History 202
Development of the Modern World
Prof. Dodgen
Spring 2013
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 focus on
certain selected events, periods and documents that have helped shape 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.
Additional readings for the class are A Child from the Village by Sayyid Qutb and
Vermeer’s Hat by Timothy Brook.
Both A Child from the Village and Vermeer’s Hat are available at the bookstore and
as online books from the library. These books are also available from online booksellers,
often used and at good prices.
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 A Child from the Village and Vermeer’s
Hat, one mid-term and one final in-class exams based on the identification items found at
the end of the syllabus, and on quizzes on the readings linked to the syllabus.
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 prompts handed out in class and will be discussed in greater
detail at that time. Each essay will each be worth 25 percent of the total grade. Takehome essays are due the day of the in-class exam.
In-class exams will each be worth 25 percent of the grade and 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. For this reason, regular attendance and taking careful notes is a necessity.
Quizzes will be given without notice and be based on the readings linked to the
syllabus. Only the two highest-scoring quiz grades will be retained. There are no makeup tests for missed quizzes.
Make-up exams will be given and late work accepted ONLY for those with 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, 9:30-10:30 and 1:00-1:30. I can be reached by e-mail at
dodgen@sonoma.edu
Syllabus
Dates
Topics and Assignments
1/14-16
-- The Islamic World
Readings: World History chapter 9, 451-462; Vermeer’s Hat, chapters
1-2.
1/23
-- Iberian Expansion and the Atlantic Model
Readings: World History chapter 9, 490-508, Vermeer’s Hat, chapters
3-4.
1/28-30
-- East Asia Encounters Europe
Readings: World History chapter 10, 512-572; Vermeer’s Hat,
chapters 5-6. documents:
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/corvino1.html
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1680halde3.html
2/4-6
--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, Vermeer’s Hat, chapters 7-8.
2/11-13
--Science and Enlightenment. Readings: World History chapter 11,
528-625, N.B. 594-98; 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: Complete Vermeer’s Hat, discussion.
2/18-20
--The New World and its impact on the old
Wednesday: Film, “Newton’s dark secrets.”
2/25-27
-- The French Revolution and the Struggles of the Autocratic Order
Readings: World History chapter 12, entire.
--Eden encompassed: The Discovery of the Pacific
--Monday: review for exam. Wednesday: Midterm Exam.
3/4-6
3/11-13
3/18-20
--The Industrial Revolution
Readings: World History chapter 11, 626-643; A Child from the
Village, chapters 1-3, documents at:
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/robinson-lowell.html
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1842womenminers.html
Spring Break: no class
3/25-27
--Imperialism and Response in China and Japan
Readings: begin A Child from the Village chapters 4-6, World History
chapter 13, 732-747.
4/3
--Late Imperialism
Readings: World History chapter 13, 721-730 documents at:
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1902hobson.html, A Child from
the Village chapters 7-9.
4/8-10
--Oil and the Middle East
Readings: World History chapter 13, 764-782; A Child from the
Village chapters 7-9, documents at:
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/balfour.html
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1915mcmahon.html
4/15-17
--Total War and the Totalitarians
Readings: World History chapter 13, 749-763, and documents at:
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1918fraser.html
Wednesday: complete A Child from the Village, discussion.
4/15-17
--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
4/22-24
--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
4/29-5/1
--The Crowded Blue Marble
--Wednesday: review for final exam
5/6-10
Indulgence
Spanish Inquisition
Little Ice Age
Fortunate Isles
Columbian Exchange
Jihad
Tokugawa
Confucianism
Laissez faire
Estates General
Third Estate
Finals week
Terms for History 202, Exam 1
Calvinism
Jesuits
Holy Roman Empire
Joint stock company
Enlightenment
Edict of Nantes
Encomienda
Mestizos
Mercantilism
Middle passage
Janissary
Safavids
Samurai
Matteo Ricci
Cotton gin
James Watt
Positivism
Bastille
Versailles
Reign of Terror
Congress of Vienna
Toussaint L'Overture
History 202, Terms for Final Exam
James Watt
Simon Bolivar
G.F.W. Hegel
Meiji Restoration
Emilio Aguinaldo
Alfred Dreyfus
Balfour Declaration
Proletariat
Nuremburg laws
Cultural Revolution
Karl Marx
Taiping Rebellion
Ho Chi-min
Congo Free State
Opium War
Fascism
Charles Darwin
Romanticism
Apartheid
Containment
Hiroshima
Great Leap Forward
Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk)
Gulag system
Mao Zedong
Salvador Allende
Ayatollah Khomeini
Benito Mussolini
HUAC
Keiretsu