| Click on the date
of the class or topic to go to the notes. I generally try to post notes on the weekend, so please be
patient if they are not on-line right away. PLEASE
DO NOT EMAIL OR CALL ME IF THE NOTES DO NOT APPEAR IMMEDIATELY; THEY WILL
ALWAYS BE POSTED IN PLENTY OF TIME FOR EACH EXAM. Remember, the notes are not substitutes
for reading the textbook or for attending class. You remain responsible for all material covered in the
text whether or not it is discussed in class or appears on my notes pages.
Reminder: you are not required to hand in answers to the review questions,
but if you do them in advance of each test, you will do much better on the
essays. Tony Ball
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| Date(s) |
Topic |
Assigned
Reading (to be done prior to class) |
| 1/18 |
Introductions,
Overview of Course |
None |
| Part I: The West Expands -- Science,
Enlightenment and Revolution (1500-1900) |
| 1/23 |
Background
(Ancient World, Christianity, Middle Ages)** |
|
| 1/25 |
Absolute
Power: War and Politics in Early Modern Europe** |
Chapter 15
Review Questions 1, 5, 6 |
| 1/30 |
Europe
Reaches Out: Global Voyages and Cultural Encounters**
|
Chapter
16
Review Questions 2, 4, 5 |
| 2/1 |
The
Age of Reason: Science, Schooling and Thought in Early Modern Europe |
Chapter
17
Review Questions 2, 4, 5, 6 |
| 2/6 |
Town,
Court and Country: Privilege and Poverty in Early Modern Europe; Paper
Assignments Distributed |
Chapter
18
Review Questions 1-6 (all) |
| 2/8 and
2/13 |
Inalienable
Rights: Revolution and its Promises in Anglo- and Latin America |
Chapter
19
Review Questions 1, 4, 5 |
| 2/15 |
Revolt
and Reorganization in Europe: From Absolute Monarchy to the Paris Commune
-- Part I |
Chapter
20
Review Questions 1-6 (all) |
|
2/20 |
Revolt
and Reorganization in Europe: From Absolute Monarchy to the Paris Commune
-- Part II |
|
| 2/22 |
Test
#1, Covering Chapters
15-20; Lectures through 2/20. |
|
|
Part
II: The West Become Modern -- Industrialization, Imperialism Ideologies
(1750-1914) |
| 2/27** |
Video
Presentation: "The Day the Universe Changed: A Personal View By James
Burke -- Program 6 -- The Factory and the Marketplace Revolution." |
Available
in HCC Library, call number 1703:6. |
| 3/6** |
Snow
Day -- Class Cancelled |
|
| 3/1
and 3/8** |
Machines
in the Garden: The Industrialization of the West;
Lives of
the Other Half: Western Society in an Industrial Age |
Chapter
21
Review Questions 1, 5, 6
Chapter
22
Review Questions 1, 2, 5, 6 |
| 3/13** |
The
Western Imperium: European Migration, Settlement and Domination Around the
Globe |
Chapter
23
Review Questions 1, 4, 5, 6 |
| 3/15 |
Storm,
Stress and Doubt: European Culture from Classicism to Modernism |
Chapter
24
Review Questions 1- 6 (all) |
| 3/20
and 3/22 |
Spring
Break: No Classes |
|
| 3/27 |
Test
#2, Covering Chapters
21-24; Lectures from 2/27 through 3/15. POSTPONED
TO 3/29!! |
|
| Part III: Toward a New West --
Post-War, Post-Modern, Post-Industrial (1914-2001) |
| 3/29
and 4/3 |
The
Mighty are Fallen: The Trauma of World War I |
Chapter
25
Review Questions 2, 3, 5, 6 |
| 4/5
and 4/10 |
The
Triumph of Uncertainty: Cultural Innovation, Social Disruption, and
Economic Collapse |
Chapter
26
Review Questions 1, 4, 5 |
| 4/12
and 4/17 |
States
in Conflict: Communism, Fascism, Democracy and the Crisis of World War II |
Chapter
27
Review Questions 2, 3, 4, 5 |
| 4/19
and 4/24 |
The
End of Imperialism: Decolonization and Statebuilding Around the Globe |
Chapter
28
Review Questions 1, 3, 5, 6 |
| 4/26 |
Back
from Armageddon: From the Bomb to the Internet |
Chapter
29
Review Questions 1-6 (all) |
| 5/1 |
Test
#3, Covering Chapters
25-29; Lectures from 3/29-4/26 |
|
| 5/3 |
Paper
Discussion; Epilogue |
Chapter
30;
Final Papers Due |
| **Represents
a change from the original syllabus. |
The
Final Examination
will be on 5/15,
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
The final will be cumulative, meaning it will cover material from
the entire course.
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