HISTORY 142 — Hist World Civiliz Frm 1500
Effects of the military, scientific, industrial, and democratic revolutions on the balance of civilization after 1500 C.E. Topics include: the gunpower empires; the "Columbian exchange;" colonialism and the price revolution; capitalism and liberalism in global perspective; nationalism and dictatorship; the century of total war; the shifting world balance in the new millennium. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course.