The World Outside the West
From 1500 to the Present
Winter Semester 1999

Frank Luttmer
108 Classic Hall
M W F: 9-10, T R: 12-1
866-7205
historians@hanover.edu


Course Description and Objectives

Designed as a companion to Foundations of the Modern Age, this course is an historical introduction to Asian and African civilizations from 1500 to the present. After a review of the history of Europe and Latin America, the course focuses on the civilizations of Asia and Africa, examining the different ways these traditional societies responded to the challenge of modernity and Western imperialism. The course is designed both to build essential knowledge about the modern world and to encourage a basic understanding of historical context and perspective. It seeks to promote the skills essential to historical inquiry and to the liberal arts, including the capacity to define historical questions, analyze primary documents carefully, evaluate alternative interpretations critically, develop original arguments, and write essays clearly and effectively.


Readings

1. Robert Strayer, et al, The Making of the Modern World
2. Alfred Andrea and James Overfield, eds. The Human Record, vol. 2
3. Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart
4. Mohandas Gandhi, Autobiography
5. Texts and resources from the Internet
6. Hammond Historical Atlas of the World (recommended)


Grades

Final grades will be based on an evaluation of the following.

1. Two mid-term exams (15% each) and a final exam (20%)

2. A research paper submitted in two drafts (15% for the first draft and 20% for the second)
3. Class participation and daily writing assignments (15%)


Schedule

The Rise of the West

January 13
Why Europe?
Strayer, 1-37; Andrea, 36-39

January 15
Science and Capitalism
Stayer, 38-68; Andrea, 150-153, 157-161, 166-170

January 20
Industrialization, Liberalism, and Socialism
Strayer, 69-86; Andrea, 185-191, 262-268, 276-280

January 22
20th Century: Democracy, Fascism, and Communism
Strayer, 87-106, 179-200; Andrea, 378-386

January 25
European Imperialism and the Challenge of Modernity
Strayer, 109-134; Andrea, 287-295, 456-468


Latin America

January 27
Pre-Columbian and Colonial Era
Strayer, 137, 159-169; Andrea, 18-25, 66-82

January 29
Political Independence, Economic Dependence, and Modernization
Strayer, 169-178; Andrea, 191-194, 446-454; Bilbao; Sarmiento


Sub-Saharan Africa

February 1
Early Sub-Saharan Civilizations
Strayer, 421-432; Andrea, 42-54

February 3
The Slave Trade
Strayer, 432-435; Andrea, 55-65, 197-206

February 5
Colonies
Strayer, 435-461; Andrea, 298-307, 429-437

February 8
Independent States
Strayer, 461-486; Andrea, 471-474, 484-488, 495-498; Achebe, 3-35

February 10
Things Fall Apart
Achebe, 36-125

February 12
Things Fall Apart
Achebe, 125-209

February 15
FIRST EXAM


The Middle East and Islam

February 17
The Origin and Development of Islam
Strayer, 207-221; Qur'an; Hadith

February 19
The Ottoman and Safavid Empires
Strayer, 222-229; Andrea, 83-95, 99-105, 207-216

February 22
Imperialism, Islam, and Nationalism
Strayer, 229-240; Andrea, 222-231, 307-321

February 24
Islam, Nationalism, and Modernity
Strayer, 241-248; Andrea, 409-421; Hussein; Nasser; Sadat

February 26
Israel, Oil, and International Politics
Strayer, 249-254; Herzl; Israel 1948; Palestinian Charter 1968; Declaration 1993

March 8
Islamic Revival
Strayer, 254-261; Andrea, 493-495; Iranian Constitution; Lewis


India and South Asia

March 10
The Origin and Development of Indian Civilization
Strayer, 267-276; Laws of Manu; Bhagavad Gita

March 11
FIRST DRAFT OF PAPER DUE

March 12
Vijayanagara and Mughal India
Strayer, 276-286; Andrea, 95-99, 105-111, 216-222

March 15
The British Raj
Strayer, 287-299; Andrea, 322-327

March 17
Nationalists, Hindus, and Muslims
Strayer, 299-305; Andrea, 422-426

March 22
South Asia Since Independence
Strayer, 306-320; Andrea, 479-483; Nehru

March 24
Mohandas Gandhi
Gandhi, ix-xii, 1-30, 47-61

March 29
SECOND EXAM

March 31
Mohandas Gandhi
Gandhi, 73-85, 107-117, 132-134, 171-179,
266-278, 311-314, 329-354, 383-392, 398-402, 407-420


East Asia

April 5
The Origin and Development of Chinese Civilization
Strayer, 327-335; Confucius; Han Fei tzu; Lao Tzu

April 7
Late Imperial China
Strayer, 335-357; Andrea, 114-119, 123-130, 330-336

April 9
Revolution, Nationalists and Commnunists
Strayer, 358-373; Andrea, 336-340, 438-446

April 12
The People's Republic
Strayer, 374-391, 415-416; Andrea, 498-508

April 14
The Origins and Development of Japanese Civilization
Strayer, 392-398; Andrea, 119-122, 130-133, 138-141, 241-250

April 16
Japan in the Twentieth Century
Strayer, 398-414; Andrea, 341-353, 392-396, 402-406

FINAL DRAFT OF PAPER DUE

April 19-23
FINAL EXAM





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