Course Description
This course surveys the making of the world from 1750 to the present. Topics include: the Industrial Revolution, the development of the Nation-States, the rise of European, American and Japanese Empires, WWI, inter-war reconfigurations of colonial empires, anti-colonial nationalist movements, the Great Depression, the Cold War, struggles for political and economic independence among newly independent nations, the US-dominated neo-liberal order from the 1980s to the present, and contemporary global conflicts over ethnicity, religion, resources, disease, and the environment.
Fall 2021
Instructors
Meeting Patterns
Classes Start:
August 16, 2021
Classes End:
November 29, 2021
Location:
00115 Withers Hall
Class Days:
M W F
Class Start Time:
9:35am
Class End Time:
10:25am
Class Type:
Lecture
Credits:
3.00
Restrictions:
None
