History 111
F08
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, August 25: Introduction & Background to
Interconnections: What drives
the Age of Discovery
Get
books; read Chap 12 of WT,WA and start 13
Week 2, Sept.
1 LABOR DAY HOLIDAY, DO
THE READING ANYWAY
Week 3, Sep. 8 Europe to 1700, Africa and Atlantic Trade
Read:
WTWA 13, Digital Docs (hereafter DD) delas Casas.
Week 4, Sept.
15 Asia and India to
1700: Trade Empires of the East
Read: Worlds, chap 14,
WEEK 5, Sept. 22 America:
Colonization & Revolution; Connection to Europe: Enlightenment
Chap
15; all digital documents
Week 6, Sept.
29 EXAM #1; prepare for
next week’s readings on
chap 16
Week 7, Oct. 6: Northern Eurasia to 1800:
Japan’s Tokugawa Shogunate; Muscovy and the Russian Empire
Readings: Worlds chap 16 review; Sources (Olearius handout); read 17 for next week
Week 8, Oct.
13: The Industrial
Revolution and Early 19th Century to 1850
Read: Communist Manifesto (link); chap 16
Week 9, Oct 20 Later
19th Century - European Nationalism and Global
Imperialism
Read:
Worlds chap 18
Week 10, Oct
27 Empires and
Transitions: 1800-1900
Read: chap 19
Week 11, N Exam
#2; prepare for next week’s readings
Week 12, Nov.
10 New
Imperialism & World War I
Review
Chap 19; Connect to Chap 20-
Week 12: Nov.
17 Interwar and New
Orders: Early Sovietism
and the
New
Near East
Read: Chap 20,
Solzhenitsyn
Week 13, Nov.
24 World War II: Why this is different; Independence Movements
Read: Chap 21
Week 14, Dec
1 Cold War and
Decolonization
Read: Chap 21, sources: Week 15, Dec. 5
Week 15, Dec.8 The Earth is Flat: Globalization and Post Cold War
Read: Chap 29-30, sources
online (Huntington)