Sept. 3
The Renaissance
Greer and Lewis, 320-321, 371-380; Pico
Sept. 5
Renaissance Political Theory
Machiavelli
Sept. 8
The Reformation
Greer and Lewis, 405-424, 430-435
Sept. 9
Using Textbooks
Sept. 10
The Emergence of Capitalism
Greer and Lewis, 329-339; Mun
Sept. 12
Early Modern Imperialism
Greer and Lewis, 354-370; Equiano
Sept. 15
Absolutism
Greer and Lewis, 451-463; Hobbes 1; Renaissance and Baroque Art
Sept. 16
Preparing for Exams
Sept. 17
The English Revolution and Political Theory
Hobbes 2
Sept. 19
QUIZES 1 and 2
Sept. 22
The English Revolution and Political Theory
Greer and Lewis, 498-503; Locke 1
Sept. 23
Primary Sources Again
Sept. 24
The English Revolution and Political Theory
Locke 2
Sept. 26
The Scientific Revolution
Greer and Lewis, 463-468; Galileo
Sept. 29
The Scientific Revolution
Greer and Lewis, 468-472; Newton
Sept. 30
Writing Papers
Oct. 1
The Enlightenment
Greer and Lewis, 448-451, 472-475; Hume; Voltaire
Oct. 3
The Enlightenment
Greer and Lewis, 475-479; Montesquieu; Smith
Oct. 6
The North American Colonies
Greer and Lewis, 504-505; Strayer, 138-142; Winthrop; Franklin
Oct. 7
Writing Papers
Oct. 8
The American Revolution
Greer and Lewis, 505-509; Strayer, 142-143; Declaration; Federalist Papers
Oct. 10
The French Revolution
Greer and Lewis, 494-498, 510-515; Declaration
Oct. 13
The French Revolution
Greer and Lewis, 515-521; Robespierre
Oct. 14
EXAM 1
Oct. 15
Conservatism, Liberalism, and Nationalism
Greer and Lewis, 521-526, 539-550; Metternich; Mazzini
Oct. 17
The United States
Strayer, 144-147; South Carolina
Oct. 22
The United States
Lincoln; Lincoln
Oct. 24
Industrialization
Greer and Lewis, 551-567; Sadler Report
Oct. 27
Marxism
Greer and Lewis, 567-573; Marx and Engels 1
Oct. 28
Writing Papers
Oct. 29
Marxism
Marx and Engels 2
Oct. 31
Mature Industrial Society and Ideologies
Greer and Lewis, 573-576; Bernstein; Webb
Nov. 3
Mature Industrial Society and Ideologies
Green; Spencer; Hearing
Nov. 4
Assessment: Late 19th Century and Ideology
Nov. 5
The United States in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
Strayer, 147-149; Carnegie; Populist; Washington; Du Bois
PAPER 1
Nov. 7
Darwin and Science before WWI
Greer and Lewis, 576-587; Darwin
Nov. 10
World War I
Greer and Lewis, 611-624; WWI Poetry
Nov. 11
No class
Nov. 12
The Russian Revolution and Communism
Greer and Lewis, 624-634; Lenin
Nov. 14
EXAM 2
Nov. 17
The Russian Revolution and Communism
Stalin; Famine
Nov. 18
Writing Papers
Nov. 19
Fascism
Greer and Lewis, 634-642; Mussolini
Nov. 21
The West and World War II
Greer and Lewis, 642-645; 652-658; Strayer, 150-152; T.S. Eliot; Roosevelt; Himmler
Nov. 24
Imperialism, the Cold War, and Nationalist Revolutions
Greer and Lewis, 601-11, 646-652, 658-682; Strayer, 152-154; Nehru
Nov. 25
Assessment: Early 20th Century and Ideology
Dec. 1
Post-War Society
Greer and Lewis, 682-86; Strayer, 154-156; Martin Luther King Jr.; The Black Panther Party Platform
Dec. 2
Assessment: Late 20th Century and Ideology
Dec. 3
Post-War Society
Greer and Lewis, 731-739; The Port Huron Statement; NOW
Dec. 4
The Late 20th Century
Greer and Lewis, 691-710; Strayer, 156-158; Reagan; Blair
Dec. 9: 7-10 PM CL 102
EXAM 3