HI107 The Origin of Contemporary Europe IS, SS1.0 A political, economic and cultural history of Europe from the Age of Imperialism, 1880-1918, to the end of the Second World War. Emphasis will be placed on the origins and consequences of World War One, the causes of World War Two, and the European experience of war, 1939-45. (Intersession and Summer Session only.) (E) Exclusion: HI108, HI109.