HIST 102:  World Civilizations E-Readings

 

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Holloway Hall, Salisbury University, MarylandThe links below access primary and secondary sources assigned for Mr. Richards’ HIST 102 courses at Salisbury University. Students may print the documents or read them online. In some cases, it may be wise to bring a copy for use during course seminars.

All documents are organized by lecture title.

 

 

Writing Guide: to help with your essays

 

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General Overview: The World We Have Lost (introduction)

 

The world before industrialization according to Peter Laslett, 1965.

 

Europe Transformed: Rebirth of Art and Science (lecture)

 

The Crime of Galileo, 1633.

 

Europe Transformed: Religious Revolution (lecture)

 

Martin Luther, Against Catholicism, 1535.

 

Icons of Reformation England: Henry VIII, Bess, and the Puritans (lecture)

 

Thomas Cranmer, Letter of Thomas Cranmer on Henry VIII s divorce, 1533.

 

Elizabeth I, Proclamation to Forbid Preaching, 1558.

 

Costs of Conquest (lecture/seminar)

 

Hernando Cortes, Second Letter to Charles V, 1520.

 

Colonies in the New World (lecture)

 

Nathaniel Bacon, Declaration in the Name of the People, 1676.

 

William Penn, Plan of Union, 1697.

 

Absolutists Enjoy the Best, Cake for the Rest (lecture)

 

Duc de Saint-Simon, The Court of Louis XIV, n.d.

 

The Duchess of Orleans, Versailles Etiquette, 1704.

 

Revolutions of the Mind: Science and Enlightenment (lecture)

 

Voltaire, A Treatise on Toleration, 1763.

 

Political Revolutions in the Atlantic Community: France & America (lecture)

 

Declaration of Independence, 1776.

 

The Cost of Sugar (lecture)

 

James Babot Jr, Premeditated a Revolt, 1732.

 

James Martin, The Slaves are put in stalls like cattle, 1937.

 

A. Opie, A Black Man s Lament, 1826.

 

Studying for Exam 1

 

Exam 1 Study Guide (posted March 3)

 

The Complex Napoleon (lecture)

 

Napoleon, Account of the Internal Situation of France, 1804.

 

Imperialism: Africa as Case Study (lecture)

 

Rudyard Kipling, The White Man s Burden, 1899.

 

Industrial Revolution: Capitalism and the Response (lecture/seminar)

 

Michael Faraday, Observations on the Filth of the Thames, Jul 1855.

 

Totalitarian Demands, 1939-45 (lecture)

 

Lecture Outline

 

20th Century Social Movements (lecture)

 

James Baldwin, My Dungeon Shook: A letter to my nephew on the 100th Anniversary of Emancipation, 1963.

 

Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, trans. H.M. Parshely, 1952.

 

Mr. Miller of Nebraska on Homosexuality. Congressional Record, volume 96, part 4,

[81st Congress 2nd Session, March 29 - April 24, 1950].

 

Anti-colonialism: British Empire as Case Study (lecture)

 

UK Parliament, Statute of Westminster, 1931.

 

UN, Declaration on Granting Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, 1960.

 

East Asia: China, Vietnam, and Cambodia (lecture)

 

General Marshall, American Views on the Situation in China, 1947.

 

Mao Tse-Tung, Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung, (selected).

 

Fundamentalists v. Moderates: Analyzing Morocco and Jordan (lecture)

 

Abdeslam Maghraoui, Political Authority in Crisis: Mohammed VI s Morocco, Spring 2001.

 

Susan Slyomovics, A Truth Commission for Morocco, Spring 2001.

 

Moroccan King announces amends for father. Assorted Sources, 2006.

 

Oh! Jerusalem... Conflict and Confrontation in Southwest Asia (lecture)

 

Samuel Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations, (1993).

 

Studying for Exam 2

 

Exam 2 Study Guide (posted May 5)

 

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