Making of the Modern World 14Revolution, Industry, and Empire
Instructor: Thomas W. Gallant
Winter Quarter 2015
Course Syllabus
This quarter examines the great changes in European society occurring
from the late Seventeenth Century to the eve of World War I and considers
the impact of those changes on the non-Western world. Topics include
absolutist states and the Enlightenment, the French and American
revolutions, industrialization, the rise of nationalism and the nation-state,
mass politics, Western imperialism, and the colonial experience.
Developments in non-Western countries during this period will be
examined from their own internal perspectives.
Class: Tu & Th
9:30-10:50 Peterson 110
Instructor
Thomas W. Gallant: office hours, T-TH: 11.00-12.00. HSS 4016
classes@thomaswgallant.org
TAs:
1. Claudia Vizcarra (claudiavizcarra1@gmail.com;)
2. Ethan Sparks (ewsparks@ucsd.edu)
3. Suzanne Dunai (sdunai@ucsd.edu)
Sections
1. B01 Tu 11:00-11:50a Asante 123B Claudia Vizcarra 2. B02 Tu 12 :00-12 :50p Asante 123B Claudia Vizcarra
3. B03 Tu 4 :00-4 :50p Asante 123C Ethan Sparks
4. B04 Tu 5 :00-5 :50p Asante 123C Ethan Sparks
5. B07 Th 12 :00-12 :50p Mandeville B104 Suzanne Dunai
6. B08 Th 1 :00-1 :50p Mandeville B104 Suzanne Dunai
Texts:
1. Jerry H. Bentley and Herbert F. Ziegler, Traditions and Encounters:
A Global Perspective (New York: McGraw-Hill, 20011. 5th ed.).
2. Rafe Blaufarb and Claudia Liebeskind, Napoleonic Foot Soldiers and
Civilians (New York: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2011)
3. Douglas Peers, India under Colonial Rule, 1700-1885 (New York:
Longman, 2006).
4. Andrea Lunsford, Easy Writer (4th ed.) (New York: Bedford/St.
Martin’s, 2010).
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5. Thomas W. Gallant, “Revolution, Industry, and Empire: E-Workbook”,
Campus Bookstore.
Course Requirements:
Midterm Examination: 25%
Final Examination:
30%
Section Grade:
10%
Writing Assignment: 35%
Writing Assignment Grade Breakdown
Research Question Worksheet due in section Week 3 (January 19-23).
Prospectus due in section Week 5 (February 2-6)
Rough Drafts due in section Week 8 (February 23-February 27)
Rough Draft Workshops (held in section ) Week 9 (March 2-6)
Final Paper due in section Week 10 (March 9-13)
Writing Assignment Overview
MMW14
The writing assignments for MMW14 draws on the analytical, research, and
writing skills that you learned in MMW 12 and MMW13. This quarter you will
write an eight- to-ten-page research paper that will require you to:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Select a topic relevant to the historical period covered by the course you
are taking
Read many sources on the topic
Develop an open-ended, level-three question about your research topic
Identify alternative hypotheses (and the evidence that supports them)
that answer your question
Select, from among those hypotheses, what you believe to be the strongest
of the answers to your question (your thesis)
Develop an argument based on your thesis and supported with evidence
from your sources
Discuss the significance of your topic and of your thesis (in better
explaining your topic)
Your research paper will be completed in four stages according to the schedule
below. Each stage of the MMW writing assignment sequence must be completed
and submitted in order to pass the course.
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5%
RESEARCH QUESTION
In this assignment you will demonstrate your exploration of a topic by
identifying the sources you have consulted, recording your observations,
and advancing a research question that appears to have more than one
plausible answer. Provide a photocopy for each observation that you make.
Label each photocopy with the source’s author and title, and highlight the
passage(s) that are relevant to the observation. In addition, submit a
Works Cited page, in MLA format, that includes all of your sources.
LENGTH: 2 pages (worksheet)
DUE: Week 3, in section
10% PROSPECTUS
In this assignment you will write a prospectus that outlines your research
project. Your prospectus should indicate, in three pages, your research
question and working thesis, the counterarguments that you will address,
the historical and scholarly context of your argument, and at least some of
the evidence you plan to offer in support of your claims. Submit
photocopies or printouts of all the sources to which you refer, labeled with
complete citation information and highlighted as for the first assignment,
as well as a Works Cited page, in MLA format, that includes all your
sources. You may consult as many sources as you wish for this
assignment, but everything that you cite must be scholarly, and at least
one source must be a scholarly article.
