History at its most interesting is complex, a fascinating whirl of events, personalities, and forces, and few periods of history offer us such captivating complexity as Europe's 19th "century"-the often-broadly defined period from the French Revolution to World War I that formed the foundation of the modern world. Professor Weiner, a five-time recipient of Lafayette's Student Government Superior Teaching Award during his 35 years of teaching history at Lafayette College, leads you on a spirited journey across an ever-changing European landscape, examining the forces and personalities that reshaped the continent's physical borders, diplomatic relationships, and balance of power.

Included in this Torrent:
36 MP3 Audio lectures - 30 minutes each, and a detailed 253 page PDF Course Guidebook is included.

Lectures:

Lecture One - The Long 19th Century

Lecture Two - The Legacy of the Past-The Old Regime

Lecture Three - The Age of Revolution, 1789-1848

Lecture Four - The French Revolution

Lecture Five - The Napoleonic Era, 1799-1815

Lecture Six - The First Industrial Revolution, 1760-1850

Lecture Seven - The Era of Metternich, 1815-1848

Lecture Eight - The Revolutions of 1848

Lecture Nine - Europe, 1850-1871-An Overview

Lecture Ten - The Crimean War, 1853-1856

Lecture Eleven - From Napoleon to Napoleon-France, 1815-1852

Lecture Twelve - Napoleon III-An Evaluation

Lecture Thirteen - Italy on the Eve-An Overview

Lecture Fourteen - Cavour and Napoleon III-“Unifying†Italy

Lecture Fifteen - Germany on the Eve

Lecture Sixteen - Age of Bismarck-Creating the German Empire

Lecture Seventeen - The British Way

Lecture Eighteen - The Russian Experience, 1789-1881

Lecture Nineteen - The Apogee of Europe, 1870-1914

Lecture Twenty - The Industrialization of Europe

Lecture Twenty One - The Socialist Response

Lecture Twenty Two - The Longest Hatred-European Anti-Semitism

Lecture Twenty Three - England, 1868-1914 Liberalism to Democracy

Lecture Twenty Four - The Third Republic-France, 1870-1914

Lecture Twenty Five - Bismarckian and Wilhelminian Germany

Lecture Twenty Six - Flawed States-Austria-Hungary and Italy

Lecture Twenty Seven - Russia, Turkey, and the Balkans

Lecture Twenty Eight - Bismarck Dominates Europe, 1870-1890

Lecture Twenty Nine - The “New†Imperialism

Lecture Thirty - The Diplomacy of Imperialism, 1890-1907

Lecture Thirty One - Europe in Crisis, 1908-1914 Outbreak of War

Lecture Thirty Two - The Origins of World War I

Lecture Thirty Three - The Great War-A Military Overview

Lecture Thirty Four - The Home Front During Total War

Lecture Thirty Five - The Impact of World War I - New World Disorder

Lecture Thirty Six - Looking Back, Thinking Ahead