166 iss, 2011-2012 andrew smith history of globalisation

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166 ISS, 2011-2012

Andrew Smith

HISTORY OF GLOBALISATION

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CO�TE�TS

CONTACT DETAILS

MODULE AIMS

ASSESSMENT

HIP MARKING GUIDELINES

PAST EXAMINATION PAPERS

MODULE ORGANISATION AND LIST OF SEMINAR READINGS

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CONTACT DETAILS

The module leader is Dr Andrew Smith, Senior Lecturer in History.

Postal Address:

Department of International Studies and Social Science,

Faculty of Business, Environment and Society

George Eliot Building

Coventry University

Priory Street

Coventry

CV1 5FB

United Kingdom

Phone: 024 7688 7688. Extension 7640

Office: GE 306

Email: [email protected]

Office Hours:

If these times do not work for you, please contact me and we can make alternative

arrangements.

Email Policy:

I make it my policy to respond to student emails within 24 hours. Occasionally, I am

unable to meet this service standard because I am travelling for business or am on

annual leave. In such cases, the reason for the delay will be indicated in an automated

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reply of any sort within 24 hours, you should assume that I haven’t received your

message. Please transmit the message again after verifying that you have my correct

email address.

Please join the Facebook Group I have created for this module.

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MODULE AIMS

The intended learning outcomes are that, on successful completion of this module, a

student should be able to:

1. Demonstrate an awareness of the major events in the history of globalisation and

the scholarly debate over when globalisation actually began.

2. Evaluate the political, economic, and technological foundations or causes of

globalisation. A student should be able to discuss the debate among historians about

what causes globalisation.

3. Discuss the impact of globalisation on diverse countries and on diverse economic

groups with societies.

4. Become more familiar with research methods in History and be able to do a

document analysis of a primary source.

5. Demonstrate a broad understanding of some theoretical debates in relation to

globalisation.

The aim of this module is to introduce students to a range of social, economic and

political themes in the history of globalisation. The module looks at global historical

change from 1800 to the present. The emphasis is one three different types of

globalisation: the globalisation of goods, the globalisation of ideas/culture, and the

global migrations of peoples. The module will also discuss the history of global

governance. The module will also introduce students to the ongoing scholarly debates

about the history of globalisation. This module requires students to go further than

mastering concrete historical facts about globalization. It asks them to think

historically about their own lived experiences. The students should be able to evaluate

debates over globalization and take a position in those debates by marshalling

historical evidence. Ultimately, this class is designed to enable each student to see the

historical and global connectedness of his or her own life.

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ASSESSMENT

The intended learning outcomes will be assessed as follows:

Coursework 1 (book review), of 1,000 words (15% - 3 credits)

Coursework 2 a 2,000-word essay, or equivalent (35% - 7 credits)

2-hour unseen examination (50% - 10 credits)

Re-assessment: Coursework component(s) and/or examination as appropriate.

Please note that no coursework will be marked until an identical electronic copy has

also been submitted into the module web for a plagiarism check.

order to pass the module.

Coursework 1: Book Review

Deadline: 4pm, Thursday, 27 October 2011.

Rodrik, Dani. The

Globalization Paradox:

Democracy and the Future of

the World Economy. New

York: W. W. Norton & Co,

2011.

Book reviews will be approximately 1,000 words

(roughly 3-4 pages) in length.

Although the book review is not due until

November, you should buy the book immediately,

since it may take some time to come through the

mail. A précis of a book merely provides a

descriptive summary of the book’s contents. A

proper book review, on the other hand, involves

going beyond mere description and requires the

input of one’s own reasoned opinions.

An essential feature of a good book review is the

reviewer's ability to write concisely so that a

comprehensive evaluation of the book can be

obtained from a brief reading. So, do not write

more, write more concisely. I shall penalize people

who go over the set word limit.

A book review in a Level One Module should answer the following questions:

-What is the book’s purpose? What is the author’s central thesis or argument?

-Does the author prove his or her thesis? What sorts of arguments does he or she use?

-Who is the author? How might their personal or professional background have

influenced this book in some way?

