Course Description

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The overall course covers the history of the world from roughly 1500 to the present. The first quarter opens with the time when Asia was the center of world affairs, then traces European encounters with Asia and the Americas, and the complex interactions and consequences of the so-called "Columbian Exchange" between Europe, Asia, the Americas and Africa. The first quarter ends with a survey of the European Renaissance and Reformation, in both its local and global dimensions. The second quarter will focus on the rise of absolute monarchies and new ideas and practices, especially with the scientific revolution and Enlightenment. The second quarter ends with assessments of the legacies of the French Revolution, Napoleon and the emergence of the British Empire. The third quarter starts with the implications of the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars in the wake of the Congress of Vienna, i.e., the discourse on rights, reaction, revolution and reform, the rise of new ideologies, in particular, Classical Liberalism, nationalism, and romanticism, and conservative reactions to the changes wrought by the American and French Revolutions. The course then examines the rise of industrialization and social change in 19th-century Europe, and the emergence of middle and working class cultures, followed by new iterations of liberalism and conservatism, the proliferation of more ideologies, e.g., socialism, communism, ultranationalism, social Darwinism, and antisemitism. Then the course examines the unification of the Italian and German nation states, and the creation of the modern welfare state. From there the course traces the rise of a new wave of Western imperialism, followed by the rest of the world's reactions to the rise of European empires and ideas, and in particular, the emergence of industrial Japan and their surprising victory over Russia. The third quarter ends with the outbreak of the First World War. The fourth and final quarter surveys the effects of the First World War, followed by the brief peak of classical liberal nation states and promises for peace, and the rapid rise of authoritarianism, in both communist and fascist variations, with a special focus on the rise of Nazism, the Nazi racial transformation of Germany and the Holocaust and Shoah of modern Europe. The fourth quarter concludes by looking at the causes and effects of the Second World War, the Cold War, the end of European empires in Asia and Africa, the emergence of the Modern Middle East and China, the end of the Cold War, history since 1989, all the way to the present, including current events.

Friday, January 24, 2014

Week 4 – 1848: A Wave of Revolution and Reform

Monday through Friday, January 27-31, 2014

Quiz on Friday, 1/31; covers Week 3 and 4 materials.
Guest lecture by Ellen Zieselman, Curator of Education at the New Mexico Museum of Art, for Period 1 on Wednesday, 1/29.
 
Long periods: In-class reading time for book reviews and independent research in the library.
***NOTE: Book review drafts are due Friday, February 7.
 
Day 1: The Effects of Industrialization, Part 1.
In-class: Read secondary source handouts on the causes and effects of industrialization; identify key arguments and evidence.
Homework for Day 2:  
1. Current Events: What's Going On? Syria: Peace Talks. 
Read article: Deutsch Welle, "Interpretations Differ as Syria's Two Sides Talk," (1/26/14). 
Answer question: How are the peace talks going? Extra credit: Research updates on the situation and report in class.
2. Textbook: Read “Factories, Cities, and Families in the Industrial Age: The Industrial Revolution, 1780-1850,” in The West in the World, eds. Sherman/Salisbury, pp. 536-544, and answer the following questions.
Homework question#1: What drove the development of public health and medicine during the industrial revolution and why?
Homework question#2: What were the ideals and realities of middle class and working class life? 

Day 2: The Effects of Industrialization, Part 2.
In-class: Discuss the homework reading and questions on the effects of industrialization.
Homework for Day 3:  
1. Current Events: What's Going On?
Ukraine: An Opinion on the Protests.
Read article #2: Deutsche Welle, "Ukraine Protests Could Spread Like Wildfire," (1/26/14). 
Answer question: How are protests challenging the government in Ukraine?
Extra credit: Research updates on the situation and report in class.
2. Textbook: Review the sections on early socialism/Marxism and the 1848 revolutions in “A Wave of Revolution and Reform,” in The West in the World, eds. Sherman/Salisbury, pp. 559-561 and 564-574, prepare a set of notes using the PERSIA-rubric handout, and answer the following question:
Homework question: What do you think changed life more in the 19th century, the rise of new ideologies like liberalism, nationalism and socialism, capped by new revolutions in 1830 and 1848, OR the socio-economic impact of the industrial revolution? Make sure to make use of both primary and secondary sources in support of your response.   

Day 3: Revolutionary?
In-class; Discuss the question: What do you think changed life more in the 19th century, the rise of new ideologies like liberalism, nationalism and socialism, capped by new revolutions in 1830 and 1848, OR the socio-economic impact of the industrial revolution? Make sure to make use of both primary and secondary sources in support of your response.   
Homework for Day 4:
1. Current Events: What's Going On?
- Instructions: Please read the following articles this week, continue to follow these situations, and prepare for class discussions and quiz.
1. Egypt: Calls for Presidential Elections.
Read article#1: Deutsche Welle, "Early Presidential Elections Announced in Egypt," (1/26/14).
Answer question: What happened over the weekend in Egypt and how is that changing the political situation there? Extra credit: Research updates on the situation and report in class.
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