Making of the Modern World

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Decks in this class (17)

Making of the Modern World – Week 1
Key themes,
Becoming modern,
Modernisation
16  cards
The French Revolution – Week 1
Background to the french revolution,
The three estates,
First estate church
36  cards
The Rise and Fall of the American Nation – Week 2
The american civil war,
America the new nation,
Casus belli what kind of labour
26  cards
The Making of Modern America – Week 2
Unionism and nationalism triumphant,
Profound change 13th amendment,
Profound change rural america
23  cards
Smith, Ricardo, Marx and the Birth of Modern Political Economy – Week 3
Key thinkers,
History of economic thought,
Key points
31  cards
Capitalism and its Discontents – Week 3
Key themes,
Utopia,
Utopian socialism
20  cards
Evolution Seminar – Seminar 5
Modernisation,
William paley,
James hutton
8  cards
America: A New Kind of Empire? – Week 7
Key points,
American revolution,
Manifest destiny
29  cards
America: An Industrial Empire – Week 7
Commercial might,
A nation of bondage,
Hashish of the west cotton produc...
22  cards
Race, Crime and Law in Nineteenth Century America – Week 8
Europe in the 18th century,
How does the us fit into this,
Incarceration in the us
22  cards
Madness – Week 8
Key themes,
Michel foucault,
Early modern madness
27  cards
The Scramble for Africa – Week 9
Key themes,
The dark continent,
Greater zimbabwe
28  cards
Imperial Anthropology – Week 9
Key themes,
Studying others,
Biblical ethnological tradition
26  cards
Science, Environment and Empire – Week 10
Themes,
Crosby talks of 4 categories of o...,
Small pox and native americans
14  cards
Empire Forestry, Famines and Communities – Week 10
Key themes,
Colonialism capitalism and nature,
Responses and the emergence of a ...
16  cards
Making of the Modern World: Conclusion – Week 11
A world transformed,
Capital s transformations,
Ideas in motion science
13  cards
The Making of the Middle East - Week 11
Ottoman empire,
Europeans and middle east,
Impact of modernity on the middle...
8  cards

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