Required Texts
All required reading assignments will be available on the course website for download as PDFs. Please contact me immediately if you have any trouble accessing the readings.
Weekly Lectures and Reading Schedule
In addition to attending the below lectures and completing the assigned readings, students are required to enroll in and attend one of the History 1330 discussion sections scheduled by the Registrar's Office and facilitated by one of the teaching assistants.
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PART A: THE EMERGENCE OF THE MODERN WORLD SYSTEM
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Week 1: Why Global History? [27 August - 31 August]
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Week 2: The Early Modern World [3 September - 7 September]
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Week 3: The Making of the World System I [10 September - 14 September]
Assignment Due 10 September: Content Quiz
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Week 4: The Making of the World System II [17 September - 21 September]
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PART B: THE INTEGRATION INTO THE WORLD SYSTEM
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Week 5: Revolutions for All? (c. 1750 - 1850) [24 September - 28 September]
Assignment Due 24 September: First Midterm Exam
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Week 6: The Shifting Terrain of the Local and the Global: Defensive Developmentalism (c. 1800 - 1914)
[1 October - 5 October]
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Week 7: The Shifting Terrain of the Local and the Global: Imperialism (c. 1800 - 1914) [8 October - 12 October]
Assignment Due 8 October: Map Quiz I (Europe and the Americas)
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Week 8: Nationalism and Mass Politics [15 October - 19 October]
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PART C: FINDING PLACE IN THE MODERN WORLD SYSTEM
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Week 9: World War One and the Interwar Years (1914 - 1939) [22 October - 26 October]
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Week 10: World War II and The Emergence of the Cold War (1939-1945 and 1945-1990) [29 October - 2 November]
Assignment Due 29 October: Second Midterm Exam
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Week 11: Decolonization and the Cold War I (c. 1945 - 1955) [5 November - 9 November]
Assignment Due: Map Quiz II (Africa)
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Week 12: Decolonization and the Cold War II (c. 1955 - 1975) [12 November - 16 November]
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Week 13: Topics in Contemporary World History [19 November - 23 November]
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Week 14: Topics in Contemporary World History [26 November - 30 November]
Assignment Due Wednesday 28 November: Map Quiz III (The Middle East and Asia)
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Week 15: After the Cold War (c. 1991 - 2012) [3 December - 7 December]
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Final Exam: 10:10am-12:10pm on Friday December 14, 2018 (as per scheduling by Registrar's Office)
[Click here to download final exam study guide.]
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PART A: THE EMERGENCE OF THE MODERN WORLD SYSTEM
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Week 1: Why Global History? [27 August - 31 August]
Required Readings:
- Carole Berkin and Betty S. Anderson, selections from The History Handbook (Wadsworth 2012), pp. 1-18.
- Robert B. Marks, "The Material and Trading Worlds circa 1400," The Origins of the Modern World (Rowman and Littlefield, 2007).
- Monday: Introduction
- Wednesday: "The Non-Modern World" [Click here to download lecture outline]
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Week 2: The Early Modern World [3 September - 7 September]
Required Readings:
- Ross E. Dunn and Laura J. Mitchell, "Afroeurasia and Its Powerful States, 1500-1600," Panorama: A World History Vol. 2 (2015).
- Robert B. Marks, "Empires, States, and the New World," The Origins of the Modern World (Rowman and Littlefield, 2007).
Lectures:
- Monday: No Class (Labor Day)
- Wednesday: "The Birth of the Modern World System" [Click here to download lecture outline]
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Week 3: The Making of the World System I [10 September - 14 September]
Assignment Due 10 September: Content Quiz
Required Readings:
- James Carter and Richard Warren, "The New Global Interface," Forging the Modern World: A History (Oxford University Press, 2018), pp. 47-67.
- John Iliffe, Selections from "The Africa Slave Trade," Africans: A History of a Continent (Cambridge University Press), pp. 131-152.
Lectures:
- Monday: "Settler Colonialism, Slavery, and the Atlantic System" [Clicl here for lecture outline]
- Wednesday: TBA
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Week 4: The Making of the World System II [17 September - 21 September]
Required Readings:
- Edward A. Alpers, "Intrusions and Transitions in the Early Modern Period," The Indian Ocean in World History (Oxford University Press, 2014), pp. 69-97.
- Crag A. Lockard, "Christians, Spices, and Western Expansion," Southeast Asia in World History (Oxford University Press, 2009), pp. 75-92.
Lectures:
- Monday: "Imperial Competition and the Transformation of Indian Ocean Trade" [Click here for outline]
- Wednesday: TBA
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PART B: THE INTEGRATION INTO THE WORLD SYSTEM
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Week 5: Revolutions for All? (c. 1750 - 1850) [24 September - 28 September]
Assignment Due 24 September: First Midterm Exam
Required Readings:
- Robert W. Strayer and Eric W. Nelson, "Atlantic Revolutions, Global Echoes," Ways of the World: A Brief Global History (Bedford/St. Martin, 2016), pp. 697-729.
- Robert W. Strayer and Eric W. Nelson, "Revolutions of Industrialization," Ways of the World: A Brief Global History (Bedford/St. Martin, 2016), pp. 737-774.
