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 15, 2016

Week 3 - The Industrial Revolution

Tuesday through Friday, January 19-22.
Holiday: MLK JR Day, Monday, 1/19 - No class. 
Long periods: Meet in library; In-class reading time for independent research. 
Leading questions: What is industrialization? Where did industrialization begin? How and why did industrialization occur? What were the effects of industrialization, and how did people respond to the conditions of industrialization? 

 Day 1: Utopianism, Marxism and Socialism.
Heads up! Homework DUE for Day 1:
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?
In-class: Review the age of ideologies, Week 1 and 2 materials; read Marx and Engels, "The Communist Manifesto", and discuss the ideologies of Marxism and Socialism.

Day 1/2 (long periods): Independent Research.
Meet in the library; come prepared to read for the book review project and discuss with instructor.
- Homework for Day 3: Read or review "The Guano Age," in Charles Mann, 1493, pp. 271-281, and answer the following question.
- Homework question: How does the story of guano shed new light on where and how the industrial revolution began and developed?  

Day 3:The Beginnings of Industrialization.
- In-class: Discuss "The Guano Age," in Charles Mann, 1493, pp. 271-281. 
- Homework over the weekend: Work on independent research and writing.


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