-What sorts of sources did the author read in the course of researching and writing this

book? HINT: Read the footnotes and the bibliography.

-How is the book organized?

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-How could the author have made the book better?

-Who would likely read such a book?

Coursework 2: Research Essay. 2,000-words. Deadline: 4pm, Thursday 16 February

2012.

Your essay will be based on sources in the university library. A list of available topics

is listed below. Your essay should be based on at least six scholarly sources. I shall

elaborate on my expectation for the essay in lecture.

1) How did the advent of telecommunications encourage the development of

multilateral institutions of global governance?

2) What is the “gentlemanly capitalism thesis” and how does it advance our

understanding of the British Empire’s role in global history?

3) How has neoliberalism changed the world since 1978?

4) How did people in Western Europe react to “Coca-colonization” after 1945?

5) How much progress has been made towards the creation of customs unions in

Latin America?

6) How are the explanations for the Great Divergence provided by David Landes

and Timur Kuran different from that offered by Ken Pomeranz? Which

interpretation is most plausible?

7) Was the economic impact of British rule in India positive or negative?

8) What was the global ecological impact of European overseas imperialism?

9) Why were Jeremy Bentham and J.A. Hobson opposed to British imperialism?

How were their arguments similar? How were they different?

10) Europeans and Arabs used Africa as a source of slaves. What do the

differences between the Atlantic and Arab slave trades say about the histories

of globalisation and about the Great Divergence?

Sources for these essay topics can be found at the end of the module guide.

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HIP MARKI�G GUIDE LI�ES

The agreed Marking Guidelines for Grade Ranges for HIP Coursework Essays,

Dissertations and Examination Answers are:

First - 70%+

(i) structure Very clearly organised and logically

structured, following through coherent thesis

from aims to conclusion.

(ii) content Covers material in a full and accurate manner

and approach revealing careful attention to relevant

evidence and arguments; excellent

understanding of relevant issues. Develops

its thesis with the aid of a coherent

critical analysis.

Some degree of innovation or originality in

its approach to topic.

(iii) style and Very well written, with good command of

presentation grammar, syntax, spelling and punctuation;

clearly presented with wide range of sources

and with accurate and consistent references.

Upper Second - 2.1 - 60-69%

(i) structure Clearly organised and logically structured,

following through coherent thesis from aims

to conclusion.

(ii) content and Covers material in a competent manner, with

approach careful attention to relevant evidence and

argument. Develops sound understanding of

issues and problems raised in question.

Develops its thesis with an analytical

approach, focused on the question throughout.

(iii) style and Well-written with generally good grasp of

presentation grammar, syntax, spelling and punctuation;

clearly presented with use of relevant

sources and with accurate and consistent

references.

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Lower Second - 2.2 - 50-59%

(i) structure Sound organisation, though with some

inconsistencies; follows through thesis from

aims to conclusion in limited but adequate

manner.

(ii) content and Covers material in generally thorough manner,

approach though with some inconsistencies. Somewhat

lacking in attention to relevant evidence,

examples or arguments. Develops adequate

understanding of issues and problems raised

by the question, though not always focused on

actual question. Approaches material with an

essentially descriptive rather than

analytical focus (a key distinction from 2.1

above).

(iii) style and Adequately written with generally sound

presentation command of grammar and syntax, though with a

few errors of spelling and punctuation;

clearly presented with use of limited but

relevant sources and with consistent

references.

3rd Class - 40-49%

(i) structure Some evidence of relevant organisation and

structure with a few aims clearly

set out.

(ii) content and Limited focus on question, which displays

approach some attention to relevant evidence and

arguments.

Evidence of some understanding of the issues

and problems raised by the question.

(iii) style and Limited style and presentational skills. A

command of

presentation English though with errors of grammar and syntax, and

spelling. Uneven use of sources and references.

Fail - -40%

(i) structure Disorganised with no logical structure.

(ii) content and Unfocused; minimal attention to relevant

approach evidence or arguments, together with minimal

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understanding of problems and issues

raised by the question.

