070164 KU Methods of Global History (2006S)

The course is offered for English-language-students of Global History. It is organised in four blocks, three of them closely guided by the lecturer in the beginning of the semester, the fourth in more autonomy of the students. The first three will be introductory to the topic, the fourth at the end of the semester is open for the presentation and discussion of students papers. In the first session we will interpret and analyse sources on global history, taking as examples Trade in Early Modern Times and the Second World War. In the second session we shall read together texts on comparing societies, in the third we shall read together texts on the interacting of societies. Student papers for the fourth session will be on the topics of Trade in Early Modern Times and the Second World War.

Recommended Literature:
Deborah Cohen, Maura O'Connor Eds.: Comparison and History, New York 2004
Patrick Manning: Navigating World History, New York 2003
Paul Kennedy: The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, New York 1987
Immanuel Wallerstein: The Modern World-System III, New York 1989
David Landes: The Wealth and Poverty of Nations, New York 1998
Andre Gunder Frank: ReOrient, Berkeley 1998
J.R. McNeill, William H. McNeill: The Human Web, New York 2003
Kenneth Pomeranz, Steven Topik: The World, that Trade created, Armonk 1999
Gerhard L. Weinberg: A World at Arms, Cambridge 1994
Roger Chickering a.o. Eds.: A World at Total War, Cambridge 2005