Lecture and Reading Schedule
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Lecture and Reading Schedule |
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| This lecture schedule is subject to flexibility and change. Please check back before class sessions. |
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| Session | Topic | Readings |
| Monday, 8-31, 2009 | Introduction | |
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Wednesday, 9-2 |
Defining Western Civilization & Introduction to Guns, Germs, and Steel | Diamond: Preface, Prologue, Ch 1 |
| Friday, 9-4 | Collision of Cultures | Diamond: Ch 2, 3 |
| Monday, 9-7 | No classes, Labor Day | |
| Wednesday, 9-9 | Guns, Germs, Steel video National Geographic/PBS Documentary, Episode 2: Conquest |
Transcript from PBS this is not required reading, but it may help with note-taking |
| Friday, 9-11 | Food Production | Diamond: Ch 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
| Monday, 9-14 | Animals, Axes, & Germs | Diamond: Ch 9, 10, 11 |
| Wednesday, 9-16 | Guns, Germs, Steel video Episode 1- Out of Eden |
Transcript from PBS this is not required reading, but it may help with note-taking |
| Friday, 9-18 | Exercise & Discussion 1 video versus text |
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| Monday, 9-21 | No classes, Eid Ul-Fitr | |
| Wednesday, 9-23 | Writing & Technology | Diamond: Ch 12, 13 |
| Friday, 9-25 | Government & Religion | Diamond: Ch 14 |
| Monday, 9-28 | No classes, Yom Kippur | |
| Wednesday 9-30 | Exercise & Discussion 2 Strongest/Weakest Chapter |
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| Friday, 10-2 | Project Administration: The Annotated Bibliography |
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| Monday 10-5 | No class | |
| Wednesday, 10-7 | Exercise & Discussion 3 Critiquing Guns, Germs, and Steel |
Blaut online review of Diamond Blaut, J. M. 1999. “Environmentalism and Eurocentrism: A Review Essay.” Geographical Review 89, 3 : 391-408. |
| Friday, 10-9 | Historiography and A Critique of Diffusionism | Blaut: 1; |
| Monday, 10-12 | The Myth of the European Miracle | Blaut: 2 |
| Wednesday, 10-14 | Blaut's Theory of the Rise of the West | Blaut: 3, 4, 5 |
| Friday, 10-16 | Exercise & Discussion 4 Diamond vs Blaut pro/con & debate |
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| Monday, 10-19 | Review | |
| Wednesday, 10-21 |
First Exam | |
| Friday, 10-23 |
Civilizations and Natural Resources: Easter Island, Mesopotamia, Rome
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Hughes, JD. 2003. "Easter Island: Model for Environmental History?" Capialism, Nature, Socialism 14(2): pp. 77-83. pdf file Floyd, DW, Vonhof SL, Seyfang, HE. 2001. "Forest Sustainability: A Discussion Guide for Professional Resource Managers." Journal of Forestry 99(2): pp. 8-16. Ingenta connect database |
| Monday, 10-26 |
Ancient Civilizations and Sustainability Exercise & Discussion 5 - Concept Map |
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| Wednesday, 10-28 | Exercise & Discussion 5 - Concept Map Knowledge: The Greek Legacy |
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| Friday, 10-30 | Knowledge: The Greek Legacy |
Thanos, CA. 1994. "Aristotle and Theophrastus on plant-animal interactions." Chapter 1 in Plant-Animal Interactions in Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems. Netherlands: Khwer Academic Publishers. pp. 3-11. |
| Monday, 11-2 | Christianity and the Western World View |
White L. "The Historical Roots of Our Ecologic Crisis." 1967. Science 155(3767): pp. 1203-1207. JSTOR database |
| Wednesday, 11-4 | Environmental Ethics Continuum Exercise & Discussion 6 | |
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Friday, 11-6 |
Medieval Times: Feudalism, Magna Carta & the Black Death | Domesday Book Young, Cr. 1978. "Conservation Policies in the Royal Forests of Medieval England." Albion: A Quarterly Journal Concerned with British Studies 10(2): 95-103. JSTOR database Birrell. J. 1992. "Deer and Deer Farming in Medieval England." Agricultural History Review 40 (2): 112-126. pdf file |
| Monday, 11-9 | Medieval Times: Feudalism, Magna Carta & the Black Death | |
| Wednesday, 11-11 | "Rousseau's Revenge" |
Bromley, DW. 1998. "Rousseau's Revenge: The Demise of the Freehold Estate." In Who Owns America? Social Conflict Over Property Rights. Ed. H. M. Jacobs. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. pp. 19-28. (copies of this reading are available outside Dr. Vonhof's office) |
| Friday, 11-13 |
Exercise & Discussion 7 social ownership - opinion/ pro-con |
be sure you' ve read Bromley's essay |
| Monday, 11-16 | The "Rise" of the West: The Umbrella of the Renaissance |
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| Wednesday, 11-18 |
Reformation | |
| Friday, 11-20 Annotated Bib Due |
Scientific Revolution(s): the Cosmos and the Natural World |
Kuhn, Thomas S. 2009. Encyclopaedia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. <http://www.search.eb.com/eb/ |
| Monday, 11-23 | Exercise & Discussion 8 science, academic freedom, epistemology - affective response |
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| Wednesday, 11-25 Friday, 11-27 |
No Classes, Thanksgiving Break | |
| Monday, 11-30 |
Enlightenment | Reading TBA Rousseau, Social Contract Locke, Two Treatises |
| Wednesday, 12-2 | Guest Lecture -History of Chemistry Bob Moesch |
Reading TBA |
| Friday, 12-4 | Review | |
| Monday, 12-7 | Second Exam | |
| Wednesday, 12-9 | Exercise & Discussion 9 most important / what's missing |
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| Friday, 12-11 | Contingency / Review Session |
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| Monday, 12-14 | Review for Final Exam | |
| Final Exam (Cumulative) |