2025-2026 Readings in Later Modern History (1800-2000) (Pre-Recorded Class)
$715.00
After the French Revolution, Europe had been changed permanently in its political, cultural, and spiritual life. The Napoleonic Wars, Industrial Revolution, Victorian Age, followed in the 20th century by the two world wars and growth of totalitarianism, represent one of the most dramatic and most violent periods of recorded history. Students who enroll in this course are encouraged but not required to enroll also in Mr. Banks’ Later Modern Literature course.
At the end of each semester, students will compose an essay in which they will be expected to summarize the main religious, cultural and political developments of the period we have studied, while showing the connection of these to one another and describing the men and women who have significantly shaped the course of modern western history.
The pre-recorded option is a closed class that includes the full recording and material archive of the past year’s class with no wait time. With a pre-recorded class, there are no writing assignments and no grades issued for the high school courses.
Book List:
- The Age of Napoleon by Alistair Horne (Modern Library)
- The Romantic Revolution by Tim Blanning (Modern Library)
- England in the Nineteenth Century (1815-1914) by David Thomson (Penguin)
- A History of the Twentieth Century: The Concise Edition by Martin Gilbert (William Morrow Paperbacks)
- Select Primary Sources Provided in Class Including Works by:
- William Wordsworth
- Victor Hugo
- Lucien Romier
- H.D. Sedgwick
- Karl Marx
- Friedrich Engels
- Vladimir Lenin
- Winston Churchill
- George Orwell
- Poetry by W.H. Auden
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After the French Revolution, Europe had been changed permanently in its political, cultural, and spiritual life. The Napoleonic Wars, Industrial Revolution, Victorian Age, followed in the 20th century by the two world wars and growth of totalitarianism, represent one of the most dramatic and most violent periods of recorded history. Students who enroll in this course are encouraged but not required to enroll also in Mr. Banks’ Later Modern Literature course.
At the end of each semester, students will compose an essay in which they will be expected to summarize the main religious, cultural and political developments of the period we have studied, while showing the connection of these to one another and describing the men and women who have significantly shaped the course of modern western history.
The pre-recorded option is a closed class that includes the full recording and material archive of the past year’s class with no wait time. With a pre-recorded class, there are no writing assignments and no grades issued for the high school courses.
Book List:
- The Age of Napoleon by Alistair Horne (Modern Library)
- The Romantic Revolution by Tim Blanning (Modern Library)
- England in the Nineteenth Century (1815-1914) by David Thomson (Penguin)
- A History of the Twentieth Century: The Concise Edition by Martin Gilbert (William Morrow Paperbacks)
- Select Primary Sources Provided in Class Including Works by:
- William Wordsworth
- Victor Hugo
- Lucien Romier
- H.D. Sedgwick
- Karl Marx
- Friedrich Engels
- Vladimir Lenin
- Winston Churchill
- George Orwell
- Poetry by W.H. Auden
Additional information
| Class Time | Fridays, 11:00am-12:30pm ET, Asynchronous |
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