HIST 030. Glory Days? Western Europe’s Postwar 1945-1975

Though sometimes called the trente glorieuses (glorious thirty), the decades after World War II witnessed upheaval in Western Europe. We will analyze these years, which witnessed the Marshall Plan, decolonization, and student protest. We will interrogate how to define a Western European space, with an eye toward empire, European integration, and the Cold War.
Concentrations: Culture and Identity, Empires and Nations
Social sciences.
1 credit.
Eligible for Concentrations: Culture and Identity, Empires and Nations
Fall 2025. Brown.
Catalog chapter: History
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/history

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