Download Hist 1112 World History After 1500 Recommended Primary Sources

Hist 1112
World History After 1500
Recommended Primary Sources for the Writing Assignment
All primary sources (also called primary documents) which listed below are contained
within the following books.
Peter Stearns, Stephen S. Gosch, Jay Pascal Anglin, and Erwin P. Grieshaber,
Documents in World History: Vol. II, The Modern Centuries: From 1500 to the
Present. New York: Harper and Row Publishers, 1988.
(This book has been placed on reserve at the front desk (Circulation desk) in the
Dunwoody Library).
Kevin Reilly, Readings in World Civilizations: Volume 2, The Development of the
Modern World, Third edition. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2000.
(This book has been placed on reserve at the front desk (Circulation desk) in the
Dunwoody Library).
Philip F. Riley, Frank Gerome, Henry Myers, Chong-Kun Yoon, The Global
Experience: Volume Two: Readings in World History Since 1500, Fifth Edition.
Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2006.
(This book has been placed on reserve at the front desk (Circulation desk) in the
Dunwoody Library).
Each of these books can be checked out for two hours, but must remain in the library. If
you take one of them from the library, you will have many points deducted from
final grade on the writing assignment.
Listed below are the recommended primary document options for this paper. These
are suggestions for the various primary documents that can be paired together for this
paper. They correspond with the topics covered in the 1112 course. They are each listed
in the correct order for analysis (the first primary document you will analyze is listed
first, and then the second primary document is listed directly below the first). Choose one
pair of documents for the entire paper. Only the titles of the primary documents are
listed below, not the complete citations. It is expected that the student will be
responsible for properly citing the primary documents chosen for the paper. To find
examples of how to properly cite these documents, be sure to consult the Writing
Assignment Guidelines Handout (click on the link on my webpage).
The Age of European Expansion
1. The Aztec Civilization of Mexico: Bernal Diaz, A Spanish Description (Reilly,
Readings, Chap. 2).
2. The Aztec Civilization of Mexico: Aztec Account of the Conquest (Reilly, Readings,
Chap. 2).
The African Slave Trade
1. Olaudah Equiano, The Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, The African (P.
Riley, Global, Chap. 20).
2. Thomas Nelson, Slavery and the Slave Trade of Brazil, (P. Riley, Global, Chap. 22).
The Muslim Empires
1. Suleiman the Lawgiver and Ottoman Military Power: The Report of a European
Diplomat (Stearns, Documents, Chap. 12).
2. Akbar’s India: The View of a Jesuit Missionary (Stearns, Documents, Chap. 10).
China and Japan in the Early Modern World
1. Matteo Ricci, Journals (P. Riley, Global, Chap. 4).
2. Seclusion Edict of 1636 (P. Riley, Global, Chap. 5).
Latin America
1. The Potosi Mine and Indian Forced Labor in Peru.
2. A Mexican Textile Factory.
(Both in Stearns, Documents, Chap. 14).
1. The Potosi Mine and Indian Forced Labor in Peru.
2. Slavery on the Haciendas, in Yucatan.
(Both in Stearns, Documents, Chap. 14).
1. Bureaucratic Capitalism: Profiting from Office.
2. Bolivar.
(Both in Stearns, Documents, Chap. 15).
The Enlightenment in Russia
1. Catherine the Great, The Instruction to the Commissioners for Composing A New
Code of Laws (P. Riley, Global, Chap. 17).
2. A.N. Radishchev, A Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow (P. Riley, Global,
Chap. 18).
Russia in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
1. Radishev’s Journey.
2. Karamazin’s Conservative View.
(Both in Stearns, Documents, Chap. 5).
1. Karamazin’s Conservative View.
2. Emancipation Manifesto, 1861.
(Both in Stearns, Documents, Chap. 5).
Women’s Rights and Democracy in the Enlightenment
1. Sophia, Woman Not Inferior to Man (P. Riley, Global, Chap. 14).
2. Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
(P. Riley, Global, Chap. 16).
The Industrial Revolution
1. Rules for Workers in the Factory of Benck and Co. in Buhl (Alsace), 1842.
2. Max Lotz, A German Miner, Describes his Work
(Both in Stearns, Documents, Chap. 3).
Capitalism
Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations;
Andrew Ure, The Factory System of Production
(Both in Reilly, Readings, Chap. 7).
China and Japan in the Age of Imperialism
1. China and the West in the Nineteenth Century: A Dispute over Opium (Stearns,
Documents, Chap. 8).
2. Japan and the West in the Nineteenth Century: The Views of a Japanese Educator
(Stearns, Documents, Chap. 9).
India in the Age of Imperialism
1. Rammohun Roy (1821)
2. Maulvi Syed Kutb Shah Sahib
(Both in Stearns, Documents, Chap. 11).
