His 3555 is an examination of the currents and themes of world history in the 19th and 20th centuries. While it covers the broad narrative of world events during this modern period, it also introduces you to the debates of historians over causality and relative significance of trends of continuity and change.
week 1. Modern?, World?
- Aug. 22. Introduction
- Aug. 24. Palmer, Colton, and Kramer, Prologue (to 1815)
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week 2. Industrial Revolution, Isms, Balance of Power
- Aug. 29. Palmer, Colton, and Kramer, ch. 11 (1815-1848) [esp. secs. 52-53, 55]
- Aug. 31. Kurlansky, part I
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week 3. Pathways to and from 1848
- Sept. 5. Palmer, Colton, and Kramer, ch. 12 (1848-1870)
[esp. secs. 58-61]
- Sept. 7. Kurlansky, part II
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week 4. Nations and Nationalism
- Sept. 12. Palmer, Colton, and Kramer, ch. 13 (1859-1871)
[esp. secs. 63-66, 69]
- Sept. 14. Kurlansky, part III
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week 5. Le Bon Marché, Parliament, Demography
- Sept. 19. Palmer, Colton, and Kramer, ch. 14 (1871-1914) [esp. secs. 70-72]
- Sept. 21. Kurlansky, parts I-III
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week 6. Triumph and Decline of Liberalism
- Sept. 26. Test (note change from 21 Sept.)
- Sept. 28. Palmer, Colton, and Kramer, ch. 16 (1871-1914)
[esp. secs. 77, 79-80, & 83]
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week 7. New Imperialism
- Oct. 3. Conrad, pp. 63-91
- Oct. 5. Conrad, pp. 91-158
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steamboat, 1840s |
week 8. The Great War and the World
- Oct. 10. Palmer, Colton, and Kramer, ch. 17 (1914-1919)
[esp. all, secs. 84-89]
- Oct. 12. Conrad, appendix C
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injured POW, 1916 |
week 9. The Internationale and Mother Russia
- Oct. 17. Palmer, Colton, and Kramer, chs. 17 (1914-1919) & 18 (1905-1939) [esp. secs. 92-95]
- Oct. 19. Palmer, Colton, and Kramer, ch. 18 (1905-1939) [esp. secs. 92-95]
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poster from Russian Revolution, 1920s |
week 10. 1920s: Age of Hope
- Oct. 24. Palmer, Colton, and Kramer, ch. 19 [esp. secs. 97-99]
- Oct. 26. Cardoza, chs. 1-2
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illustration for Hasek's Good Soldier Svejk (1928 ed.?) |
week 11. Depression and Anxiety
- Oct. 31. Mid-Term Exam (II) [On 1870-1930, Conrad, and Cardoza (to 1925)]
- Nov. 2. Cardoza, chs. 3-7; Palmer, Colton, and Kramer, ch. 20 (1930s) [esp. secs. 102-103]
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Otto Griebel, "Die Internationale" (1928-1930) |
week 12. War, World, and the West
- Nov. 7. Palmer, Colton, and Kramer, ch. 21 (1939-1946)
- Nov. 9. Cardoza, chs. 8-10
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wedding at British Registry Office (with sand bags & gas masks), 1941 |
week 13. 1st World, 2nd World
- Nov. 14. Palmer, Colton, and Kramer, ch. 22 (1945-1960s)
- Nov. 16. Triumph des Willens (1935)
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week 14. 3rd World
- Nov. 28. Palmer, Colton, and Kramer, ch. 23 (1945-1970s)
- Nov. 30. Mussolini Paper due (no later than 1 Dec., noon, all papers must be both electronic and hard copy submissions)
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week 15. Modern Worlds?
- Dec. 5. Palmer, Colton, and Kramer, ch. 24 (1945-1980s)
- Dec. 7. Conclusion; Kurlansky, part IV
- Dec. 12.
2:45-4:45 pm. Final Exam.
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Texts:
- Cardoza. Anthony L. Cardoza, Benito Mussolini: The First Fascist (New York: Pearson Longman, 2006)
- Conrad. Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness, ed. by D.C.R.A. Goonetilleke, 2nd ed. (Peterborough: Broadview, 1999)
- Kurlansky. Mark Kurlansky, 1968: The Year that Rocked the World (New York: Random House, 2004, 2005)
- Palmer, Colton, and Kramer. R.R. Palmer, Joel Colton, and Lloyd Kramer, A History of the Modern World, Since 1815, 9th ed. (Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2002)
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