This course will examine the nature of revolution and change via examination of its social, cultural, economic, psychological and contextual factors. This, in essence is also what studying history is all about. Understanding causal relationships.
The Revolutions and changes we will be studying are:
The Renaissance
The Reformation
The Scientific Revolution and Age of Enlightenment
The French Revolution
Napoleonic Europe
The Russian Revolution
The Industrial Revolution
Communism as an ideological Revolution and the Cold War