HIST 1100
The Making of the Modern World
Historical; teaching term unspecified · Europe and the Modern World
Topics
- World history from approximately 1400 onward
- European overseas expansion
- Capitalism, colonial encounters and Western civilization
- Historical interpretation and comparative book analysis
Readings
- Required: Michel Beaud, A History of Capitalism.
- Required: Hans Koning, Columbus: His Enterprise.
- Required: Bernard Lewis, Cultures in Conflict.
- Required: Thomas Patterson, Inventing Western Civilization.
- Optional: Richard Marius, A Short Guide to Writing about History.
- Optional background: Any general world-history survey textbook; no specific one named.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- syllabus ↗Historical; teaching term unspecified
- Course source ↗
- Checked archived instructor page directly. Source belongs to a historical archive associated with 2000–2001; no teaching term is stated in its header. Bibliographic spellings retained as printed. The source distinguishes four required books from an optional general survey textbook.