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 8, 2016

Week 2 - Reaction, Reform and Revolution

Monday through Friday, January 11-15, 2015.
Long Periods: Independent Research (IR) time in library; focus on independent research.
Quiz#2.1 goes live online on Haiku on Friday afternoon, 1/15 at 3:30 and will remain open through Wednesday evening at midnight, 1/20; covers materials from Weeks 1 and 2. 
   
Leading questions: What were some of the main characteristics of 19th-century conservatism, liberalism, and nationalism? How did early 19th-century conservatives and liberals respond to the French Revolution? How were their ideas reflected in the reactions to the French Revolution, i.e., The Congress of Vienna, and the reform movements that ensued?

Day 1: Counterrevolution and Reaction. 
In-class: Review Week 1, the history of human rights and discuss current events. 
Homework for Day 2: Read “Coping with Change: Ideology, Politics, and Revolution, 1815-1850,” in The West in the World, eds. Sherman/Salisbury, pp. 547-555; take notes on the following key terms and persons.
Key Terms: The Restoration, the Congress of Vienna, the Holy Alliance, the Concert of Europe, ideology, conservatism, liberalism, nationalism, laissez faire, and utilitarianism. 
Key Persons: Prince Klemens von Metternich, Tsar Alexander I, Edmund Burke, Louis de Bonald, Joseph de Maistre (see document 18.1 in textbook), Adam Smith, Thomas Malthus, David Ricardo, Jeremy Bentham, and John Stuart Mill.

Day 2/3: Romanticism, Restoration and Repression.
Long periods: Meet in the library for reading time and research; set up one-on-one meetings with the instructor about research.

 Homework for Day 3: Read “Coping with Change: Ideology, Politics, and Revolution, 1815-1850,” in The West in the World, eds. Sherman/Salisbury, pp. 556-564 (up until "A Wave of Revolution and Reform"); take notes on the following key terms and persons, and answer the following two questions.
Key Terms: Romanticism, "Storm and Stress" literature, utopian socialists, the Communist Manifesto, socialism, Carlsbad Decrees and the Peterloo Massacre.
Key Persons: Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Saint-Simon, Charles Fourier, Robert Owen, Flora Tristan, Karl Marx, and Charles X.
Key Questions for Day 3:
#1: What forces stemming from the French Revolution did conservatives try to repress or contain? To what extent do you think conservatives succeeded?
#2: In what ways did the ideas and actions of liberals, nationalists, and socialists challenge conservatives between 1815 and 1850?  

Day 3: A Wave of Revolution and Reform.
In-class: Discuss two primary sources from the in-class handout, i.e., The Carlsbad Decrees"; review homework on the role of ideologies in the wake of the French Revolution.
Homework for Day 4: Read “Coping with Change: Ideology, Politics, and Revolution, 1815-1850,” in The West in the World, eds. Sherman/Salisbury, pp. 564-574, take notes on the following key terms and persons, answer the two questions.
Key Terms: The Greek War for Independence, The July Revolution in France, Carbonari, Reform Bill of 1832, Corn Laws, Irish Famine, Chartism, National Workshops, Frankfurt Assembly, June Days in France.   
Key Persons: Louis Philippe. 
Key Questions for Day 4:
#1: What if any was the impact of the revolutions of 1848?
#2: Why did the revolutions so quickly collapse?

Day 4: Coping with Change: Ideology, Politics, and Revolution, 1815-1850.
In-class: Discuss the final set of readings, and review the material from the week in preparation for Quiz 2.1.
Homework over the weekend: Continue reading for the book review project and independent research. 

Homework over the weekend: Continue to work on independent research and writing.
Homework for Day 1/2 (Periods 3 on Tuesday, 1/19, Period 7 on Wednesday, 1/20, and Periods 4&5 on Thursday, 1/21): 
- Read “Factories, Cities, and Families in the Industrial Age: The Industrial Revolution, 1780-1850,” in The West in the World, eds. Sherman/Salisbury, pp. 517-527, and prepare notes on the key terms and question below (prepare for graded discussion):
- Key Terms: Industrial revolution, capital, entrepreneur, and factory system.

- Homework question: How do you explain why Britain industrialized before other European nations and non-Western societies such as China?
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