HIST 4640:Modern Ireland

3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must have earned at least 45 credit hours.
This course surveys Irish history from 1700 to the present. The primary emphasis is on the political history of Ireland, but the course also seeks to convey an understanding of Irish economic, social and cultural history, as well as of the influence of the Irish in America. Major topics include Irish nationalism, Ulster unionism, the Famine, Irish revolutions, the Irish Civil War, and the Troubles.