HIST 6640:Modern Ireland

3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to gradute study or permission of the department chair
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.

This course may be cross-leveled with HIST 8640  or HIST 4640