(iii) style and Very poorly written, with inadequate command

presentation of grammar and syntax, and with numerous

errors of spelling and punctuation; presented

with inadequate or non-existent sources or

references.

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PAST EXAMINATION PAPERS

None. This is a new module. A practice exam will be circulated at least one month

before the exam.

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MODULE ORGANISATION AND LIST OF LECTURES AND SEMINARS

The lecture will take place on Monday at 2pm in GE 216. Three seminars will be held

on Monday from 3pm to 6pm. Check online for the location and time of your seminar.

AUTUMN TERM

DATE LECTURE SEMINAR READINGS

3 Oct What is

Global

History?

SEMINAR THEME: WHAT IS GLOBAL HISTORY?

Osterhammel and Petersson Globalization: a short

history, pages 1-12

Scheuerman, William, “Globalization,” The Stanford

Encyclopedia of Philosophy

http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2010/entries/gl

obalization

10 Oct The Great

Divergen

ce

SEMINAR THEME: THE GREAT DIVERGENCE

O’Brien, Patrick, 2010. “A conjuncture in global

history or an Anglo-American construct: the British

Industrial Revolution, 1700-1850,” 5 Journal of

Global History: 503-509

van Zanden, Jan Luiten, 2008. “The road to the

Industrial Revolution: hypotheses and conjectures

about the medieval origins of the European Miracle,”

3 Journal of Global History: 337-359.

Sorman, Guy, 2011. “Is Islam Compatible with

Capitalism?: The Middle East’s future depends on the

answer” City Journal, Summer 2011,

http://www.city-journal.org/2011/21_3_muslim-

economy.html

17 Oct Ecologica Seminar Theme: Antecedents of Globalisation

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l

Imperialis

m: the

Biologica

l

Expansio

n of

Europe


history, pages 13-56

Ronald Findlay and Mats Lundahl, “The First

Globalization Episode: The Creation of the Mongol

Empire, or the Economics of Chinggis Khan”

http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/sites/default/files/pdf/mong

ol.pdf

24 Oct Empire

and

Globalisat

ion

Seminar Theme: Why were Large Empires Formed?

Adas, Michael, 2009. "Reconsidering the macro-

narrative in global history: John Darwin’s After

Tamerlane and the case for comparison," Journal of

Global History, Cambridge University Press, vol.

4(01), pages 163-173, March.

Ferguson, Niall, 2007. “The Truth About Empire.”

Harvard International Review 28 (2007): 74-77.

Turchin, Peter, 2009. “A theory for formation of large

empires,” 4 Journal of Global History: 191-217.

31 Oct The

Enlighten

ed

Economy

SEMINAR THEME: MILITARY TECHNOLOGY AND THE

GREAT DIVERGENCE

O'Brien, Patrick K., 2009. “The Needham Question

Updated: A Historiographical Survey and

Elaboration” History of Technology.

Hoffman, Philip T., 2011. “Prices, the Military

Revolution, and Western Europe's Comparative

Advantage in Violence” The Economic History

Review. 64, no. s1.

Roy K. 2011. "The Hybrid Military Establishment of

the East India Company in South Asia: 1750-1849".

Journal of Global History. 6, no. 2: 195-218.

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7 Nov Many

Middle

Passages

SEMINAR THEME: EARLY MNCS

Ann M. Carlos and Stephen Nicholas, 1988. “ ‘Giants

of an Earlier Capitalism’: The Chartered Trading

Companies as Modern Multinationals” The Business

History Review Vol. 62, No. 3 (Autumn, 1988), pp.

398-419

Cox, H. (1997) “Learning to do Business in China:

The Evolution of BAT's Cigarette Distribution

Network, 1902-41”, Business History, vol.39, no.3,

pp.30-64.

14 Nov When

WASPs

Swarmed

SEMINAR THEME: THE ANGLO SETTLER REVOLUTION

Cain, Peter J. 2010. "The Economics and Ideologies of Anglo-

American Settlerism, 1780-1939." Victorian Studies 53, no. 1:

100-107.

