History 202
Development of the Modern World
Syllabus
Prof. Dodgen
Herodotus says, "Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all: The conscientious historian will correct these defects."
Mark Twain
The subject matter of this course is the history of the world from the fifteenth century until the present. The goals of the course are to acquaint you both with the major historical events of the period and with the methods used by historians to reconstruct, analyze and understand those events. Obviously, such a huge span of time and territory cannot be covered in detail. Our strategy will be to survey the whole, but to use certain selected events or periods and select documents as a means to explore the major influences that have created our contemporary global society.
Readings:
Three books are required for the course:
The textbook is Thompson Advantage Books World History since 1500: The age of global integration, v. II, by Upshur et. al.
In addition we will read:
Tastes of Paradise , by Shivelbusch
King Leopold’s Ghost
, by Hochschild
Other readings will include short documents found on the Internet. Most of these materials are found on the Internet Modern History Sourcebook at: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.html
Some material will also be found on the Internet Medieval History Sourcebook found at: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html
Evaluation:
Grades will be based on take-home essays on Tastes of Paradise and King Leopold’s Ghost , a mid-term and final in-class exam based on the identification items found at the end of the syllabus, and on quizzes on the readings linked to the syllabus. The take-home essays must be a minimum of four pages, typed, double-spaced, and must cite the pages in the reading from which you draw your evidence or information. The essays will be based on questions or prompts handed out in class and will be discussed in greater detail at that time. Those who fail to follow the guidelines will receive a grade of F. Each essay will each be worth 25 percent of the total grade.
In-class exams will be based on the items at the end of the syllabus. Answers must reflect both the themes covered in lecture and material from the text, not what you looked up on the
Internet or found in an encyclopedia. The in-class exams will each be worth 25 percent of the grade.
Since the in-class exams emphasize the material presented during lecture, success requires taking notes, doing the companion readings and completing all assignments on time. No makeup exams will be given and no late work accepted without a written doctor’s excuse. Students are responsible for all the information given in class, including any changes in the timing of exams, the content of the syllabus, and all course content. A grade of incomplete will not be given for

any reason other than a valid and documented medical excuse and then only to students who have completed at least half the course with a grade of C or better.
Office hours:
My office is Stevenson 2066, phone 664-2462. Office hours are Monday and Wednesday,
10:30-12:00 and Tuesday by appointment. I can be reached by e-mail at dodgen@sonoma.edu
Syllabus
Topic and Reading Assignments Week of
1/18 --Introduction. Looking at primary sources.
1/23-25
1/30/2-1
-- The Islamic World
Readings: World History chapter 9, 451-462;
-- East Asia Encounters Europe
Tastes of Paradise
Readings: World History chapter 10, 512-572;
chapter 1.
Tastes of Paradise documents: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/corvino1.html
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1680halde3.html
chapter 2,
2/6-8
2/13-15
-- Iberian Expansion and the Atlantic Model
Readings: World History chapter 9, 490-508, Tastes of Paradise chapter 3.
--The New World and the Atlantic slave trade.
--Renaissance, Reformation, and the rise of the nation-state in Europe
Readings: witchcraft documents at: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/witches1.html
, discussion. World
History chapter 9, 463-489, Tastes of Paradise chapter 4.
--The New World and its impact on the old
2/20-22 Science and Enlightenment. Readings: World History chapter 11, 528-625,
N.B. 594-98; Tastes of Paradise chapter 5, documents at: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/galileo-tuscany.html
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/RGGALILEO1.asp
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1630galileo.html
Wednesday: Film, “The day the universe changed, v. 5: Science Revises the
Heavens.”
2/27-29 --Monday: complete
-- Wednesday: The French Revolution and the Struggles of the Autocratic
Order
Tastes of Paradise , discussion.
Readings: World History chapter 12, entire.
3/5-7 --Monday: review for exam. Wednesday: Midterm Exam.

4/9-11
4/16-18
4/23-25
4/30-5/1
3/12-14
3/19-21
3/26-28
4/2-4
--The Industrial Revolution
Readings: World History chapter 11, 626-643;
King Leopold’s Ghost
,
“Prologue” and chapters 1-5, documents at: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/robinson-lowell.html
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1842womenminers.html
--Imperialism and Response in China and Japan
Readings:
King Leopold’s Ghost
, chapters 6-11; World History chapter 13,
732-747.
--No Class: Spring Break
--Late Imperialism
Readings: World History chapter 13, 721-730 documents at: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1902hobson.html
--Oil and the Middle East.
Readings: World History chapter 13, 764-782;
King Leopold’s Ghost
, chapters 12-16; documents at: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/balfour.html
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1915mcmahon.html
--Total War and the Totalitarians
Readings: World History chapter 13, 749-763, and documents at: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1918fraser.html
Wednesday:
Readings:
King Leopold’s Ghost
, chapters 17-19, discussion
--The Great Depression and WWII
Readings: World History chapter 15, documents at: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/nanking.html
and http://www.doug-long.com/hst.htm
--The Cold War
Readings: World History chapter 16, 934-948; documents at: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/krushchev-secret.html
Readings: World History chapter 17
--Revolutions, De-colonization and Wars of National Independence
Readings: World History chapter 14, 785-812, chapter 16, 901-913, 924-933; documents at:
--Utopian Holocausts
Readings: documents at: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/gypsy-holo.html
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1978cambodia.html
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1966-mao-culturalrev1.html
Wednesday: Review for Final Exam

Final Exam:
Indulgence
Spanish Inquisition
Code Napoleon
Fortunate Isles
Galileo
Jihad
Tokugawa
Neo-Confucianism
Laissez faire
Estates General
Puritans
Terms for History 202, Exam 1
John Calvin Jesuits
Holy Roman Empire
Enlightenment
Hacienda
Mercantilism
Janissaries
Samurai
Reconquista
Philosophes
Palace of Versailles
Congress of Vienna
Manchu
East India Co.
Mestizo
Middle passage
Safavid
Matteo Ricci
James Watt
Bastille
Reign of Terror
Treaty of Tordesillas
Khmer Rouge
Boxer Rebellion
Ho Chi-min
Joseph Stalin
Mao Zedong
African National Congress
Ayatollah Khomeini
Genocide
Kashmir
Shari ‘a
History 202, Terms for Final Exam
Hiroshima Warsaw Pact
Great Leap Forward
Meiji Restoration
Boers
G.F.W. Hegel
Treaty of Versailles
Opium War
Alfred Dreyfus
Edmund Burke
Proletariat
Holocaust
Marshall Plan
Shinto
Zionism
Charles Darwin
OPEC
Secret Speech
Keiretsu
The Battle of the Somme