Wright State University

History 3900--Global Encounters

C. Oldstone-Moore

Fall 2012

Christopher Oldstone-Moore

Millett 368

Office Hours: MWF 3:30-4:30

christopher.oldstone-moore@wright.edu

REQUIREMENTS

Date	Session	Reading	Due
Mon. Aug 27	Intro: Geography of Empire		Question Set A
Wed. Aug 29	Expansion of Great Britain	Smith, ch. 1
Fri. Aug 31	No Class
Mon. Sep 3	No Class
Wed. Sep 5	British India Begins	Judd, ch 3
Fri. Sep 7	Lab: East India Company	Smith, ch. 2	bring Smith
Mon. Sep 10	Industrialization and Reform	Webb and others
Wed. Sep 12	Abolition and Missionaries	Smith, ch. 4
Fri. Sep 14	No Class
Mon. Sep 17	Lab: Missions and Empire	Achebe, chs. 20-21	bring Smith
Wed. Sep 19	British South Africa	Thompson
Fri. Sep 21	Discuss: Reform and Reaction	Trekkers	bring docs.
Mon. Sep 24	Age of Reform in India	Judd, ch. 4
Wed. Sep 26	Discuss: Indian Rebellion	Judd, ch. 5
Fri. Sep 28	Exam 1
Mon. Oct 1	Origins of the Opium Wars	Beeching, ch. 3	Question Set B
Wed. Oct 3	First Opium War	Beeching, ch. 4
Fri. Oct 5	Discuss: First Opium War	Beeching, ch. 5
Mon. Oct 8	Second Opium War	Beeching, ch. 7
Wed. Oct 10	Lab: trade, patriotism and war	Parliamentary debate	print and bring debate to class
Fri. Oct 12	Australia and Canada	Smith ,ch. 3
Mon. Oct 15	The British Raj	Judd, ch. 6
Wed. Oct 17	Lab: The Raj	Smith, ch. 5	bring lab page
Fri. Oct 19	New Imperialism	Reunert, "Diamond Mining"
Mon. Oct 22	Scramble for Africa	Kwarteng, 276-86
Wed. Oct 24	Lab: Cecil Rhodes	Fremont-Barnes (13-19) Rhodes, "Confession"	bring book & docs.
Fri. Oct 26	Boer War	Fremont-Barnes (23-70)
Mon. Oct 29	Movie: Breaker Morant	Smith, ch. 3 (review)
Wed. Oct 31	Movie: Breaker Morant
Fri. Nov 2	Discuss: Legacy of Boer War	Fremont-Barnes (74-91)
Mon. Nov 5	Exam 2
Wed. Nov 7	Imperial Idealists	Karl Pearson Rudyard Kipling	Question Set C
Fri. Nov 9
Mon. Nov 12	No Class
Wed. Nov 14	Discuss: Boy Scouts	Baden-Powell, Scouting	bring docs
Fri. Nov 16	China Under the Treaties	Gregory, "Stagnant China" Veeser, Sun Yatsen
Mon. Nov 19	Indian Nationalism	Judd, ch. 7
Thanksgiving	Break
Mon. Nov 26	Discuss: Gandhi	Judd, ch. 8	bring Judd
Wed. Nov 28	Kanthapura	Rao chaps. 2-3 Study Guide for Reading	bring Rao
Fri. Nov 30	Discuss: Kanthapura	Rao, chaps 13-16	bring Rao
Mon. Dec 3	African Nationalism	Smith, ch. 10
Wed. Dec 5	Lab: African Decolonization	Smith, ch. 10 Verwoerd on Apartheid	bring Smith
Fri. Dec 7	Consequences of Empire	Kwarteng
	Exam 3