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The Western Experience, 8/e

Mortimer Chambers, University of California - Los Angeles
Barbara Hanawalt, Ohio State University
Theodore Rabb, Princeton University
Isser Woloch, Columbia University
Raymond Grew, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

The Age of Progress

Problems for Analysis

I. The Belle Époque


1		1. In what ways did popular culture become much more national, urban, and organized during this period? 2. How do you explain the proliferation of cultural styles during this period? 3. In what ways did modern life began during this period?

II. Attacks on Liberal Civilization


2		1. Analyze the growth of Marxism and its appeal. 2. Compare the attacks leveled on liberalism from the left, from conservatives, and from others. What do they have in common?

III. Domestic Politics


3		III. Domestic Politics 1. What common threads run through political developments in several nations during this period? 2. What forces resulted in the shift to more liberal institutions and policies in Russia during the first decade of the twentieth century? Compared to Western Europe, how liberal were these reforms?

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