Hist 102: World History from 1500
Fall 2008, sections 2 and 4
Jonathan Dresner Office: Russ Hall 406F Office Hours: MWF 10-11, 1-2; TuTh 10-12 235-4315 |
Schedule
8/25 (M) |
First Day of Classes |
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8/27 (W) |
The Renaissance |
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8/29 (F) |
Machiavelli and the rest of the world. |
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9/1 (M) |
Labor Day Holiday |
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9/3 (W) |
Chapter 15: Expanding Worlds: Recovery In The Late Fourteenth And Fifteenth Centuries |
Ma Huan |
9/5 (F) |
Chapter 16: Imperial Arenas: New Empires In The Sixteenth And Seventeenth Centuries |
Japan encounters the West Bertolome de las Casas, A Brief Account of the Devastation of the Indies |
9/8 (M) |
Catch-up/ReviewDiscuss essay and test assignments
Last day to drop without “W” |
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9/10 (W) |
Short Essay 1: Values |
Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq: “Süleyman the Lawgiver” |
9/12 (F) |
Test 1 |
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9/15 (M) |
Chapter 17: The Ecological Revolution Of The Sixteenth And Seventeenth Centuries |
Thomas Dudey, letter to Lady Bridget, Countess of Lincoln, 1631 |
9/17 (W) |
Chapter 18: Mental Revolutions: Religion And Science In The Sixteenth And Seventeenth Centuries |
Matteo Ricci, selection from his Journals |
9/19 (F) |
Catch-up/Review |
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9/22 (M) |
Short Essay 2: Values and Valuables | Christopher Columbus, journal excerpt and letter |
9/24 (W) |
Test 2 |
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9/26 (F) |
Chapter 19: States And Societies: Political And Social Change In The Sixteenth And Seventeenth Centuries |
Niccolo Machiavelli, excerpts from The Prince |
9/29 (M) |
Chapter 20: Driven By Growth: The Global Economy In The Eighteenth Century |
Thomas Malthus, excerpt from Essay on the Principle of Population |
10/1 (W) |
Rosh Hashanah (2nd day) |
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10/3 (F) |
Paper feedback |
Tokugawa Shogunate, The Laws for the Military House, 1615 |
10/6 (M) |
Short Essay 3: State Powers and Limits Catch-up/Review |
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10/8 (W) |
Test 3 |
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10/10 (F) |
Chapter 21: The Age Of Global Interaction: Expansion And Intersection Of Eighteenth-Century Empires |
Alexander Telfair, Instructions to an Overseer in a Cotton Plantation |
10/13 (M) |
Chapter 22: The Exchange Of Enlightenment: Eighteenth-Century Thought Columbus Day (not a holiday)
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Cesare Beccaria, from An Essay on Crimes and Punishments |
10/15 (W) |
Discussion of document | Revolutionary France: Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen, 1791 |
10/17 (F) |
Short Essay 4: Political Values, review for test |
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10/20 (M) |
Test 4 |
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10/22 (W) |
Midsemester D/F grades due Chapter 23: Replacing Muscle: The Energy Revolutions |
Karl Marx and Fredrich Engels, from The Communist Manifesto |
10/24 (F) |
Fall Break (10/23-24) |
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10/27 (M) |
Chapter 24: The Social Mold: Work And Society In The Nineteenth Century |
The Sadler Report: Child Labor in the United Kingdom, 1832 |
10/29 (W) |
discussion | Henrik Ibsen, from A Doll’s House, Act Three |
10/31 (F) |
Short Essay 5: Family Catch-up/Review |
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11/3 (M) |
Test 5 | |
11/5 (W) |
Chapter 25: Western Dominance In The Nineteenth Century World: The Westward Shift Of Power And The Rise Of Global Empires |
Fustel de Coulanges, letter to German Historian Theodor Mommsen |
11/7 (F) |
Chapter 26: The Changing State: Political Developments In The Nineteenth Century |
John Stuart Mill, excerpts from On Liberty |
11/10 (M) |
Catch-up/Review |
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11/12 (W) |
Test 6 Short Essay Revision Due Last day to withdraw from single course |
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11/14 (F) |
Chapter 27: The Twentieth-Century Mind: Western Science And The World |
(from ch. 28) Soldier’s Accounts of Battle and François Carlotti, from “World War I: A Frenchman’s Recollections” and British Soldiers on the Battle of the Somme |
11/17 (M) |
Chapter 28: World Order And Disorder: Global Politics In The Twentieth Century |
Benito Mussolini, from “The Political and Social Doctrine of Fascism” |
11/19 (W) |
Catch-up/Review | |
11/21 (F) |
Test 7 (Instructor Absent) | |
11/24 (M) |
Long Essay Part One: Timeline | |
11/26 (W) |
Thanksgiving Break |
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11/28 (F) |
Thanksgiving Break |
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12/1 (M) |
Chapter 29: The Pursuit Of Utopia: Civil Society In The Twentieth Century |
UN “Universal Declaration of Human Rights,” 1948 |
12/3 (W) |
Chapter 30: The Embattled Biosphere: The Twentieth-Century Environment |
Sayyid Qutb, from Milestones, 1964 |
12/5 (F) |
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12/8 (M) |
Catch-up/Review | |
12/10 (W) |
Test 8 | |
12/12 (F) |
Long Essay Due
Catch-up/Review Last day of instruction
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12/15 (M) |
Hist 102-04 (MWF 9) Final 9-10:50 |
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12/17 (W) |
Hist 102-02 (MWF 11) Final 11-12:50 |
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