Part 1. The Big Picture: A Quick Overview of Globalization and Its History
1/20 First Impressions—What is Globalization? What is its history?
1/22 Conceptualizing the History of Globalization
Marks, 1-21 (Introduction)
Osterhammel, and Petersson, Globalization: A Short History, 1-29 (Handout/On Reserve)
1/27 First Globalizations?: Conquerors, Merchants, and Missionaries to c. 1500
Marks, 21-66 (Ch. 1, 2)
1/29 The Birth of a Modern World Order, Pt. 1: Ships, Germs, and Empires, c. 1500-c. 1800
Marks, 67-94 (Ch. 3)
2/3 The Birth of a Modern World Order, Pt. II: Industrialization, c. 1750-c. 1850
Marks, 95-121 (Ch. 4)
2/5 The Opening of the "Gap": Industry, Imperialism, and Inequality, c. 1800-1900
Marks, 123-154 (Ch. 5)
2/10 A "New" World?: The Twentieth Century
Marks, 155-207 (Ch. 6, Conclusion)
Reaction Paper 1 Due
Part 2. Closer Looks, I: Seventeenth Century "Globalization," Trade, and Material Culture
2/12 "The View from Delft": Looking Outward From The Dutch Republic
Brook, 1-25 (Ch. 1)
2/17 "Vermeer's Hat": Furs, "Indians," and the Northwest Passage
Brook, 26-53 (Ch. 2)
2/19 "A Dish of Fruit": How Porcelain Became "China"
Brook, 54-83 (Ch. 3)
2/24 "Geography Lessons": Visions of the World from Europe and China
Brook, 84-116 (Ch. 4)
2/26 "A School for Smoking": Tobacco and Opium
Brook, 117-151 (Ch. 5)
3/3 "Weighing Silver": Precious Metals and the 17th-Century World Economy
Brook, 152-184 (Ch. 6)
Reaction Paper 2 Due
3/5 "Journeys": Sea Travel and Its Hazards
Brook, 185-230 (Ch. 7, 8)
3/10 Midterm Exam
Part 3. Closer Looks II: Forging Local Links c. 1400 to the Present
3/12 The Rules of the Game: Making Market Conventions
Pomeranz and Topik, ix-xiii, 3-48 (Foreword, Introduction, Ch. 1)
3/17 From Here to There and Back Again: Transportation
Pomeranz and Topik, 49-80 (Ch. 2)
3/19 Class Cancelled
3/24 Chocolate, Opium, Coffee and Cocaine: Drug Trades and Drug Wars
Pomeranz and Topik, 81-107 (Ch. 3)
3/26 “Now we see the violence inherent in the system!”: Force and Fortunes
Pomeranz and Topik, 152-192 (Ch. 5)
3/31 Production, Consumption, and Meaning: The Lives of Commodities
Pomeranz and Topik, 108-151 (Ch. 4)
4/2 Setting Standards: Making Modern Markets
Pomeranz and Topik, 193-243 (Ch. 6)
4/14 Uneven Growth: Industrialization and Deinsdustrialization Revisited
Pomeranz and Topik, 244-287 (Ch. 7)
Reaction Paper 3 Due
Part Four—Another Look, Food for Thought: Globalization’s History From the Ground Up
4/16 Fishing and First Encounters
Goucher, xv-xx, 3-37 (Introduction, Chp. 1)
4/21 Out of Africa: Food and the Slave Trade
Goucher, 38-88 (Chp. 2)
4/23 Sweetness and Slavery: Food and the Plantation System
Goucher, 89-124 (Chp. 3)
4/24 FRIDAY MAKEUP FOR MARCH 19--15:00-16:15, T.1.1.
Food, Resistance and the Gods
Goucher, 125-157 (Chp. 4)
4/28 Food, Love and Women
Goucher, 158-192 (Chp. 5)
4/30 Globalization: Where, when, how, why, and so what?
Goucher, 193-218 (Chp. 6)
Pomeranz and Topik, 288-304 (Epilogue)
Article-Based Literature Review Due
FINAL EXAM WEEK: MAY 2-8