Course Topic Outline

A.  Review Course Expectations and Requirements 

B.  ISMS - an intellectual history Weeks 1-6

1. First Encounters and Cultural Stereotypes (week 1-3)

a. Primary Sources

b. Understanding development of Stereotypes

2. Renaissance / Reform / Revolution- Composite Culture Early Modern Europe  (weeks 3-6)

a. Is the Renaissance a Thing?

i. composite culture

ii. creating the modern world

b. Cultural Interactions, Blending, and changing perspectives

  i.  Outside Influences on Europe: trade, universities, competing naratives

ii. Adapting Exoticism and Luxury Culture

c. Reformation - Humanism and Religious Reforms

  i. Education and Literacy

ii.  Exploration / Migration

iii. Schisms / Counter-Reformations

d. Scientific Revolution - How "why" changes the world?

C. Revolutions - the Modern World (weeks 7-17)

1. Brinton's Model of Revolution (week 7)

2. Modernization and Industrial Revolution (week 8-11)

a.   Emergence of Mechanization

i. modes of power- manual labor, horse power, wind, water, and steam power

      ii.  cottage industry - home made to mill villages

    iii. factory world

b.  Emergence of Political Interests

      i.  Guilds

    ii. Associations

   iii. Political Action

3. Political Revolution (week 12 - 17)

a.  Ideal Types?

        i. Glorious Revolution

ii. American Revolution

      iii.  French Revolution

b. Non-Ideal Types?

i. Haitian

      ii.  Russian

    iii.  Chinese

c.  Democratization

     i. Post World Wars

    ii.  Contemporary Youth Led Movements