ECN 450 Nationalism and Economy (3 credits)

An interdisciplinary study of the relationship between nationalism and economics. Topics include economics and the rise of nationalism in 20th century Europe; nationalism and economics in the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman empires; Hitler and German nationalism; nationalism and Europe’s colonies after World War II; nationalism in the post-communist world; and the breakup of the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia. Satisfies one GER/GEP Social Science course.