicole Taylor
Email: jennie.taylor@sydney.edu.au

Description

This unit surveys Europe's twentieth century, examining the First World War, the Russian Revolution, fascism, the cultural ferment of the interwar years, the Second World War and the Holocaust, European empires and decolonization, Cold War culture and politics, and European unification. The transformations of the twentieth century took place in many different spheres of human existence, and this unit introduces students to some of the varieties of history and the diverse ways historians approach the past.

Assessments

1x2500wd research essay (50%), 1x2hr exam (40%) and tutorial participation (10%)

Classes

2x1-hr lectures/week, 1x1-hr tutorial/week

Prohibitions

HSTY1043

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