Paper Profile
HIST117-10B (NET)
Global Histories: 1900 - the Present
15 Points
Aim/Objectives
This paper will help you to understand the main events, issues and changes that took place in the world during the twentieth-century. As well as looking at specific events, such as the major wars and revolutions, we will examine the broader processes of change in human society and the environment.
The twentieth-century has been described as ‘the people’s century’. You will evaluate this interpretation, as well as a number of other historical perspectives. Students will be encouraged, in lectures and assignments, to think about the criteria we employ in the present to interpret the past, and to relate contemporary themes and issues to the critical study of the past.
Lectures for this course are arranged around five themes:
1. Imperialism and decolonisation
2. War and conflict
3. Health and human rights
4. Technology and the environment
5. The world economy
Thus the course is not driven by a chronology, although it will address changes over time as the key themes are discussed.
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Assessment
Internal assessment/examination ratio: 1 : 0
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Texts
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| The required textbook for the paper is the most recent edition of Carter Findley and John Rothney, Twentieth-Century World, (Houghton Mifflin). This is available in Bennetts Bookshop, and is an essential part of the paper. There may be some second-hand copies in bookstores in Hamilton, but you must have the most recent edition. Other materials may be distributed in class. |
Contact
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Dr Catharine Coleborne |
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