CORE 133: World Civilizations from 1453

Paper Topics

 

Conceptions of Empire

Captain Cook on the Hawaiians

King Alfonso I Protests the Slave Trade

Equiano on the Middle Passage

Ghilsan de Busbecq on the Ottoman Empire

Babar on India

Kipling, White Man’s Burden

Lord Lugard, Imperialism and Indirect Rule

Ho Chi Minh, Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Vietnam

Marcus Garvey, Africa for Africans

Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Self Rule is my Birthright

“Journey to Bananaland,” produced by William J. Ganz Co.

 

The Role of Difference

Christopher Columbus’ First Impression

Captain Cook on the Hawaiians

King Alfonso I Protests the Slave Trade

Kipling, White Man’s Burden

Kwame Nkrumah on African Unity

Nelson Mandela, Inaugural Address

 

Science and its Discontents

Malthus on Population

Jager Report

“Journey to Bananaland,” produced by William J. Ganz Co.

 

Civilization and its Discontents

Captain Cook on the Hawaiians

King Alfonso I Protests the Slave Trade

Equiano on the Middle Passage

Nietzsche, Genealogy of Morals

World War I Poetry

Tristan Tzara, Dada Manifesto

Trust not a Fox

Osama bin Laden, Jihad against Jews and Crusaders

 

The Search for Order

Adam Smith on Capitalist Markets

Captain Cook on the Hawaiians

Ghilsan de Busbecq on the Ottoman Empire

Malthus on Population

Marx and Engles on the Bourgeoisie and Proletariat

Tristan Tzara, Dada Manifesto

Kwame Nkrumah on African Unity

Nelson Mandela, Inaugural Address

Osama bin Laden, Jihad against Jews and Crusaders

 

Creating National Communities

Christopher Columbus’ First Impression

Captain Cook on the Hawaiians

King Alfonso I Protests the Slave Trade

Babar on India

Johann Gottlieb Fichte, To the German Nation

Kipling, White Man’s Burden

Ho Chi Minh, Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Vietnam

Lenin, State and Revolution

Marcus Garvey, Africa for Africans

Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Self Rule is my Birthright

“Journey to Bananaland,” produced by William J. Ganz Co.

Muhammad Ali Jinnah on the Need for a Muslim Pakistan

Kwame Nkrumah on African Unity

Nelson Mandela, Inaugural Address

Osama bin Laden, Jihad against Jews and Crusaders

 

Creating Religious Communities

Christopher Columbus’ First Impression

Captain Cook on the Hawaiians

Fabian Fucan Rejects Christianity

Ghilsan de Busbecq on the Ottoman Empire

Muhammad Ali Jinnah on the Need for a Muslim Pakistan

Nelson Mandela, Inaugural Address

Osama bin Laden, Jihad against Jews and Crusaders

 

Growth of the Individual

Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen

Declaration of the Rights of Woman and Citizen

Malthus on Population

 

Economy and Modernity

Quianlong on Chinese Trade

Adam Smith on Capitalist Markets

Marx and Engles on the Bourgeoisie and Proletariat

Lenin, State and Revolution

“Journey to Bananaland,” produced by William J. Ganz Co.

 

Capitalism and Communism

Adam Smith on Capitalist Markets

Marx and Engles on the Bourgeoisie and Proletariat

Lenin, State and Revolution

Khrushchev on the Capitalist Iron Curtain

“Make Mine Freedom,” John Sutherland Production, Extension Department of Harding College