The Modern World, Part One Global History from 1760 to 1910

This is a survey of modern history from a global perspective. Part One begins with the political and economic revolutions of the late 1700s and tracks the transformation of the world during the 1800s. Part One concludes as these bewildering changes seem to be running beyond the capacity of older institutions to handle them. Throughout the course we try to grasp what is happening and ask: Why? And the answers often turn on very human choices.

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Syllabus

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Week 1
From the Traditional to the Modern - Commercial and Military Revolutions (1760-1800)
Week 2
Democratic Revolutions of the Atlantic World (1760-1800)
Week 3
Revolutionary Wars (1800-1830)
Week 4
The World Transformed (1830-1870)
Week 5
The Rise of National Industrial States (1830-1871)
Week 6
The Rise of National Industrial Empires (1871-1900)
Week 7
The Great Acceleration (1890-1910)

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Is financial aid available?

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Reviews

This course shows an excellent view of the main historical facts. I recommend this program who is interested to understand the current global movement.

Thanks professor Zelikow.

I can't tell you how much I have enjoyed this course and how valuable I've found it. I'm doing a social sciences degree and this course has helped me contextualise the things I'm studying.

Such an informative course, and it linked together different regions & events; that's something only top-level sources of education does. I will no doubt continue on with the course to Part 2.

Perhaps the reason why I really like this course is that I am very excited about learning world history. But the course content and the way professor delivers lectures is amazing.