Approaches to History: The World Historian's Craft
SYLLABUS PACKET
LECTURE OUTLINES
1. Introduction
2. Early World History
3. Marxism, the AMP, and Oriental Despotism
4. Max Weber
5. Providential History
6. William McNeill
7. Political Economy
8. Environmental History
9. Culture(s) and World History
10. Braudel & the Annales school
11. Scientific History
12. Culture Wars
PREVIEW OF THE FINAL EXAMINATION