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