HIST 102 World Civilizations, Prof. Douglas: Home

The Discoveries & Exploration Voyages
Imperialism/Colonialism
The Protestant Reformation
Absolutism
Industrial Revolution & Capitalism
Women's Rights
Nationalism
Communism
China's Revolution
Fascism
The Great Depression
Genocide/Holocaust
Pearl Harbor
United Nations
The Korean War
Women's Movement (1960s)
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Martin Luther King
The Vietnam War
The Cold War / End of the Cold War
Perestroika
China & the Tiananmen Square Massacre, 1989
Islam as a Political Force
The Gulf War

• Overview: Encyclopedia Britannica
• Article: Things Hidden from Other Men: The Portuguese Voyages Of Discovery

• Definition and brief overview: Imperialism
• Definition, overview, and theories explaining its origin: Three Theories Explaining Imperialism
• Definition in the context of our contemporary world: What Is, and What Is Not, Imperialism?

• Overview 1
• Overview 2

• Overview

• Overview

The Seneca Falls Convention and the Declaration of Women's Rights

• Modern History Sourcebook: The Declaration of Sentiments, Seneca Falls Conference, 1848
• Timeline of Legal History of Women in the United States

• Philosophical definition, overview and analysis: Nationalism

• Overview

The Revolution under Mao Zedong and the Communist Party

General

• The Chinese Revolution of 1911
• The Chinese Revolution and the Chinese Communist Party, an essay by Mao Zedong

Overview of the Communist Revolution

• Nationalism and Communism
• Anti-Japanese War
• Return to Civil War
• The People's Republic of China

• What is Fascism? by Benito Mussolini
• Overview with international perspective

• Overview 1
• Overview 2
• A Photo Essay on the Great Depression

• Overview 1
• Overview 2
• A Holocaust Photo Essay

• Events Leading to the Japanese Attack of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
• Japanese Note to the United States United States, December 7, 1941
• The Attack
• A Photo Essay
• Document: Pearl Harbor Speech by Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Background: From the League of Nations to the United Nations
• Short history
• Concise overview
• Document: The Charter of the United Nations

• Overview
• Korean War – Photos
• Questions and Answers About the Korean war

• Timeline of Legal History of Women in the United States
• Essay: The Successes and Failures of Feminism by Barbara Epstein

The Cuban Missile Crisis by John Swift

The Civil Rights Movement

• The Life of Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Document: Letter From Birmingham Jail
• Document: I Have a Dream
• Document: I've Been to the Mountaintop (Speech given the day before he was assassinated)

• Vietnam War Statistics
• A Vietnam Photo Essay
• A Vietnam War Timeline

• Overview
• Document: Churchill’s Iron Curtain Speech
• Essay: The End of the Cold War

Overview: Gorbachev and Perestroika: Lessons from the Failure of Perestroika (Select "View PDF")

• China Explodes at Tiananmen

• Analysis: Islam's Imperial Dreams
• Essay: Islam and Power
• Analysis: Roots of Conflict: The Islamist Critique of Western Value

• Overview
• Video Footage (Select "Video Excerpt")
• Document: The Perspective of the Secretary of State
• Timeline
• Gulf War Photographs

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