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- Introduction to course. Africa and Interregional Trade before 1500
- Islam Before 1500 and the Ottoman Empire
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Mbemba (Affonso I). "Letters to the King of Portugal" (1526).
Unnamed author. "Letter to the King and Queen of Spain."
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First essay topic distributed. |
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Suleyman the Magnificent |
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- Mexico, Christendom, and the Iberian Peninsula during the 15th Century
- The Conquest of the Aztecs
- Discussion of readings from weeks 1 and 2
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Las Casas. Excerpts from In Defense of the Indians (ca. 1548-1550).
Durán. Excerpts from Book of the Gods and Rites and the Ancient Calendar (ca. 1580).
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First essay due. |
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Il Decameron (this film is not in the media office, but is widely available in the foreign film section of large video stores). Warning: this film contains nudity and graphic sexual representations. |
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3 |
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- Society and State in East Asia
- The Entry of Iberians, English, and Dutch into the Indian Ocean and East Asia
- Discussion
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Pereira. "Certain Reports of China…" (1565).
Iemitsu. "The Edict of 1635 Ordering the Closing of Japan," and "Completion of the Exclusion, 1639."
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Responses due. (1) |
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Double Suicide |
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4 |
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- The Splintering of Christendom and the European State
- Science as a Revolution
- Discussion
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Documents on Witchcraft Persecution.
Monter. "Women in the Age of the Reformation," table 8.1.
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Responses due. (2) |
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The Return of Martin Guerre |
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5 |
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- Changes in the Land: Colonists and Amerindians in New England
- The United Kingdom Abroad and Divided at Home
- Discussion
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Locke. Second Treatise of Government (1698).
Minutes of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania (1742-1743).
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Responses due. (3)
Topic for second essay distributed.
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A Man For All Seasons |
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6 |
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- The Invention of Racism, Part I: The Beginnings of the Slave Trade and New World Plantations
- The Invention of Racism, Part II: The American Paradox of Slavery and Freedom
- Discussion
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Craton. Searching for the Invisible Man: Slaves and Plantation Life in Jamaica.
Optional Book: Brown, Clotel (available electronically at www.knowledgerush.com/books/clotl10a.html). Start with Chapter one--do not need to read the preface or the narrative of life and escape.
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Second essay due. |
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Last Supper |
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- The French and Haitian Revolutions
- The French and Haitian Revolutions (cont'd)
- Discussion
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Documents on the French and Haitian Revolutions:
Excerpts from Beik, ed. The French Revolution.
Excerpts from Levy et al., eds. Women in Revolutionary Paris.
Excerpts from Tyson, ed. Toussaint L'Ouverture.
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Responses due. (4) |
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Danton |
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- The Industrial Revolution and International Trade, British India (1757-1850)
- Whatever Happened to New World Slavery?
- Discussion
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Documents from British Parliamentary Committees during the Industrial Revolution.
Blake, "Chimney Sweeper," "London," and "The Human Abstract."
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Responses due. (5) |
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Oliver Twist |
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- The Market of Their Dreams: Economy, Fantasy, and Opium in the Western Assault on China (1800-1840)
- The Marxist Critique of Capitalism (1840s-1860s)
- Guest Discussant
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Marx. Excerpts from Capital (1867). Vol. 1.
Yataro. "Letter to Mitsubishi Employees" (1876).
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Responses due. (6) |
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Ancestors in the Americas: Coolies, Sailors, Settlers |
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- The New Empire: The US Conquest of Native Americans (ca. 1820-1870)
- The New Empire: US Interventions in Latin America (ca. 1870-1920)
- The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Parallels with the Anglo-Indian Confrontation
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Casement, Putumayo Report (1911). |
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Responses due. (7) |
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El Norte |
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11 |
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- Russia and "Backwardness"
- Discussion of Week 10 and 11 readings
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Turgenev. Fathers and Sons. Chap. 1-10.
Figner. Part I in Five Sisters.
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Responses due. (8) |
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My Childhood |
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12 |
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- WWI-WWII
- Consuming Habits: The Invention of Modern Consumerism and Advertising (1920s-50s)
- Discussion
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DuBois. "The Concept of Race" (1940), and "The Damnation of Women" (1920). |
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Responses due. (9) |
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Gallipoli and/or Avalon |
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- State Socialism in the Soviet Union and China
- Decolonization (1940s-present)
- Discussion
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Lenin. Excerpts from "The Immediate Tasks of the Soviet Government" (1918).
Haraszti. Excerpts from A Worker in a Worker's State, and "The Culture of Censorship."
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Film project due. |
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Unbearable Lightness of Being and/or
Battle of Algiers and/or
To Live (Huozhe) |
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14 |
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- The Cold War (1945-89) and Poverty, Prosperity, and Diversity Today
- Discussion
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Buchanan. Excerpts from Death of the West. |
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Cannibal Tours |
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