Instructor: Dr. Sanjam Ahluwalia

Office: LA 232

Phone # : 3-8709

Office Hours:TTH 12:30-1:30, and by appointment

E-mail: Sanjam.Ahluwalia@nau.edu

Class Meetings: LA 135; TTH 2:20-3:35

Course Prerequisites: None
 
 

Teaching Assistant:Joyce Pollack

Phone # : 523-6167

Office Hours: 12.00-2.00 Monday

E-mail: jp43@dana.ucc.nau.edu

HIS 102: The Making of the Modern World

IMPORTANT: Please look at the “Northern Arizona University Policy Statements” and the “Classroom Management Statement” at the back of this documentbefore reading the syllabus.
 
 

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course traces the evolution of the world from a constellation of relatively isolated regions in 1500 to global interdependence of the present-day. The lectures, reading materials, primary documents, films, and assignments, while delineating the role of western Europe, will focus on the contributions of the non-western regions to the forging of the modern age. The emphasis in the course will be on the interdependence of the world regions--an interaction that was stimulated by the European invasions and colonizations. In analyzing and understanding global histories as inter-connected we will pay close attention to the social, cultural, political, economic, demographic and ecological implications of this history. Class lectures and readings will stress upon issues of diversity, power imbalances, and the interactive workings of race, ethnicity, class, gender, and national variables. Though primarily a course in global history, it will draw upon materials and pedagogical approaches from other disciplines, such as feminist studies, anthropology, literature, political science, and art. 
 
 

THEMATIC FOCI: The readings and class lectures will emphasize the importance of valuing diversity of human experiences. Students will be urged to pay close attention to how variables of gender, race, ethnicity, class, religion, community, and nation shaped historical understandings in different parts of the globe. We will pay close attention to technological developments and their varied impact in history, again our focus will be to map how technology impacted different social groups and societies in the past. Looking at global interactions across time and space, this course will also examine how environmental consciousness shaped human interactions with their natural world.
 
 

DISTRIBUTION BLOCK: Cultural Understanding.
 
 

ESSENTIAL SKILLS: Critical Reading and Thinking, Ethical Reasoning, Effective Writing, and Oral Communication. 

COURSE OBJECTIVES: The course will promote understanding of different cultures as they have developed in global, political, social, cultural, economic, and environmental contexts. It will provide the opportunity for students to study the historical development of local and regional societies, and to cross disciplinary and geographical boundaries to appreciate an increasingly interdependent and multi-cultural world. This pedagogical approach will emphasize the interconnectedness and uniqueness of all peoples. It will elucidate the contributions of culturally diverse groups to the formation of the modern world, while highlighting their achievements. The course’s potential is exemplary for instilling the skills and values of world citizenship and for relating to people different from oneself. 
 
 

COURSE STRUCTURE: This is the second course in a two semester sequence on World History at NAU. These courses intended to be large surveys that break down into smaller discussion sections through the strategic use of teaching assistants. Both courses also build upon common themes of (1) the globalization process; and (2) cultural change . The general format of the course will be: interactive lectures, audio-visual materials, intensive reading and writing, and small group discussions. 
 
 

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

You are expected to engage with weekly readings carefully and critically and participate actively in class discussions, 10% of your course grade will depend upon class discussion of various films and readings. This class will also require use of internet resources. 

Paper: You will be expected to write short critical responses to works of fiction, primary documents, and films. 

Mid-Term Exam: There will be an in-class mid-term exam. The format of which will be discussed in class.

Final Exam: In-class final exam will consist of essay questions drawn from a list handed out in class two weeks prior to the exam. 
 
 

COURSE GRADES

Grades for the course will be calculated in the following way:

Class Discussion 10%; Informal writing 20%; Mid-term Exam 30%; and Final Exam 40%.

TOTAL FOR COURSE100%

The grading scale for the course will be as follows: 

90%+ = A; 80 - 89%= B; 70-79%= C; 60-69%= D; below 60%= F.
 
