Last Installment of Syllabus

Thurs., April 12
Introduction to the Nineteenth Century

Thurs., April 19

Reading Assignment:

• Adams, pp. 522-527, 529-535, 548-554, 557, 561-565
• Weisner, Chap. 6 & Chap. 9
• Darwin & Dickens in Western World

Industrialization, Nationalism & Imperialism

Tues., April 24

Reading Assigment:

• Adams, pp. 536-537
• Weisner, Chap. 7
• Marx and Engels in Western World
• Essay due on questions posed in last paragraph of Weisner's "Problem" section, p. 180.
• FYI: "International" (lyrics) (more on Thursday?)
• FYI... Capitalism in Post-Communist China: Political Cartoon 1, Political Cartoon 2, Political Cartoon 3, Political Cartoon 4, Political Cartoon 5
• FYI: Problems with Privatization? See video four at Media That Matters.

Liberalism & Socialism

Thurs., April 26

Reading Assignment:

• Adams, pp. 454-456, 481-485, 500-506, 517-522
• Adams, pp. 565-583, 591-595
• Freud, Van Gogh and Wilde in Western World

Music, Art and Culture from the Baroque to the Fin de Siecle

Tues., May 1

Reading Assignment:

• Adams, pp. 585-590, 615-624
• Weisner, Chap. 11 & 12
• Orwell, in Western World

The 20th Century: The Challenge of Totalitarianism and Total War

Thurs., May 3

Reading Assignment:

• Adams, pp. 655-667 & Chap. 24
• Essay due on "fins de siecle"

The Cold War & Post Cold War World