课程介绍

 

　　Thisisasurveyofmodernhistoryfromaglobalperspective.PartOnebeginswiththepoliticalandeconomicrevolutionsofthelate1700sandtracksthetransformationoftheworldduringthe1800s.PartOneconcludesasthesebewilderingchangesseemtoberunningbeyondthecapacityofolderinstitutionstohandlethem.Throughoutthecoursewetrytograspwhatishappeningandask:Why?Andtheanswersoftenturnonveryhumanchoices.

 

　　课程目录

 

　　1FromtheTraditionaltotheModern-CommercialandMilitaryRevolutions(1760-1800)

 

　　1.1TheStudyofHistory

 

　　1.2TheGreatDivide

 

　　1.3TheTraditionalandtheModern

 

　　1.4TheGreatDivide-Why?

 

　　1.5TheWorldof1760

 

　　1.6TheCommercialRevolution

 

　　1.7TheMilitaryRevolution

 

　　1.8IntrovertsandExtroverts

 

　　1.9TheFatesofIndiaandNorthAmerica

 

　　2DemocraticRevolutionsoftheAtlanticWorld(1760-1800)

 

　　2.1TheDiffusionofAuthority

 

　　2.2DemocraticRevolutions

 

　　2.3TheseUnitedStates

 

　　2.4LibertyandCommonSense

 

　　4.5TheFrenchRevolution

 

　　2.6TheFrenchRepublic

 

　　2.7TheWorld'sRevolution

 

　　3RevolutionaryWars(1800-1830)

 

　　3.1LuckyAmericans

 

　　3.2NapoleonicWars

 

　　3.3TheEndofSpanishAmerica

 

　　3.4NewRepublicsandEmpiresintheAmericas

 

　　3.5TheTippingPoint-India

 

　　3.6TheWorldof1830

 

　　4TheWorldTransformed(1830-1870)

 

　　4.1TheGreatDivergence-Why?

 

　　4.2Engines,Electricity,Evolution

 

　　4.3HarnessingtheNewForces

 

　　4.4TheNewSituation

 

　　4.5TheIslamicWorldAdapts

 

　　4.6BreakingOpenChinaandJapan

 

　　5TheRiseofNationalIndustrialStates(1830-1871)

 

　　5.1ToBuildaNation

 

　　5.2TheGlobalandtheLocal

 

　　5.3TheZenithofLiberalism

 

　　5.4ALiberalRainbow

 

　　5.5EnemiesofLiberalism

 

　　6TheRiseofNationalIndustrialEmpires(1871-1900)

 

　　6.1TheAgeofImperialism

 

　　6.2TippingPoints

 

　　6.3VarietiesofImperialism

 

　　6.4ChinaintheBalance

 

　　6.5TheWaveBreaks

 

　　7TheGreatAcceleration(1890-1910)

 

　　7.1TheSecondIndustrialRevolution

 

　　7.2ModernCapitalism

 

　　7.3TheDynamoandtheVirgin

 

　　7.4ModernNation-States

 

　　7.5RevolutionaryNation-States

 

　　7.6BattleLines

 

　　7.7TheBattlesBegin

 

　　7.8TheBigPicture