POLS 217.02 – DIPLOMATIC HISTORY
Instructor: Mehmet Gök
A History of the Modern World since the French Revolution.The course opens with the major developments brought to World History by the French Revolution and covers topics like the Industrial Revolution and its consequences in 1830 and 1848 Revolutions, the Making of Large Nation States and their rivalry as Colonial Expansion of Europe in the last Quarter of the 19th Century. 20thCentury Politics: 1st and 2nd World Wars, the Russian Revolution and Resettlement of the World System in the Cold War Period.End of Cold War: World Order in the Era of Globalization.
Text Books– “ A History of Europe in the Modern World “ by Palmer, Colton and Kramer - Mc GrawHill , 11th edition and “The Essential World History, Volume 2 Since 1500” by William J. Duiker and Jackson Spielvogel (both booksavailable at the bookstore and one copy on the reserve shelf of this course at the library)
Grading: 2 Mid-term exams (20% of the final grade each,final exam (40% of final grade) attendance and quizzes(20 % of final grade)
Assigned readings:
Week starting Sept. 18, 2017: Introduction to the Course
Week startingSept. 25 2017: The French Revolution and Napoleonic Europe, Palmer pp.411-447, Duiker pp.472-480
Week starting Oct.2, 2017: Industrial Revolution and its Consequences: 1830 and 1848 Revolutions, Palmer pp.479-520. Duiker pp.489-500
Week starting Oct. 9, 2017:Consolidation of Large Nation States Palmer pp.535-555, Duiker pp.522-525, 583-590
Week starting Oct. 16, 2017 :Europe s World Supremacy, Palmer pp.643-687, Duiker pp.541-565
Week starting Oct. 23, 2017 :Review of the first 4 topics and the First Mid-term Exam
Week starting Oct. 30, 2017 : The First World War and the Russian Revolution, Palmer pp.689-733 and774-778, Duiker pp.606-613
Week starting Nov.6, 2017: The Interwar Period and the Second World War Palmer pp.843-881, Duiker pp.613-659
Week starting Nov. 13, 2017: The Cold War, Palmer pp.883-924, Duiker pp.678-705
Week starting Nov. 20, 2017 : Review of the last 4 topics and the Second Mid-Term Exam
Week starting Nov.27, 2017 :Post Colonial Nations in Africa, Asia and Latin America, Palmer pp.925-947, Duiker pp. 765-774
Week starting Dec. 4, 2017:The Middle East, Palmer pp.947-957, Duiker pp.776-789
Week starting Dec.11, 2017: Coexistence, Confrontation and the Fall of the Soviet Union: Palmer pp. 959-1018, Duiker pp.708-733