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HIST 433 — History of Modern Russia & U.S.A: 1700-1860

History · University of Ghana

This will deal with Russia from the accession of Peter the Great (1682) and U.S.A. from 1763 to 1860; Enlightenment in Russia and the U.S.A – ideas of Catherine II vs. those of Thomas Jefferson, the role of personality and leadership in the respective growths of Russia and America; territorial expansion; eastward expansion into Asia, the Baltic and the Balkan coasts vs. American westward expansion to the Pacific Coast.

Credits
3
Level
Level 400
Semester
Semester One

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Course details from University of Ghana Volume 2 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Humanities (2017).