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HIST 223 - International Relations, 1815-1918: Europe and the World


FDR: HU, GE4b
Credits: 3
When Offered: Fall 2009 and alternate years

Prerequisite: HIST 102 or permission of the instructor.Topics include the “Metternich system” for maintaining peace, strains in that system caused by the rise of nationalism, European relations with Africa and Asia during the era of Free Trade, the dramatic expansion of Europe’s colonial empires in the late nineteenth century (with special emphasis on the partition of Africa), the development of rival alliance systems within Europe, and the causes of the First World War. Our goal is to understand the causes of international conflict and the most successful strategies for maintaining peace.Patch.





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