The four main themes of this course are answers to the question, "What makes Europe distinctive compared with other parts of the world?" 1. The Nation State. The idea of the State or sovereign authority takes on a new significance when it is attached to a nation or a people who have an idea of a common origin and identity. This idea was developed first and most powerfully in Europe. 2. Citizenship. When a nation is made up of citizens, they feel a greater commitment to the community. 3. The scientific method enables one to ask questions about the universe and the nature of human beings, and to obtain answers that work well in practice. 4. Developed Broadly Based Public Finance. The idea that government can mobilize the wealth of a whole people.
In the Shadow of Korematsu
Eric K. Yamamoto
audiobook
A Good American Family: The Red Scare and My Father
David Maraniss
audiobook
Innovating in a Secret World
Tina P. Srivastava
audiobook
Crusade Against the Grail : The Struggle between the Cathars, the Templars, and the Church of Rome
Otto Rahn
book
My Battle Against Hitler
Dietrich Hildebrand, John Henry Crosby
audiobook
Reformationen : 1500-tallets kulturrevolution
n a
book
First Principles : What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country
Thomas E. Ricks
audiobook
Landmark Decisions of the Supreme Court : Select Cases Pertaining to Abortion, Birth Control and Reproductive Rights
United States Supreme Court
audiobook
Red Orchestra
Anne Nelson
audiobook
Resistance from the Right
Lauren Lassabe Shepherd
audiobook
The Netanyahu Years
Ben Caspit, Ora Cummings
audiobook
The Founding Myth
Andrew L. Seidel
audiobook