HIST 129 - The First World War

Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)

This First-Year Writing Seminar teaches the skills of college research and writing by focusing on the cultural and social history of the Great War. Students explore the diplomatic events leading to war and the July Crisis of 1914; the deployment of weapons of mass destruction, many adopted from colonial contexts; the experiences of trench warefare; colonial soldiers and the war’s influence on global and mass anti-imperial movements; the relationship between home fronts and battle fronts; the war’s effects on gender roles; propaganda; the 1918 pandemic and new medical approaches to shell shock, amputations, and public health. Lydia Murdoch.

Two 75-minute periods.

Course Format: CLS