 
 
 

ASSIGNED TEXTS: 

Howard Spodek, The World’s History: Volume II–Since 1100. (REQUIRED)

Wolfgang Schivelbusch, Taste of Paradise. (REQUIRED)

Rokeya Shakawat Hossian, Sultana’s Dreams(REQUIRED)

Ronald Takaki, Hiroshima: Why America Dropped the Atomic Bomb. (REQUIRED)
 
 

All these texts have been ordered at the NAU Bookstore. 
 
 

A set of REQUIRED readings will also be available on E- reserve at the Cline Library and on the World Wide Web (WWW). 

COURSE POLICIES

ALL WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS ARE DUE IN CLASS.
 
 

PLEASE NOTE: I do not give extensions, incompletes, or make-up exams, except in cases allowed for by University Policy. 
 
 

Plagiarism or other forms of academic dishonesty will not be tolerated in any of the assignments, and will result in failing the course. Please consult the section on “Academic Integrity” in the NAU Policy Statements appended to this syllabus for further details. IT IS THE STUDENTS' RESPONSIBILITY TO FAMILIARIZE HERSELF/HIMSELF WITH THESE MATTERS AS DEFINED BY THE UNIVERSITY. 
 
 

ATTENDANCE AND PUNCTUALITY

While I will not take regular roll, however, frequent and repeated absence and/or lack of punctuality could effect your grade. As pointed out above 10% of your class grade will depend on participation in the various class discussions assigned in the syllabus. Whatever your reasons for arriving late or missing a class, it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to arrange to meet or call a classmate and find out what happened in that class. 
 
 

COURSE SCHEDULE: SUBJECT TO MODIFICATION
 
 

August 31: Introduction.
 
 

September 2: Why World History? Dominant themes to be covered in the course.

Reading: Spodek, “Introduction,” PP: 1-16. 
 
 

September 7: Changing World in 1500: Trade, Politics, and Society. 

September 7: Class Lecture.

Readings: Spodek, “Chapter 12: Channels of Communication,” PP: 372-408 and “Chapter 13: The Unification of World Trade,” PP: 409-443. 

E-RESERVE: Raymond Hylton, ed., Documents Set, “Chapter 12,” PP: 205-218. (HenceforthDocuments Set.) 
 
 

September 9-14: Demography and Migration–1500-1770s.

Lecture September 9: Class Lecture.

September 14: Film “Faces of Slavery” and Class Discussion of Taste of Paradise. 

Readings: Spodek, “Chapter 14: Demography and Migration,” PP: 444-474; Schivelbusch, Taste of Paradise. 

E-RESERVE:Documents Set, PP 244-246; 250-254; Antoinette Burton eds., Politics and Empire in Victorian Britain, “Mary Prince, The History of Mary Prince.” (1831): 45-58. 

September 21- 30: Political Revolutions in Europe and the Americas: 1688-1850.

September 21: Revolution and ideas; English Revolution--1688.

September 23: American Revolution-- 1775-1783.

September 28: French Revolution-- 1789-1799. 

September 30: Revolt in Haiti-- 1791.

October 5: Comparative analysis and importance of the revolutions–Class Discussion.

Readings: Spodek, “Chapter 15: Western Revolutions and their Export,” PP: 478-507. 

E-RESERVE:Documents Set, PP 255-264; Russell Barber eds., Reading the Global Past: Selected Historical Documents: Volume II 1500 to the Present, “ Olympe de Gouges, ‘Declaration of the Rights of Women and Female Citizen,” 65-72; Barber, “Edmund Burke, The Errors of the French Revolution,” 75-84. 
 
 

October 7-12 : Industrial Revolution–1740-1914.

October 7: Britain and Europe; Impact on the world outside Europe: India, China and Africa.

Readings: Spodek, “Chapter 16: The Industrial Revolution,” PP: 517-556. 

E-RESERVE:Documents Set, PP: 278-286.

Marx, Communist Manifesto. Available on line.

Please make a print out from the following site:http://csf.colorado.edu/psn/marx/Archive/1848-CM/
 
 

October 12- Class discussion of Communist Manifesto.And MID-TERM REVIEW
 
 

October 14:MID-TERM EXAM!! PLEASE REMEMBER TO BRING BLUE BOOKS!! 
 
 

October 19-26: Social Revolutions- 1830-1914

October 19: Gender Politics and the Emergence of the “Woman’s Question.”

