Intro to Western Civilization: Circa 1715 to Present

History 1C: Intro to Western Civilization: Circa 1715 to Present - 5 units - UCLA GE The Enlightenment, Revolutions, Imperialism, World Wars, And Globalization An introduction to Western history in the modern period. Explore the rise of democracy and human rights, industrialization and urbanization, and nationalism and imperialism. Examine important historical events including the Napoleonic Wars, unification of Italy and Germany, World War I, the Russian Revolution, the rise of fascism, World War II, the Cold War, and Globalization. Lynn Hunt is a Distinguished Professor of History and the Eugen Weber Endowed Chair in Modern European History. Her specialties include the French Revolution, gender history, cultural history and historiography. She has been awarded a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, Guggenheim Fellowship, Getty Fellowship, American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellowship, and has served at the President of the American Historical Association.