LENGTH: 3 pages
DUE: Week 5, in section
5%
ROUGH DRAFT AND ROUGH DRAFT WORKSHOP
Before you finish your final draft, you will participate in a rough draft
workshop with several of your peers. First, you will bring to section
several copies of your rough draft: one for each of your group members.
You will write comments on your group members’ papers and share your
comments in your rough draft workshop, which will take place in the
following section. Your rough draft should be close to full length (6 to 10
pages, not including the References page) and should be as polished as
possible.
LENGTH: 6-10 pages
ROUGH DRAFTS DUE: Week 8, in
section
WORKSHOPS: Week 9, in section
15% FINAL PAPER
Submit an 8- to 10-page research paper that advances and supports an
argument on a topic relevant to and significant for the course. Include a
complete, up-to-date Works Cited page at the end of your paper. (Note: the
minimum page length does not include the Works Cited page.) You must
also submit photocopies or printouts of all the sources to which you refer in
your paper, labeled with complete citation information and highlighted as
for the first assignment.
LENGTH: 8-10 pages
DUE: Week 10, in section
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Note: At the end of the quarter you will be required to submit a folder
containing all four of the writing assignments that you have completed this
quarter, as well as printouts or photocopies of all of the sources mentioned in
your in-text citations and your References page. Please note that you must
submit the copies that have your TA’s or peers’ comments on them, not
unmarked copies, which means that you should make sure that you keep the
graded copies of all four writing assignments. At the end of the quarter you
must submit all of your written work to your TA and upload an electronic
copy of your final paper to Turnitin.com
in order to get a grade for the course.
Final exam : Tuesday,
March 17, 8 :00-10 :59am
Examinations:
Both the midterm and the final
examination have the same format.
Each will be divided into two parts. The first section will consist of multiple
choice questions and the second of IDs. In the second section you will be
asked to write short identifications of key people, events, and
developments, and some them will be based on visual images.
Both exams draw on material from lectures and the readings.
We cannot make arrangements for alternate final exam times due to
multiple exams scheduled closely together. Check your exam schedule now
for possible conflicts.
Academic Honesty and Plagiarism:
It is your responsibility to know and observe all university rules
concerning academic honesty and plagiarism. Any student found to have
committed a substantial violation of the university rules concerning
academic honesty will fail the entire course. If you have any questions
about the policies relating to academic honesty and plagiarism, please feel
free to speak with me or your TA.
Students with Disabilities
Students requesting accommodations and services due to a disability for
this course need to provide a current Authorization for Accommodation
(AFA) letter issues by the Office for Students with Disabilities (OSD), prior
to eligibility for requests. Receipt of AFAs in advance is necessary for
appropriate planning for the provision of reasonable accommodations. OSD Academic Liaisons also need to receive current AFA letters. For
additional information, contact the Office for Students with Disabilities: 858. 534.4382 (V); 858-534-9709 (TTY) – Reserved for people who are
deaf or hard of hearing, email: osd@ucsd.edu OSD Website: http://
disabilities.ucsd.edu”
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Class List--Jan. 6: Introduction
Jan. 8: No class
Jan. 13: Topic 1. Two Wars that Changed the World.
E-Reader, Topic 1. (There is a chapter for each topic in your E-
Workbook.)
Jan. 15: Topic 2. Cultural Encounters Globally.
Jan. 20: Topic 3. Challenging the Old Regime: The Enlightenment.
Jan. 22: Topic 4. “To Form a More Just Union”- American Revolution.
Jan. 26:. Topic 5. The French Revolution.
Jan. 29:Topic 6. Napoleon and Revolution for Export.
Required Text: Blaufarb & Liebeskind, Napoleonic Foot Soldiers and
Civilians
Feb. 3: Topic 7. Industrial Revolution.
Feb. 5: Topic 8. Liberal Revolutions Spread & The Conservative Counterrevolution.
Feb. 10: Midterm Examination
Feb. 12: Topic 9. The Social Cost of Change.
Feb. 17: Topic 10. New Ways of Thinking.
Feb. 19: Topic 11. 1848: The Year of Revolutions.
Feb. 24: Topic 12. Power to the People?
Feb. 26: Topic 13. Many Places in the Sun: Neo-imperialism.
March 3: Topic 14. The Jewel in the Crown: India.
Required Text: Peers, India Under Colonial Rule.
March 5: Topic 15. Osman’s Nightmare: the Imperial Encounter in the
Mediterranean.
March 10: Topic 16. The Chrysanthemum Empire and the Rising Sun .
March 12: Topic 17. The Bear Imperiled: Russia in the Modern World.
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