October 21-26: Film “Doll House.”

Readings, Spodek, “Chapter 17: Social Revolutions,” PP: 557-575. 

E-RESERVE:Documents Set, Chapter 17, PP 288-291, 306-311; Burton, “Isabella Beeton, The Book of Household Management, 65-68; Burton, “Richard twopenny on Servants in Australia,” 68-70.
 
 

October 28-November 2: Colonialism and Politics of Nationalisms- 1830-1914.

October 28: Class Lecture

November 2: “Story of Sarah Baartman”

Readings: Class handout–Rudyard Kipling, “White Man’s Burden”; Spodek, “Chapter 17: Social Revolutions,” PP: 575-593; Toer, This Earth of Mankind.

E-RESERVE: Burton, “Lieutenant John Ouchterloony, The Chinese War,” 71-74; Burton, “William Greg, ‘Shall we Retain our Colonies?’ 1851,” 81-85; Burton, “Karl Marx on the Events of 1875,” 102-104; Burton, “Convict Experiences-- 1837-38,”15-18; Burton, “Thomas Macaulay, Minutes on Education in India 1835,” 18-20; Burton, “East India Contagious Diseases Acts 1868,” 126-130; Burton, “Edward Fry, China, England, and Opium, 1876,” 220-222; Burton, “Henry Stanley, Through the Dark Continent 1879,” 232-234; Burton, “F.A.Steel and G. Gardner, The Complete Indian Housekeeper and Cook, 1888” 257-259; Dennis Sherman eds.,World Civilizations: Sources, Images and Interpretations, “Friedrich Fabri, “Does Germany Need Colonies,” 210-211; Barber ed., “Cecil Rhodes, “Confession of Faith,” 79-83; Barber ed., “Hashimoto Kingoro, “The Need for Emigration and Expansion,” 83-84. 
 
 

November 4-: Technologies of Destruction: 1914-2000.

November 4: Class lecture – World War I. 

November 9: World War II.– Film “Coming Out Under Fire.”

November 11: Class discussion ofRonald Takaki’s book! 

Readings, Spodek, “Chapter 18: Technologies of Mass Production and Destruction,” PP: 594-639; Ronald Takaki, Hiroshima. 

E-RESERVE:Documents Set, PP: 312-325; Barber eds., “Voices of Working Women in World War I: Selections from Angela Woolacott,” 127-132. 
 
 

November 16: Paper on Takaki’s Book
 
 

November 16: Soviet Union and Japan 1914-2000.

November 16: Class Lecture--Soviet Union and Japan: A Historical Comparison

Readings, Spodek, Chapter 19: Soviet Union and Japan,” PP 640-676. 

E-RESERVE:Documents Set, PP: 339-349; 359-362.
 
 

November 18-23 India and China 1914-2000.

November 18 : Lecture

November 23: Class discussion of Hind Swaraj

Readings, Spodek“Chapter 20: China and India,” PP 677-712. 

E-RESERVE:Documents Set, PP: 363-386; 

M. K. Gandhi, Hind Swaraj. Available on Line.

Please make a print out from the following site:

http://www.swaraj.org/mkgandhiswaraj.htm
 
 

November 30 : Latin America 1870s-2000.

November 30: Latin America.

Readings, Spodek, “Chapter 23: Latin America,” PP: 774-804. 

E-RESERVE:Documents Set, 432-437. 
 
 

December 2-7 : Africa and Arab World 1870s-2000.

December 2: Class Lecture

December 7: Class discussion of Middle East

Readings, Spodek, “Chapter 21: The Middle East and North Africa,” PP: 713-15; 720-721; 727-740; Spodek,” Chapter 22: Sub-Saharan Africa,” PP: 741-773. 

E-RESERVE:Documents Set, PP: 387-392; 401-410; 423-431; James Overfield, Sources of Twentieth-Century Global History, “France lets go of Algeria,” 285-288; 
 
 

December 9: FINAL EXAM REVIEW!
 
 

DECEMBER 16: 12.30-2.30 PM. FINAL EXAM–PLEASE REMEMBER TO BRING BLUE BOOKS!!!