Nov 23, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2014-15

HIST 3831 - Modern Poland: War, Revolution and Peace from 1905 to the Present


Explores developments in Poland from partition to independence; Polish struggles for sovereignty and imperial expansion in Eastern Europe; politics and culture in a multinational Poland, the tragedies of World War II, the Holocaust and subordination to the Soviet Union; the popular struggle to build a new, ethnically cleansed Poland and win autonomy with the eastern bloc; the vitality of religious life and nationalism; Poles’ successful struggle to free their country from Soviet control and Poland’s renewed independence after 1989. We will conclude by studying Poland’s contemporary society and politics.

Requisites: Soph or Jr or Sr
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible grades: A-F,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I


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