History 111 S09
Professor
Kathleen Addison
ST 606; OH M
3:45-4:15 by appt
677-2404
World Civilization 1500 to the Present
This is a
survey course in World Civilization in the modern era. We now live in a “global” era in which we are
connected, almost instantly, to all other areas of the world via technology;
however, the linkages we now experience are not only based in technology, but
an interconnection that encompasses politics, economies, religions (and differences), cultures, and a
myriad other factors that are part of the human legacy. It is perhaps more important than ever to
understand not only those differences, but the similarities, and the roots that
led us to this point. Many causes and
effects trace back through history, and we will study these thematically in
this course. My philosophy in history is
not to memorize the facts, but to put them together, and to look at this story
of humanity in a way that examines how things change and, more importantly,
why. Our learning objectives for this
course, therefore, are not merely recitation of facts, but a deeper analysis
and search for meaning of these events.
Texts: You will be using Tignor,
Adelman, et al Worlds Together, Worlds
Apart, Vol 2 (2nd edition, wwnorton)
You have two
additional readings: Marx’s Communist Manifesto (with documents); and
Solzhenitsyn’s One Day in the Life of
Ivan Denisovich.
The textbook comes with Studyspace and Digital
Documents, which will be used in the class.
Course
Requirements: All requirements must be
met in order to receive a passing grade in the course. Please note the appropriate deadlines set by
the university for drop deadlines, which are now being strictly enforced. I do not drop anyone from the class and if
you decide to drop, you must do so by the deadline of September 14. Extensions beyond the deadline will be
granted by the Dean only in “the most compelling circumstances” which must be
documented, and we as faculty are no longer permitted to sign drop forms
without evidence of compelling circumstances.
TWO midterm
exams: 25% each STUDY GUIDE #1
Discussion of
readings 10%
Final Exam: 30%
Quizzes from
reading: 10%
Extra Credit
will be allowed up to 5% of the
course grade for the completion of online study exercises through www.wwnorton.com/studyspace. Grading will not be curved. The grading scale is 94.00% and above = A;
90.00-93.99 = A-; 87.00-89.99 = B+; 84.00=86.99 = B; etc.
Schedule of
Lectures and
POWERPOINT
SLIDE SHOWS AS HTM:
Europe
and Asia Connect (includes Atlantic Trade and Enlightenment)
Latin American Independence
Movements
Just for fun….Napoleon
Bonaparte ppt
OUTLINES
Socialist thinkers:
St. Simon to Marx and Engels’ Communist Manifesto
Week 1, January 21: Introduction & Background to
Interconnections: What drives
the Age of Discovery
Get
books; read Chap 12 of WT,WA and start 13
Week 2, January 28 Europe to 1700, Africa and Atlantic Trade
Read: WTWA 13, Digital Docs (hereafter DD) delas Casas.
Week 3, February 4 Asia and India to 1700: Trade Empires of the East
Read: Worlds, chap 13 (esp. p. 566-end), 14
Week 4, February 11
Chap 14 (second half), chap 15 (to p. 659); all digital documents
,
WEEK 5, February 18
Week 6, February 25
Week 7 March
Read: chap 16 (alternative visions); Communist Manifesto and other Marx essays on
www.wwnorton.com/studyspace -- digital documents
Week 8, March 11:: Later 19th Century - European Nationalism and Global Imperialism
Read: Chap 17 and all digital documents
Week 9, March 18 An Unsettled World: Reactions to Imperialism and the Modern World.
Read:
Worlds chap 18
Week 10, March 25 New Imperialism & World War I
Read Chap 19;
Week 11, N Exam
#2; April 1 (no, i'm not kidding!)
Week 12, SPRING BREAK APRIL 6-10. DON'T GET IN TROUBLE.
Week 13, April 15 Interwar and New
Orders: Early Sovietism
and the
New
Near East
Read: Chap 20,
Solzhenitsyn
Week 14, April 22 World War II: Why this is different; Independence Movements
Review chap 20 through p.865
Week 15, April 29 Cold War and
Decolonization
Read: Chap 20, first half 21, digital documents for 20
Week 16, May 6 The Earth is Flat: Globalization and Post Cold War
Read: Chap 21, sources
online (Huntington)
Final exam is on Wednesday May 13, 2009, 5:30 - 7:30. No exceptions or alternatives can be accommodated, so please adjust your schedules accordingly or take another class.