Lectures:
- Monday: Midterm Exam
- Wednesday: Class Cancelled
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Week 6: The Shifting Terrain of the Local and the Global: Defensive Developmentalism (c. 1800 - 1914)
[1 October - 5 October]
Required Readings:
- Richard Bulliet et. al., "Ch. 24: Nation Building and Economic Transformation in the Americas," The Earth and Its Peoples: A Global History, Vol. II: Since 1500, 5th Edition (2011), 630-659.
- Richard Bulliet et. al., "Ch. 25: Land Empires in the Age of Imperialism," The Earth and Its Peoples: A Global History, Vol. II: Since 1500, 5th Edition (2011), 660-683.
Lectures:
- Monday: "Defensive Developmentalism: A Conceptual Framework" [Click here for lecture outline]
- Wednesday: "Defensive Developmentalism: Case Studies"
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Week 7: The Shifting Terrain of the Local and the Global: Imperialism (c. 1800 - 1914) [8 October - 12 October]
Assignment Due 8 October: Map Quiz I (Europe and the Americas)
Required Readings:
- Richard Bulliet et. al., "Ch. 26: The New British Empire," The Earth and Its Peoples: A Global History, Vol. II: Since 1500, 5th Edition (2011), 630-659.
- Richard Bulliet et. al., "Ch. 28: The New Imperialism," The Earth and Its Peoples: A Global History, Vol. II: Since 1500, 5th Edition (2011), 630-659.
Lectures:
- Monday: "Modern Imperialism: A Conceptual Framework" [Click here for lecture outline]
- Wednesday: "Modern Imperialism: Case Studies"
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Week 8: Nationalism and Mass Politics [15 October - 19 October]
Required Readings:
- James L. Gelvin, "Wasif Jawhariyyeh and the Great Nineteenth-Century Transformation," The Modern Middle East: A History (Oxford University Press, 2014).
- James L. Gelvin, "Constitutionalism," The Modern Middle East: A History (Oxford University Press, 2014).
Lectures:
- Monday: "The 19th-Century Transformation I" [Click here for lecture outline]
- Wednesday: "The 19th-Century Transformation I"
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PART C: FINDING PLACE IN THE MODERN WORLD SYSTEM
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Week 9: World War One and the Interwar Years (1914 - 1939) [22 October - 26 October]
Required Readings:
- Tignor, et. al., "Of Masses and Visions of the Modern," Worlds Together Worlds Apart: From the Beginning of Humankind to the Present, Vol. II.
Lectures:
- Monday: "The (Worldwide) Great War and Its Consequences" [Click here for lecture outline]
- Wednesday: "New Movements and New Regimes: Communists, Fascists, Nazis, and More" [Click here for lecture outline]
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Week 10: World War II and The Emergence of the Cold War (1939-1945 and 1945-1990) [29 October - 2 November]
Assignment Due 29 October: Second Midterm Exam
Required Readings:
- Ross E. Dunn and Laura J. Mitchell, Selections from "World War II and Its Aftermath," Panorama: A World History Vol. 2 (2015).
Lectures:
- Monday: Midterm Exam
- Wednesday:"Global Dimensions of the Second World War" [Click here for lecture outline]
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Week 11: Decolonization and the Cold War I (c. 1945 - 1955) [5 November - 9 November]
Assignment Due: Map Quiz II (Africa)
Required Readings:
- Jerry Bentley, Herbert Zeigler, and Heather Steers, Selections from "New Conflagrations: World War II and the Cold War," Traditions & Encounters: A Global Perspective on the Past.
- Richard Bulliet et. al., "The Cold War and Decolonization," (Click here for Part 1; Click here for Part 2) The Earth and Its Peoples: A Global History, Vol. II: Since 1500, 5th Edition (2011).
Lectures:
- Monday: "The Emergence and Transformations of the Cold War" [Click here for lecture outline]
- Wednesday: "Understanding Decolonization" [Click here for lecture outline]
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Week 12: Decolonization and the Cold War II (c. 1955 - 1975) [12 November - 16 November]
Required Readings:
- Ross E. Dunn and Laura J. Mitchell, "Global Boom and Its Contradictions," Panorama: A World History Vol. 2 (2015).
Lectures:
- Monday: No Class (Veteran's Day)
- Wednesday: Film Screening
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Week 13: Topics in Contemporary World History [19 November - 23 November]
Required Readings:
- No Reading [Use this break to catch up on readings and review lecture notes]
Lectures:
- Monday: TBA
- Wednesday: No Class (Thanksgiving Break)
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Week 14: Topics in Contemporary World History [26 November - 30 November]
Assignment Due Wednesday 28 November: Map Quiz III (The Middle East and Asia)
Required Readings:
- Ross E. Dunn and Laura J. Mitchell, "Global Boom and Its Contradictions," Panorama: A World History Vol. 2 (2015).
Lectures:
- Monday: "Making Sense of the 1945-2015 Period" [Click here for lecture outline]
- Wednesday: "Post-Colonial State Building and Economic Development"
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Week 15: After the Cold War (c. 1991 - 2012) [3 December - 7 December]
Required Readings:
- Select one (and only one) of the following to read:
Lectures:
- Monday: "TBA"
- Wednesday: Review Tips for Final Exam
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Final Exam: 10:10am-12:10pm on Friday December 14, 2018 (as per scheduling by Registrar's Office)
[Click here to download final exam study guide.]
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