Podcast: “Environmental histories of settlement in Canada and

New Zealand” http://www.eh-

resources.org/podcast/podcast2008.html

21 Nov Tentacles

of

Progress

SEMINAR THEME: TECHNOLOGY AND EMPIRE

Headrick, Daniel R. 2008. “Communication and

Empire: Media, Markets, and Globalization, 1860-

1930” Business History Review 82, no. 1: 138-141.



“Technology – a Global History” David Edgerton

http://www.history.ac.uk/podcasts/global-

history/2010-03-03-david-edgerton

28 Nov Piracy:

IntellectuSEMINAR THEME: GLOBALISATION OF TRADITION

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al

Property

Rights

and the

Global

Diffusion

of

Knowled

ge

Misra, Maria, 2008. "Colonial officers and

gentlemen: the British Empire and the globalization

of tradition," Journal of Global History, Cambridge

University Press, vol. 3(02), pages 135-161, July.

Carroll, John M. Edge of Empires Chinese Elites and

British Colonials in Hong Kong. Cambridge, Mass:

Harvard University Press, 2005, Read only the

chapter “A better class of Chinese : building the

emporium of the east”

5 Dec Apogee

of Empire

SEMINAR THEME: FINANCES OF EMPIRE

Frankema, Ewout, 2010. “Raising revenue in the

British empire, 1870-1940: how extractive were

colonial taxes?,” Journal of Global History,

Cambridge University Press, vol. 5(03), pages 447-

477, November.

Dilley, Andrew, 2010. “The Rules of the Game':

London Finance, Australia, and Canada, C.1900–14.”

The Economic History Review, Vol. 63, No. 4.

12 Dec The

Treaty

Ports:

Where

Globalisat

ion Took

Place

SEMINAR THEME: EMPIRE AND ENVIRONMENT

Owen, Roger, 2006. “The rapid growth of Egypt

1914, as an early example of the green revolutions

of modern South Asia: some implications for the

writing of global history,” Journal of Global

History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 1(01),

pages 81-99, March.

Tvedt, Terje. “Hydrology and Empire: The Nile,

Water Imperialism and the Partition of Africa” The

Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History

39.2 (2011).

Podcast: Biological invasions, culture and

biodiversity in South Africa http://www.eh-

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resources.org/podcast/podcast2009.html

WINTER TERM

DATE LECTURE READINGS FOR SEMINAR

9 Jan Backlash

to

Globalis

ation

THE BRITISH EMPIRE: A WASTE OF MONEY?

Avner Offer, “The British Empire, 1870-1914: A

Waste of Money?” The Economic History Review

New Series, Vol. 46, No. 2 (May, 1993), pp. 215-238

Niall Ferguson, “British Imperialism Revisited: The

Costs and Benefits of Anglobalization”.

16 Jan Migratio

ns

SEMINAR THEME: MIGRATION

McKeown, Adam, 2010. “Chinese emigration in

global context, 1850-1940,” Journal of Global

History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 5(01),

pages 95-124, March.

Gozzini, Giovanni, 2006. “The global system of

international migrations, 1900 and 2000: a

comparative approach,” Journal of Global History,


341, November.

23 Jan The First

World

War and

Deglobal

isation

SEMINAR THEME: IMPACT OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR

Tomlinson, Jim. “The Deglobalisation of Dundee, c.

1900–2000” Journal of Scottish Historical Studies

29, no. 2 (November 2009): 123-140.



30 Jan Restartin

g

SEMINAR THEME: POST-1944 ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONS

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Globalis

ation

Alacevich, Michele, 2011. "The World Bank and

the politics of productivity: the debate on

economic growth, poverty, and living standards

in the 1950s," Journal of Global History,

Cambridge University Press, vol. 6(01), pages

53-74, March.

Osterhammel and Petersson Globalization: a

short history, pages 113-140

6 Feb The Rise

of

Regional

Trading

Blocks

SEMINAR THEME: REGIONAL TRADING BLOCS

Hopkins, A. G. “The Historiography of Globalization

and the Globalization of Regionalism.” Journal of the

Economic & Social History of the Orient 53, no. 1/2

(March 2010): 19-36.