1. Rammohun Roy (1821) (Stearns, Documents, Chap. 11).
2. Jawaharlal Nehru, British Rule in India (Reilly, Readings, Chap. 8).
1. Maulvi Syed Kutb Shah Sahib (Stearns, Documents, Chap. 11).
2. Jawaharlal Nehru, British Rule in India (Reilly, Readings, Chap. 8).
Racism in the Nineteenth Century
Heinrich von Treitschke, A Word about the Jews among Us (P. Riley, Global, Chap. 36).
Count Arthur de Gobineau, The Inequality of Human Races (P. Riley, Global, Chap. 38).
The Twentieth Century:
The Development of Communism
1. Vladimir Lenin, Modernizing Russia (1920) (Stearns, Documents, Chap.22).
2. Joseph Stalin, Stalin Speaks in 1931 (Stearns, Documents, Chap. 23).
1. Joseph Stalin, Stalin Speaks in 1931 (Stearns, Documents, Chap. 23).
2. Yevgeny Yevtushenko Remembers His Childhood (Stearns, Documents, Chap.23).
1. Nadezhda K. Krupskaya, What a Communist Ought to Be Like (P.Riley, Global,
Chap. 56)
2. Nadezhada Mandelstam, Hope Against Hope (P. Riley, Global, Chap. 58).
1. Joseph Stalin, Stalin Speaks in 1931 (Stearns, Documents, Chap. 23).
2. Mao Tse-tung, Economic Policy (1956) (Stearns, Documents, Chap. 25).
Fascism
1. Benito Mussolini, The Political and Social Doctrine of Fascism (P. Riley, Global,
Chap. 60).
2. Adolph Hitler, Mein Kampf, (P. Riley, Global, Chap. 61).
India
1. Gandhi and Modern India (Stearns, Documents, Chap. 28).
2. Nehru and India During the Second World War (Stearns, Documents, Chap. 29).
Arab Nationalism
1. Sami Shawkat (1933)
2. The First Arab Students’ Congress, 1938 (note:this document includes three parts;
Roman numerals I, II, III, which are found on pages 167-169.)
(Both in Stearns, Documents, Chap. 31).
The Middle East: Zionism and the Palestinian View
1. Arab Opposition to a State of Israel
2. Israel’s Proclamation of Independence
(Both in Reilly, Readings, Chap. 14).
1. Nahum Goldman
2. Fawaz Turki
(Both in Stearns, Documents, Chap. 32).
1. Israel’s Proclamation of Independence (P. Riley, Global, Chap. 81).
2. Palestinian Declaration of Independence (P. Riley, Global, Chap. 82).
The Resurgence of Islam in the Contemporary Middle East
1. Hasan Al-Banna
2. Ayatullah Murtada Mutahhari
(Both in Stearns, Documents, Chap. 33).
Latin America in the Twentieth Century
1. The Plan of Ayala
2. Peronism
(Both in Stearns, Documents, Chap. 34).
1. The Plan of Ayala
2. Castro’s Program
(Both in Stearns, Documents, Chap. 34).
1. Peronism
2. Castro’s Program
(Both in Stearns, Documents, Chap. 34).
1. Jacinta Vegas
2. Rinaldo Rivas Loude
(Both in Stearns, Documents, Chap. 36).
African Nationalism
1. Parmenias Githendu Mockerie, An African Speaks for His People (Reilly, Readings,
Chap. 14).
2. Jomo Kenyatta Defines African Nationalism (Stearns, Documents, Chap. 37).
1. Parmenias Githendu Mockerie, An African Speaks for His People (Reilly,
Readings, Chap. 14).
2. Economic Nationalism: Kwame Nkrumah (Stearns, Documents, Chap. 37).
1. Marcus Garvey Preaches African Revolution
2. Jomo Kenyatta Defines African Nationalism
(Both in Stearns, Documents, Chap. 37).
1. Jomo Kenyatta Defines African Nationalism
2. Economic Nationalism: Kwame Nkrumah
(Both in Stearns, Documents, Chap. 37).
Modern Day Africa
1. Chinua Achebe, No Longer at Ease
2. Kenyan Women Speak Out
(Both in Stearns, Documents, Chap. 38).
China and Russia in the Mid-Twentieth Century
1. Mao Tse-tung {Mao Zedong}, The People’s Democratic Dictatorship (P.
Riley, Global, Chap. 74).
2. Nikita S. Khrushchev, Address to the Twentieth Party Congress (P. Riley,
Global, Chap. 75).
America in the Vietnam War (Second Indochina War)
1. Views of a Viet Cong Official (P. Riley, Global, Chap. 84).
2. An American Prisoner of War (P. Riley, Global, Chap. 85).
China and Russia in the Late Twentieth Century
1. Deng Xiaoping, A Market Economy for Socialist Goals (P. Riley, Global,
Chap. 91).
2. Mikhail Gorbachev, Perestroika (P. Riley, Global, Chap. 90).