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Part 1: The Origins of the Modern World, 1400-1900

week 6 (3/18–20)
 
topics:
Tu. The Global Fabric of Industrialization
  Th. The Violence of Global Economic Expansion
readings:
 Tu. OMW: chapter 4 (pp. 95-121)
ER (web links): The 17th-Century Enlightenment, The Scientific Revolution, The 18th Century, The Industrial Revolution of the 18th Century, Definition of Capitalism
 

Th. ER: Of Colonies (from Smith, Wealth of Nations);
Commissioner Lin’s Letter to Queen Victoria
task:
 Know the basic principles of the Enlightenment and capitalism.