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.
The Modern World, Part One: Global History from 1760 to 1910
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The Modern World, Part One: Global History from 1760 to 1910
Instructor: Philip Zelikow
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DT
Reviewed on Mar 17, 2022
Excellent if concise overview of a fascinating period of Global History. Presented in a very engaging manner but with a logicakl structure to tie together what often appeared to be disparate strands.
SS
Reviewed on Jul 21, 2020
The course is structured well and the teachings of the instructor is interesting and clear. It is good for whom is more interested to know about the world history in a single course.
GO
Reviewed on Jan 7, 2017
This is a terrific course, amazing prevention, but it does lack reading material that Virginia's full online course has, it would be nice to have a deeper engamente with the subjects.
