Your reading this time around is an excerpt from The Emperor’s Virtual Clothes (the link is above) by Dinty W. Moore. Its from 1996, so right about the time broadband Internet access was becoming common in American homes. As you read it, I want you to keep in mind two things.
First, think about how much society has changed because Internet access has become ubiquitous – and if you’re used to American Internet providers keep in mind that most other developed countries have more WiFi hotspots, faster and more reliable connections, and cheaper service. Think about how that’s changed the way people live, work, and think.
Second, think about Moore’s concerns. He wrote this in 1996, but ask yourself if his fears are still relevant and if anything has been done to address them.
Then start a discussion, try to address both of those points in your post.
Category: World Civilization II
Read pages 823 and 824 in Worlds of History and the letter from King Moshweshewe.
The first source is a poem from Rudyard Kipling, a British power best known for writing The Jungle Book. He was born in India and his experiences there were a major influence on his writing. In this case, you have one of his most famous poems, “The White Man’s Burden”, which is a good summary of how Westerners viewed the people in their colonies. It’s not clear if Kipling agreed with these ideas and it can be argued that he was writing satire. Granted, it can also be argued that he’s being sincere.
The second source is a letter from Moshweshewe I, a member of the Basotho nation and the first king of Lesotho. It’s a letter he wrote to Sir George Grey, a British official who at the time was the governor of Cape Colony. It’s pretty straightforward, I think, and it gives an African perspective of what Europeans were up to.
I really want you to compare and contrast these two mindsets. Really think about how Westerners and non-Westerners saw each other and try to explain why they felt that way.
Read pages 823 and 824 in Worlds of History and the letter from King Moshweshewe.
The first source is a poem from Rudyard Kipling, a British power best known for writing The Jungle Book. He was born in India and his experiences there were a major influence on his writing. In this case, you have one of his most famous poems, “The White Man’s Burden”, which is a good summary of how Westerners viewed the people in their colonies. It’s not clear if Kipling agreed with these ideas and it can be argued that he was writing satire. Granted, it can also be argued that he’s being sincere.
The second source is a letter from Moshweshewe I, a member of the Basotho nation and the first king of Lesotho. It’s a letter he wrote to Sir George Grey, a British official who at the time was the governor of Cape Colony. It’s pretty straightforward, I think, and it gives an African perspective of what Europeans were up to.
I really want you to compare and contrast these two mindsets. Really think about how Westerners and non-Westerners saw each other and try to explain why they felt that way.
Your reading this time around is an excerpt from The Emperor’s Virtual Clothes (the link is above) by Dinty W. Moore. Its from 1996, so right about the time broadband Internet access was becoming common in American homes. As you read it, I want you to keep in mind two things.
First, think about how much society has changed because Internet access has become ubiquitous – and if you’re used to American Internet providers keep in mind that most other developed countries have more WiFi hotspots, faster and more reliable connections, and cheaper service. Think about how that’s changed the way people live, work, and think.
Second, think about Moore’s concerns. He wrote this in 1996, but ask yourself if his fears are still relevant and if anything has been done to address them.
Then start a discussion, try to address both of those points in your post.
This essay is an exam in which the instructions ask for two essays, two pages in length, about two of the given essay topics in the attached document. Any other instructions about the essay will be in the attached document.
The class textbook is “A HISTORY OF WORLD SOCIETIES, VOLUME 2.”
by Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks; Patricia Buckley Ebrey; Roger B. Beck; Jerry Davila; Clare Haru Crowston; John P. McKay https://platform.virdocs.com/read/1709262/140/#/4/2[mer_9781319302481_3MfFGBckWr]
It is simple world history, so the response to the question will probably be in the book and I could go through and cite information later on if you do not have access to the book information. Thank you, let me know if there are any other questions!
This time around, we’re looking at the revolutions that swept across Europe and the Americas in the 18th century. We’re going to focus on four of them: the American, French, and Haitian Revolutions as well as Simón Bolívar’s struggle to create an independent state in what’s now Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Venezuela. There’s a lot going on here, but by the time we’re done you should be able to explain the causes and goals of each of these, describe the consequences of the revolutions, and compare and contrast the relative success of these four nations. You should also be able understand and describe the rise and fall of Napoleon as well as the impact of his reign.
Please read pages 726 – 730, 733 – 735, and 738 – 748 in Worlds of History. It’s four sources this time, each of which corresponds to one of the four main revolutions we’re looking at. From the United States, you have the Declaration of Independence, which was primarily written by Thomas Jefferson. From France, you have the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, primarily written by the Abbé Sieyès and the Marquis de Lafayette. From Haiti, you have a letter from François-Dominique Toussaint L’Ouverture to the Haitian government. Finally, from South America, the Jamaica Letter (the Carta de Jamaica) from Simón Bolívar to Henry Cullin. In the interests of time, I’m not going to go into the backgrounds for these, but you can find those in your book.
