Course Assignments: World History from 1500
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VICTOR VALLEY COLLEGE Spring 2012 WORLD HISTORY 104 All Sections Instructor: Dr. Eric Mayer, EMAIL: history104@gmail.com Website: www.emayzine.com
Week 1 – 16 April Read Craig chs. 15, 16, 17
BE SURE TO READ--The Writing Guide Lecture 1: 1500, A New World 1a: Spain in the Americas The Tupac Amaru Revolt Lecture 2: The Fur Trade Impact of the Fur Trade Lecture 3: Africa, Coerced Global Labor Lecture 3a: Africa, The Mfecane/Dificane Lecture 4: China and the Modern World System Lecture 7: The Rise of Northern Europe ESSAY EXAMINATION 1 DUE 30 April ESSAY EXAMINATION 2 DUE 14 May BOOK REVIEW ASSIGNMENT Due 28 May FINAL EXAM DUE 6 June
Week 2 – 30 April… Read Craig, chs. 18, 19, 20
- Lecture 6: New Ideologies, Rationalism and Revolution Political Development of England: 1660-1800 Lecture 8: Industrialism in England 1700-1850 Lecture 10: Latin American Independence Mexico After Independence Lecture 9: Japan, 1600-1860
Week 3 – 7 May…Read Craig, chs. 21, 22, 23
- Lecture 5: China, 1850-1900 The Modernization of Mexico 1850-1900 Egypt 1800-1936 Lecture 11: Latin America-- Neocolonialism Lecture12: Japanese Modernization1860-1900 The "Gilded Age" in the United States The Road to World War I Lecture 13: World War I: The Beginning of the Second Thirty Years War Russian Revolution Rise of the CCP (China)
Week 4 – 14 May..read Craig, chs. 25 25 27 …begin reading Hobsbawm chs. 14-19
- Germany and Japan, 1919-1945 Japan in the 1930's: Military Keynsianism Stalinism as a Development Policy Mexican Economic Nationalism: 1930's World War II War in the Pacific Post-War Japan: Statist Development
Week 5 – 21 May... Read Craig, chs. 28, 29, 30, 31...continue reading Hobsbawm chs. 10-19
- Iran in the 20th Century The Cold War: Historical Overview The Cold War/Cruel Peace China in the 20th Century Indonesian History Sukarno "The Mexican Miracle": 1940-1968--Statist Development Extra credit film review: A Year of Living Dangerously
Week 6 – 28 May
…read Craig, chs. 32, 32, 34
Africa: 1830-1990 History of El Salvador Into the 21st Century: Battle for Economic (and Political) Dominance Post Modernisim: The Logic of Late Capitalism Problems in the Global Economy For a Unified History of the 20th Century Authoritarian Regimes in the 20th Century Three Strikes Against the New Economy The Coming Crisis in the Persian Gulf The Political Economy the Persian Gulf States Governments and the Global Markets Capitalism in the 21st Century Workings of the Global Financial Markets
