World History世界通史 (四）
五D56/(plus discussion section)
百年330406
Joe Eaton, PhD
wjeaton@nccu.edu.tw
Office: 340527
This course is a survey of some of the most important persons, ideas, and events in
World History from the outbreak of the mid-19th century to the present.
The syllabus subject to change. Please complete readings by date indicated (before
class).
Introduction to
第1
course
週
2/26
第2
週
3/4
New
Imperialism –
Britain, France,
Japan &
Resistance to
Imperialism
Western Civilization, chapter 22
Jules Ferry, "Speech Before the French Chamber of Deputies” on
Colonies (March 28, 1884)
http://legacy.fordham.edu/Halsall/mod/1884ferry.asp
第3
週
3/11
Industrialization Western Civilization, chapter 23
and Labor as a
Political
Movement
(movie: Charlie
Chaplin, Hard
Times (1936))
第4
週
3/18
Women’s
Movement and
Socialism at the
Turn-of-theCentury
Western Civilization, chapter 23
Erfurt Program (1891)
http://legacy.fordham.edu/Halsall/mod/1891erfurt.asp
The Origins of
第5
the Great War
週
3/25
Western Civilization, chapter 24, continued
第6
週
4/1
The Great War
and German
Defeat
Western Civilization, chapter 24
第7
週
4/8
Russia and
Soviet Regime
Western Civilization, chapter 25
Lenin, “What is to be done?” (1902)
http://legacy.fordham.edu/Halsall/mod/1902lenin.asp
The First Provisional Government, Izvestiia, 3 March 1917
http://community.dur.ac.uk/a.k.harrington/provgov1.html
Lenin, Letter to Dzerzhinskii, December 19, 1917
http://community.dur.ac.uk/a.k.harrington/cheka.html
第8
週
4/15
Fascism in Italy;
Great
Depression
Western Civilization, chapter 25
Benito Mussolini, “What is Fascism” (1932)
http://legacy.fordham.edu/Halsall/mod/mussolini-fascism.asp
Mid-term
第9
examination
週
4/22
第10 Rise of Hitler
and Nazis;
週
4/29 Spanish Civil
War
Western Civilization, chapter 25
Program of the German National Socialist Worker’s Party (1920)
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/imt/nsdappro.asp
第11
週
5/6
Origins and
First Years of
Second World
War
Western Civilization, chapter 26
第12
週
5/13
World War II
continued and
Holocaust
Western Civilization, chapter 26
5/20 University
holiday
第13
週
5/27
Cold War and
De-Colonization
Western Civilization, chapter 27
United Nations: “Declaration on Granting Independence to
Colonial Countries and Peoples” (1960)
http://legacy.fordham.edu/Halsall/mod/1960-un-colonialism.asp
Front de Liberation Nationale, “Proclamation To the Algerian
people” (November 1, 1954)
https://www.marxists.org/history/algeria/1954/proclamation.htm
第14
週
6/3
Europe’s
Renaissance
Western Civilization, chapter 27
Britain – Labour Party “Let Us Face the Future” (1945)
http://history.hanover.edu/courses/excerpts/111lab.html
第16 Dragon Boat
Festival Holiday
週
6/10
第17
週
6/17
Contemporary
World
Western Civilization, chapter 28
Nikita Krushchev, “Secret Speech” (1956)
http://legacy.fordham.edu/Halsall/mod/krushchev-secret.asp
Vaclav Havel "The Power of the Powerless" (1978)
http://history.hanover.edu/courses/excerpts/165havel.html
第18 Final
examination
週
6/24
Weekly papers and discussion section grade 33%
Mid-term 33%
Final 33%