Links
to the Past: Course Sites for Dr. Christopher Lovett
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Links
to the Past: Course Sites for Dr. Christopher Lovett
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updated as of 9 Feb 03
Back to Iraq: The Search for Saddam's Weapons of Mass Destruction Bush's New National Security Strategy of the United States Contemporary Terrorist Organizations Eisenhower
Library Research Topics Map of Islamic Terrorist Cells in the U.S.A.
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Age of Empire
The Age of Empire is designed to review the critical events and issues that influenced World history from the Crimean War to the immediate period before World War I. Often this important period is overlooked or, in an earlier age, encompassed the nineteenth century. Instead, the Age of Empire will focus on social, political, and economic forces that made the Victorian Age or the Belle Epoch, as it has been commonly called. During the period of study, there were only two worlds according to historian Eric Hobsbawn, one of our authors, the developed and undeveloped. It is the mission of this class to look at the issues of industrialism, social reform, imperialism, social policy, and all the other critical events that shaped the Age of Empire in Europe, North America, and the Far East. Special emphasis, however, will be spent on the issue of colonialism and imperialism. The texts, PowerPoint notes, handouts, and bibliography can be found by using the appropriate hyperlink as well as the class schedule. Assignments: There will be three (3) in class examinations, a book review over one of the readings for the class, and class discussion. All examinations follow essay form and will require that students provide blue books, i.e., test booklets before each examination. Class Discussions: Every Friday with the exception of January 17, the class will spend time discussing the readings for the week. Students are expected to read and participate in the discussions that follow. The discussions will take place in either PH 311 or in another room in the Memorial Union. Attendance:Students are expected to attend class and are notified that attendance will be taken. All students will begin with 50 attendance points, but students will lose them following the fifth absence. Grades: Grades will be distributed on a standard distribution of 90, 80, 70, 60 percentile rankings from the 450 points available. Plus and minus grading will not be employed in this class.
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