Key Concept 6.1 Science and the Environment Key Concept 6.2 Global Conflicts and Their Consequences Key Concept 6.3 New Conceptualizations of Global Economy, Society and Culture Text Chapters: 25-29 Reader: Chapter 25: B.N. Ponomaryov (handout), Mao Zedong The Cold War: A Soviet Perspective (handout), Assia Djebar (handout) Communism in China Growing Up in Algeria Chapter 26: Alexander Solzhenitsyn Wang Xin One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, A Chinese Peasant Maps His Road to Wealth Chapter 27: Leopold Sedar Senghor Charles de Gaulle Poems, Europe and Its Role in World (handout), Dean Acheson (handout), Juan Domingo Peron Affairs U.S. Position on China (handout) Justicialism Chapter 28: Jomo Kenyatta Desmond Tutu The Kenya Africa Union Is Not The Mau Mau, My Ayatollah Murtada Mutahhari vision for South Africa, The Resurgence of Islam Chapter 29: Sami Shawkat Strength means to excel in the profession of death, Traditional Versus Communiqué of the Central Committee Nuclear Families in Modern India, Communist China: (handout) The Four Modernizations Independent States to 1991, Cold War Europe 1946-1990, The Vietnam War 1964-1975, States of Atlas: the World 2002. Secondary Sources: Anwar-ul-haq Ahady, The Afghanistan Revolutionary Wars Louis L. Snyder, Farewell to the Nation-State? Raymond L. Garthoff, The End of the Cold War Robert J. Donia, War in Bosnia and Ethnic Cleansing Ali A. Mazrui and Michael Tidy, Reviving African Culture Thomas B. Gold, Economic Revitalization of East Asia Edward O. Wilson, Ecological Threats Visual Sources: Decolonization in Asia and Africa, Rent Collection Courtyard: Art and Politics in China, The Growth of Cities, Global Environmental Problems Discussion: Has the nation-state met its end? What evidence conflicts with argument? How can Snyder’s recent history support him? Are the Afghani wars comparable to any others we have encountered?
Key Concept 6.1 Science and the Environment Key Concept 6.2 Global Conflicts and Their Consequences Key Concept 6.3 New Conceptualizations of Global Economy, Society and Culture Text Chapters: 25-29 Reader: Chapter 25: B.N. Ponomaryov The Cold War: A Soviet Perspective (handout), Mao Zedong Communism in China (handout), Assia Djebar Growing Up in Algeria (handout) Chapter 26: Alexander Solzhenitsyn One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Wang Xin A Chinese Peasant Maps His Road to Wealth Chapter 27: Leopold Sedar Senghor Poems, Charles de Gaulle Europe and Its Role in World Affairs (handout), Dean Acheson U.S. Position on China (handout), Juan Domingo Peron Justicialism (handout) Chapter 28: Jomo Kenyatta The Kenya Africa Union Is Not The Mau Mau, Desmond Tutu My vision for South Africa, Ayatollah Murtada Mutahhari The Resurgence of Islam Chapter 29: Sami Shawkat Strength means to excel in the profession of death, Traditional Versus Nuclear Families in Modern India, Communiqué of the Central Committee Communist China: The Four Modernizations (handout) Atlas: Independent States to 1991, Cold War Europe 1946-1990, The Vietnam War 1964-1975, States of the World 2002. Secondary Sources: Anwar-ul-haq Ahady, The Afghanistan Revolutionary Wars Louis L. Snyder, Farewell to the Nation-State? Raymond L. Garthoff, The End of the Cold War Robert J. Donia, War in Bosnia and Ethnic Cleansing Ali A. Mazrui and Michael Tidy, Reviving African Culture Thomas B. Gold, Economic Revitalization of East Asia Edward O. Wilson, Ecological Threats Visual Sources: Decolonization in Asia and Africa, Rent Collection Courtyard: Art and Politics in China, The Growth of Cities, Global Environmental Problems Discussion: Has the nation-state met its end? What evidence conflicts with Snyder’s argument? How can recent history support him? Are the Afghani wars comparable to any others we have encountered?
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