21H.001 | Fall 2013 | Undergraduate

How to Stage a Revolution

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1 Introduction and The 2011 Revolution in Egypt The Ouster of Mubarak in Egypt January-February 2011 (PDF)
Unit 1: The American Revolution, 1763–1783 (Professor Wilder)
2 The American Revolution and the Problem of National History None Available
3 Britain’s Fatal Triumph: The English Colonies, 1754–1765 Britain’s Fatal Triumph (PDF)
4 Race and Revolution: Slavery and the Roots of Colonial Independence Race and Revolution (PDF)
5 A Manifesting Destiny: Transforming Colonists into Americans None Available
6 A Violent Transfer of Sovereignty: The Birth of the United States None Available
7 The New American Nation in a Turbulent Atlantic World None Available
Unit 2: The French Revolution
8 The Origins of the French Revolution: Local and Global Issues None Available
9 The Principles of 1789 None Available
10 The Collapse of the Monarchy and the Terror, 1791–1794 None Available
11 A Cultural Revolution? None Available
12 Endings and Beginnings Endings and Beginnings (PDF - 2.0MB)
Unit 3: The Haitian Revolution, 1784–1804 (Prof. Ghachem)
13 The Making of a Caribbean Plantation Colony: Slavery and Slave Revolts before the Revolution The Making of a Caribbean Plantation Colony (PDF - 5.7MB)
14 How did the Revolution in Haiti Begin? (I) The Free People of Color The Free People of Color (PDF - 4.8MB)
15 How Did Revolution in Haiti Begin? (II) The Slave Revolts The Slave Revolts (PDF - 1.8MB)
16 Final Freedom? The Abolition of Slavery in Haiti Final Freedom? (PDF - 4.0MB)
17 The Road to Independence: Toussaint Louverture’s Story The Road to Independence: Toussaint Louverture’s Story (PDF - 2.6MB)
18 Achieving Statehood: Haiti Among the Powers of the Earth Achieving Statehood: Haiti Among the Powers of the Earth (PDF - 3.2MB)
Unit 4: Outcomes, Theories, Comparisons
19 From Radicals to Conservatives: The United States after 1802 None Available
20 The United States from African Colonization to Indian Removal, 1816–1838 None Available
21 The Marxist Interpretation of the French Revolution None Available
22 Panel Discussion: Hannah Arendt, “The Social Question” None Available
23 Guest speaker: Yasmine el Rashidi None Available
24 Comparing the American, French, and Haitian Revolutions Compairing the Revolution (PDF)
25 Authoritarianism, Poverty, and Foreign Intervention: Explaining Modern Haiti Explaining Modern Haiti (PDF - 2.5MB)
26 Revolution Today: Faculty and Student Discussion Revolution Today (PDF - 3.8MB)
27 Conclusion and Student Evaluations None Available

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