- week 1. 5 years, 50 Years, 500 Years: pre-modern, early modern, modern, post-modern
- Aug. 23. Introduction.
- Aug. 25. Bentley and Ziegler, Traditions and Encounters, preface
- week 2. Traditional Asian World
- Aug. 30. Bentley and Ziegler, Traditions and Encounters, ch. 27
- Sept. 1. Sherman, World Civilizations: Sources, ch. 15 (Sokō, Kaibara, visuals, Spence)
- week 3. Traditional Islamic World
- Sept. 6. Bentley and Ziegler, Traditions and Encounters, ch. 28
- Sept. 8. Sherman, World Civilizations: Sources, ch. 15 (Bernier, de Busbecq, visuals, Raghuvanshi, Mansfield)
- week 4. Traditional Atlantic Worlds
- Sept. 13. Bentley and Ziegler, Traditions and Encounters, chs. 25-26; paper 1 due
- Sept. 15. Equiano, “Slave Trade” (handout); Quiz 1
- week 5. Revolutionary Ideas
- Sept. 20. Bentley and Ziegler, Traditions and Encounters, ch. 24 (esp. pp. 637-661)
- Sept. 22. Sherman, World Civilizations: Sources, ch. 16 (all)
- week 6. Political Revolutions
- Sept. 27. Bentley and Ziegler, Traditions and Encounters, ch. 29
- Sept. 29. Sherman, World Civilizations: Sources, ch. 17 (all except Mill, Chartist Petition, von Tretschke, Weiss)
- week 7. Industrialization
- Oct. 4. Bentley and Ziegler, Traditions and Encounters, ch. 30; Sherman, World Civilizations: Sources, ch. 18 (Testimony for the Factory Act, Marx and Engels, visuals)
- Oct. 6. Mid-term Exam 1
- week 8. Political Revolutions and Industrialization
- Oct. 11. Bentley and Ziegler, Traditions and Encounters, , chs. 29 & 30
- Oct. 13. Sherman, World Civilizations: Sources, chs. 17 (Declaration, Robespierre, “Speech”), 18 (Testimony for the Factory Act, Marx and Engels)
- week 9. Nationalism
- Oct. 18. Bentley and Ziegler, Traditions and Encounters, chs. 30 & 32
- Oct. 20. Bentley and Ziegler, Traditions and Encounters, chs. 30 & 32
- week 10. Imperialism
- Oct. 25. Bentley and Ziegler, Traditions and Encounters, ch. 33
- Oct. 27. Sherman, World Civilizations: Sources, ch. 22 (all except Kartine, Roosevelt, Marti, Maldonado-Denis)
- week 11.
- Nov. 1. Bentley and Ziegler, Traditions and Encounters, chs. 34; paper 2 due
- Nov. 3. Sherman, World Civilizations: Sources, ch. 23 (Verdun Reports, Owen, Wilson, visuals, Stromberg, Anderson and Zinsser)
- week 12. New Imperialism
- Nov. 8. Mid-term Exam 2
- Nov. 10. Bentley and Ziegler, Traditions and Encounters, ch. 33
- week 13. The Great War and Peace Conference
- Nov. 15. Bentley and Ziegler, Traditions and Encounters, ch. 34
- Nov. 17. Sherman, World Civilizations: Sources, ch. 25 (Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, Ponomaryov, Mao, visuals, Gormly)
- week 14. Global Depression and Totalitarianism
- Nov. 29. Bentley and Ziegler, Traditions and Encounters, ch. 34
- Dec. 1. chs. 35 (sections on “Global Depression” and “Challenges to the Liberal Order”), 36 (“India’s Quest for Home Rule”)
- week 15. Bipolar World & DecolonizationPost-Modern World
- Dec. 6. Bentley and Ziegler, Traditions and Encounters, chs. 38, and 39 (“Independence in Asia” and “Decolonization in Africa”); paper 3 due
- Dec. 8. Conclusions; Atlantic Charter & Yalta Declaration (handout)
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