Duina, Francesco. "Varieties of Regional Integration:

The EU, NAFTA and Mercosur." Journal of

European Integration 28, no. 3 (July 2006): 247-275;

13 Feb The Box

That

Changed

the

World

SEMINAR THEME: IMPACT OF CONTAINERISATION

Levinson, Marc. “Container Shipping and the Decline

of New York, 1955--1975.” Business History Review

80 (2006): 49-80.

20 Feb Managin

g MNCs

SEMINAR THEME: AMERICANISATION

Schroter, Harm G. 2008. “Economic culture and its

transfer: an overview of the Americanisation of the

European economy, 1900-2005.” European Review of

History 15, no. 4: 331-344



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27 Feb The Rise

of

Hollywo

od to

Global

Dominan

ce

SEMINAR THEME: VARIETIES OF CAPITALISM

Wilkins, Mira. 2010. “Multinational Enterprises

and the Varieties of Capitalism.” In Business

History Review, 638-645.

Berghahn, V. R. 2010. “Varieties of Capitalism in

the "American Century.” In Business History

Review, 661-663.

5 March Credit

Reports

and the

Bond

Rating

Agencies

SEMINAR THEME: POPULATION POLICY

Connelly, Matthew, 2006. “To inherit the Earth.

Imagining world population, from the yellow peril to

the population bomb,” Journal of Global History,


319, November

Frey, Marc, 2011. “Neo-Malthusianism and

development: shifting interpretations of a contested

paradigm,” Journal of Global History, Cambridge

University Press, vol. 6(01), pages 75-97, March.

Hvistendah, Mara. 2011. “Where Have All the Girls

Gone? It's true: Western money and advice really did

help fuel the explosion of sex selection in Asia.”

Foreign Policy, 2011.

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March

The

Politics

of Oil

SEMINAR THEME: OIL COMPANIES

Bucheli, Marcelo. 2008. “The Ecology of Oil:

Environment, Labor, and the Mexican Revolution,

1900-1938.” Business History Review 82, no. 4: 878-

880.

Klieman, K.A. 2008. "Oil, Politics, and Development

in the Formation of a State: The Congolese Petroleum

Wars, 1963-1968". I/TER/ATIO/AL JOUR/AL OF

AFRICA/ HISTORICAL STUDIES. 41, no. 2: 169-

202.

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March

Neo-

liberalis

m

SEMINAR THEME: FREE MARKET IDEOLOGY

Cahill, Damien. “Is Neoliberalism History?” Social

Alternatives 28, no. 1 (2009 First Quarter 2009): 12-

16.

Watch “Episode One: The Battle of Ideas”, part of

The Commanding Heights series

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/commandingheights/lo/s

tory/ch_menu.html

2 April Conclusi

on

SEMINAR THEME: HISTORY AS A GUIDE TO THE FUTURE

Jeff Rubin and Benjamin Tal, “Will Soaring

Transport Costs Reverse Globalization?”

http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/sites/default/files/pdf/oil.

pdf

Mack, Andrew. Why Is Armed Conflict on the

Wane? http://www.cato-

unbound.org/archives/february-2011-the-great-

peace-why-is-armed-conflict-on-the-wane/

Pinker, Steven. A Brief History of Violence,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ramBFRt1Uzk

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RECOMMENDED BOOKS TO PURCHASE

Rodrik, Dani. The Globalization

Paradox: Democracy and the Future of

the World Economy. New York: W. W.

Norton & Co, 2011. ISB�-13: 978-

0393341287

Osterhammel, Jurgen, and Niels P.

Petersson. Globalization: a short history.

Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University

Press, 2009. ISB�-13: 978-0691133959

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SOURCES FOR ESSAY TOPICS

The following is not a comprehensive list of the sources needed to research each essay

topic. Instead, I have decided to list just a few sources related to the topic that can

serve as a point of departure for your own research in the library. In identifying

additional sources for your essay, you should pay careful attention to the footnotes in

the sources listed below.