If you want to start a discussion, I’d like you to compare and contrast these four sources. All four of them will give you insights into their authors’ ideals. Think about why Jefferson, L’Ouverture, and Bolívar were fighting for independence and what that meant to them. Think about why Sieyès and Lafayette wanted to overthrow the monarchy. For all four of them, think about what they wanted their new nations to look like and compare and contrast their visions.
Discussion: The Revolutions
Please read pages 726 – 730, 733 – 735, and 738 – 748 in Worlds of History. They represent the views of Thomas Jefferson, the Marquis de Laffayette and the abbé Sieyès, Toussaint L’Ouverture, and Simón Bolívar. Their views are indicative of the American, French, Haitian, and South American revolutions, respectively. If you want to start a discussion this week, I want you to do two things. First, I want you to compare and contrast their views. Second, talk about why you think France, Haiti, and Gran Colombia failed to build stable democratic nations while the United States managed to succeed.
Explain the causes and goals of each of these, describe the consequences of the revolutions,
Compare and contrast the relative success of these the United States, France, Haiti, and Gran Colombia
Understand and describe the rise and fall of Napoleon as well as the impact of his reign.
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What were the major social, cultural,
political, and economic fallouts of WWI? (Refer to chapters 31 and 32 of your
textbook and additional references.)
Please read pages 788 – 794 in Worlds of History, the Leeds Woolen Workers’ Petition, and the excerpts from The Condition of the Working Class in England.
These three sources will give you an idea of what life was like for workers in these newly industrialized economies. Chronologically, the earliest source is the petition, which dates from 1786, close to the beginning of Britain’s Industrial Revolution. It was written by a group of workers making wool cloth who were worried about how machinery was going to affect their jobs. Next, you have an excerpt from Friedrich Engels’s The Condition of the Working Class in England, which was written in 1844. Engels would go on to develop the theories behind communism and socialism with Karl Marx, but at this point in his life he was living in Manchester, England helping manage a factory. As you read, you can start to see why he would have developed a dim view of capitalism, but don’t overlook the environmental issues he’s discussing either.
Finally, in Worlds of History, you have letters from a man named Oreste Sola, who was born in Italy and moved to Argentina, which was by far the most economically successful country in South America in the late nineteenth century. These letters are all from 1901 and in them he describes his experiences from when he arrived in Buenos Aires onward. Think about what it must have been like for him traveling thousands of miles from home and relocating to a foreign country to look for work.
If you want to start a thread, I want you to take all of these into account. You can even go further if you want: use the photos in the galleries or look for other sources, such as letters from the women who moved to Lowell for work. Try to explain what people thought about this new economic reality. Were they excited? Scared? Did they see it as positive or negative? I want to leave the topic pretty open because there’s a lot of things you can explore. Really think through these issues and try to explain what life would have been like at the time.
Hi everyone.
This unit is going to seem a little random. It’s basically looking at four topics that are important, but don’t fit anywhere else: the beginning of Japan’s isolationism, Peter the Great modernizing Russia, French absolutism, and the Seven Years’ War and the rise of the British Empire. You should be able to explain all four of these are important by the time we’re done and, as we get into next week, you should be able to see the consequences of these. Be sure to watch the video too: it does a better job explaining the changes in the British Empire than I could.
Your discussion topic this week also deals with the British Empire, particularly its relationship with China. I want you to think about how the British and Chinese responded to each other when the British tried to open up trade with China. Really think about the geopolitics at work and the cultures of both countries. I want you to look at the two sources I’ve included here: the Qianlong Emperor’s letter to George III and Robert Clive’s letter to Pitt the Elder. You c an compare and contrast them, if you want, but I really want you to think about these in geopolitical and cultural terms. The world was changing in the late 18th century, so really think about how the British and Chinese were responding to those changes and try to explain that.
Hi everyone.
This unit is going to seem a little random. It’s basically looking at four topics that are important, but don’t fit anywhere else: the beginning of Japan’s isolationism, Peter the Great modernizing Russia, French absolutism, and the Seven Years’ War and the rise of the British Empire. You should be able to explain all four of these are important by the time we’re done and, as we get into next week, you should be able to see the consequences of these. Be sure to watch the video too: it does a better job explaining the changes in the British Empire than I could.
Your discussion topic this week also deals with the British Empire, particularly its relationship with China. I want you to think about how the British and Chinese responded to each other when the British tried to open up trade with China. Really think about the geopolitics at work and the cultures of both countries. I want you to look at the two sources I’ve included here: the Qianlong Emperor’s letter to George III and Robert Clive’s letter to Pitt the Elder. You c an compare and contrast them, if you want, but I really want you to think about these in geopolitical and cultural terms. The world was changing in the late 18th century, so really think about how the British and Chinese were responding to those changes and try to explain that.