Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 21H.912 (Spring 2003) 
• Course Title:
• The World Since 1492 
• Course Level:
• Undergraduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• History 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. Mona L. Russell
   
• Course Introduction:
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  21H.912 The World Since 1492
  
  
  
  

  Spring 2003

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  This course includes extensive reading questions, located in the assignments section.

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  This course explores the last 500 years of world history. Rather than trying to cover all regions for all periods of time, we will focus on four related themes: the struggles between Europeans and colonized peoples; the global formation of capitalist economies and industrialization; the emergence of modern states; and the development of the tastes and disciplines of bourgeois society.  Note: This course is based on a model developed by Professor Daniel Segal of Pitzer College.