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HISTORY 3DS3

DIASPORAS, TRADE AND CONFLICT: THE SEA IN HISTORY, 1000 BCE TO PRESENT

Undergraduate

Winter 2026 · Diasporas, Trade And Conflict · C01

Readings

  • Diligent: A Voyage Through The Worlds O F The Slave Trade
    Harms · Required
    ISBN 9780465028726
  • Seapower States
    Lambert · Required
    ISBN 9780300251487
Winter 2026 · C01

Topics

  • Introduction to Course Requirements.
  • Transition to Giantism: Reefer, Bulker, Tanker, Container.
  • The Trans-modal Ports and the End of Stevedores.
  • Global Fleets: Free-markets and China’s state management.
  • Catastrophes, Ecology, Piracy.
  • Research Sources and Ideas.
  • Lecture. First Hour. Roots of Global Sea-borne: Genoa and Venice; Hanse and Netherlands, 1200-1750..
  • Tutorials. Second and Third Hours. Sea Power States. Discussion of Lambert, Seapower States chapters 1, 4, 5.
  • Lecture. First Hour. Global Networks: Dividing the World. The Aviz Dynasty in Portugal and Columbus in Spain, 1450-1600.
  • Lecture. First Hour. Mercantilism, Aggression, Colonialism. Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands, and England/United Kingdom, 1550-1750.
  • Lecture First Hour. The Transportation Revolution: Steam, Tramps and Liners
  • Sequence: Second Hour, discussion with Poseidon Crew and Third Hour with Neptune Crew.
  • Lecture First Hour. Tankers, Bulkers, and Giants on the Ocean.
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