07:20 PM to 10:00 PM T
Research Hall 201
Section Information for Spring 2020
What does it mean to become modern? Does it simply mean, for example, the building of factories and the movement of people from farms into cities? Or does it necessarily entail, or perhaps even result from, some deeper transformation of things immaterial—our values, our identities, or the structure or content of our ideas? This course will explore the various ways in which historians have conceptualized the shift from early modernity to modernity. We will focus on two geographic regions: Western Europe, whose historical experience gave rise to most of the models of modernization, and East Asia, where many of those models have been applied in an attempt to test their universality. We will examine, in comparative fashion, the different ways in which historians have traced this shift—through economic and political systems, social structures, popular culture, intellectual life, religion, gender, and national identity.
View 3 Other Sections of this Course in this Semester »
Credits: 3
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
The University Catalog is the authoritative source for information on courses. The Schedule of Classes is the authoritative source for information on classes scheduled for this semester. See the Schedule for the most up-to-date information and see Patriot web to register for classes.