Spring 2019 Course Syllabi
HIST 212: World Civilization since 1500 4 o de las Casas, “The Devastation of the Indies: A Brief Account,” 1542. Video, 5:11-8:50. o Girolamo Benzoni, “History of the New World,” 1565. ICE : Essay on the Conquest of the Americas Week 3: Africa and the Transatlantic Slave Trade Monday, January 21: No Class Meeting – Martin Luther King Day Wednesday, January 23: Textbook: Stearns, et al. “Chapter 24,” 505-557. Secondary Source : Nathan J. Robinson, “A Quick Reminder of Why Colonialism is Bad.” Current Affairs, September 14, 2017. Analytical Essay : Revised Prospectus and Outline Due Friday, January 25: Primary Source : Olaudah Equiano , The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, The African (1789). ICE : PSA on transatlantic slave trade Week 4: Muslim Empires Monday, January 28 : Textbook: Stearns, et al. “Chapter 26,” 573-599. Analytical Essay : Rough Draft 1 Due Wednesday, January 30: Secondary Source : Kaya Şahin, “The Ottoman Empire in the Long Sixteenth Century.” Renaissance Quarterly , 70 Issue 1, (2017): 220-234. Friday, February 1: Primary Source : Mirza Abu Taleb Khan , The Travels of Mirza Abu Taleb Khan, 1806. ICE : SSA on Muslim Empires Week 5: Asia in the First Global Age Monday, February 4: Textbook: Stearns, et al. “Chapter 27,” 600-623. Analytical Essay : Rough Draft 2 Due Wednesday, February 6: Secondary Source : Andrade, “A Chinese Farmer, Two African Boys, and a Warlord: Toward a Global Microhistory.” Journal of World History 21 Issue 4, (2010): 573-591. Friday, February 8: Primary Source : Xia Qinggao, The Hai-lu , 1783-1797. PSA or SSA: Last day to submit a PSA or SSA for Section 1 ICE : Group Presentation on Ming China Section 2: A European Global World: Industry, Revolutions, & Imperialism, 1770s-1900 Week 6: European Imperial Order Monday, February 11: Textbook: Stearns, et al. “Chapter 29,” 661-685. Analytical Essay : Revised Prospectus Due or Final Draft Due Wednesday, February 13: Secondary Source : Stockstill, “Rescuing England: The Rhetoric of Imperialism and the Salvation Army.” The Public Domain Review . Friday, February 15: Primary Source : Rudyard Kipling, “The White Man’s Burden,” 1899. ICE : SSA on European imperialism
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