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Western Civilization II 1500 to Present
: The Age of New Imperialism
Editor in Chief:
Eric Cunningham, Gonzaga University
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1. The Emergence of the Modern West
2. The Growth of Western Civilization
3. From Scientific Revolution to Enlightenment
4. The Enlightenment
5. An Age of Revolution
6. The Triumph of Bourgeois Consciousness
7. Industrialization and Its After-effects
8. The Apex of Modern Civilization
9. The Age of New Imperialism
10. The Great War
11. Totalitarianism
12. World War II
13. The Cold War
14. The West and the “Global” World
15. Postmodernism and the End of History
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Textbook Articles
Cecil Rhodes: Confession of Faith (1877)
Bernhard von Bülow on Germany's “Place in the Sun” (1897)
Joseph Conrad: Heart of Darkness (1899)
Rudyard Kipling: “The White Man's Burden” (1899)
Karl Pearson: National Life from the Standpoint of Science (1901)
Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine (1904)
George Orwell: Burmese Days (1934)
Constitution of the Hawaiian Islands (1887)
Alfred Thayer Mahan: “Current Fallacies upon Naval Subjects” (1898)
William McKinley: Message to Congress about Cuban Intervention (1898)
William McKinley: "Benevolent Assimilation" Proclamation (1898)
John Hay: First “Open Door” Note to Andrew D. White (1899)
William McKinley: Statement to the General Missionary Committee of the Methodist Episcopal Church (1899)
Emilio Aguinaldo’s Case against the United States (1899)
Eduard Bernstein: Evolutionary Socialism (1899)
Mary Kingsley: West African Studies (1899)
Mark Twain: “To the Person Sitting in Darkness” (1901)
Boxer Protocol (1901)
D’Arcy Concession (1901)
Ernest Crosby: “The Real White Man's Burden” (1902)
Panama Canal Treaty (1903)
Edmund Dene (E.D.) Morel: The Black Man’s Burden (1920)
Resolutions of the National Congress of British West Africa (1920)
Unit Essays: Western Civilization II, Unit 9
Short-answer Questions: Western Civilization II, Unit 9
Map Exercises: Western Civilization II, Unit 9
Key Terms: Western Civilization II, Unit 9
Key Concepts: Western Civilization II, Unit 9
Key Arguments: Western Civilization II, Unit 9
Unit Objectives: Western Civilization II, Unit 9
Unit overview
New Imperialism
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Prelude to War
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Case Studies in New Imperialism
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Origins and Modes
