HIST 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Spanish West Indies, Social Market Economy, Deglobalization
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Hist 103 world history since 1900 lecture 1: introduction to the course and. Different empires at the beginning of 20th century. The purpose of this course is to understand gradual social, economic, and political changes of the world over the course of 20th century. Historicizing (putting something into historical context) and contextualizing the abstract idea of empirical superiority. World: focuses on continents and interconnectedness of a region. Global: pays attention to the whole globe and interconnectedness of the whole. The wrong ideology of using present to interpret the past. Cuba, dominican republic, puerto rico world on a specific theme. The end of 19th century differs the most from today in empiricism. Starting to decline in the 20th century because of competition from other countries. Lost various territories already prior to the 20th century. China, owned by the manchus, until the revolution in 1911. The dynasty at that time still had mongolia, which later join soviet union.
