HIST 336 - Modern France, 1848-2000

Credit Hours: 3

This course will look at the history of France from the Revolution of 1848 and the rise of the Second Empire, through the two world wars, to 2000. It will focus on this era’s political, social, and cultural changes. Special attention will be paid to the rise of Paris as a world capital, the affects of World War I on interwar politics, gender and culture, the generation gap caused by the postwar baby boom, and the integration and resistance of French citizens to the merging European Union at the end of the twentieth century.