Topic: How did the advent of telecommunications encourage the development of

multilateral institutions of global governance? Sources: Gorman, Daniel. “Freedom

of the Ether or the Electromagnetic Commons?: Globality, the Public Interest, and the

Multilateral Radio Negotiations in the 1920s and 1930s” in Empires and Autonomy:

Moments in the History of Globalization, Steven Streeter, John Weaver, William

Coleman, eds. (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2009), 138-156; Headrick, Daniel.

“Submarine Telegraph Cables: Business and Politics, 1838-1939″ in Business History

Review (Fall 2001)

Topic: What is the “gentlemanly capitalism thesis” and how does it advance our

understanding of the British Empire’s role in global history? Sources: Webster,

Anthony. The Debate on the Rise of the British Empire. Manchester: Manchester

University Press, 2006; Daunton, M. J. State and Market in Victorian Britain: War,

Welfare and Capitalism. Woodbridge, UK: Boydell Press, 2008; Akita, Shigeru.

Gentlemanly Capitalism, Imperialism, and Global History. Houndmills, Basingstoke,

Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002.

Topic: How has neoliberalism changed the world since 1978? Sources: Mirowski,

Philip, and Dieter Plehwe. The Road from Mont Pèlerin The Making of the /eoliberal

Thought Collective. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 2009; Birch, Kean,

and Vlad Mykhnenko. The Rise and Fall of /eoliberalism: The Collapse of an

Economic Order? London: Zed Books, 2010; Jeong, Seongjin. “The Korean

Developmental State: From Dirigisme to Neoliberalism.” Historical Materialism 17,

no. 3 (September 2009): 244-257; Harvey, David. A Brief History of /eoliberalism.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005; Duménil, Gérard, and Dominique Lévy. The

Crisis of /eoliberalism. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 2011; Silva,

Eduardo. Challenging /eoliberalism in Latin America. Cambridge: Cambridge

University Press, 2009; Mensah, Joseph. /eoliberalism and Globalization in Africa:

Contestations from the Embattled Continent. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

Topic: How did people in Western Europe react to “Coca-colonization” after 1945?

Sources: Judt, Tony. Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945. London: William

Heinemann, 2005; Berghahn, Volker R. 2010. "The debate on 'Americanization'

among economic and cultural historians." In Cold War History, 107-130; Schroter,

Harm G. 2008. "Economic culture and its transfer: an overview of the

Americanisation of the European economy, 1900-2005." European Review of History

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15, no. 4: 331-344; Duignan, Peter, and Lewis H. Gann. The Rebirth of the West: The

Americanization of the Democratic World, 1945-1958. Cambridge, Mass., USA:

Blackwell, 1992; Lundestad, Geir. Empire by Integration: The United States and

European Integration, 1945-1997. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998; Nixon,

Sean. "Apostles of Americanization? J. Walter Thompson Company Ltd, Advertising

and Anglo-American Relations 1945-67." Contemporary British History 22, no. 4

(December 2008): 477-499; Hilger, Susanne. 2008. "'Globalisation by

Americanisation': American companies and the internationalisation of German

industry after the Second World War." European Review of History 15, no. 4: 375-

401; Gassert, Philipp. "The Anti-American as Americanizer: Revisiting the Anti-

American Century in Germany." German Politics & Society 27, no. 1 (April 30,

2009): 24-38.

Topic: How much progress has been made towards the creation of customs unions in

Latin America? Sources: Duina, Francesco G. The Social Construction of Free

Trade: The European Union, /AFTA, and MERCOSUR. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton

University Press, 2006; Cambridge Review of International Affairs 18, no. 3 (October

2005): 421-436; Gardini, Gian Luca. "Who Invented Mercosur?." Diplomacy &

Statecraft 18, no. 4 (December 2007): 805-830; Christensen, Steen Fryba. "The

influence of nationalism in Mercosur and in South America -- can the regional

integration project survive?." Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional 50, no. 1

(July 2007): 139-158; Duina, Francesco. "Varieties of Regional Integration: The EU,

NAFTA and Mercosur." Journal of European Integration 28, no. 3 (July 2006): 247-

275; Drake, Paul W. Between Tyranny and Anarchy: A History of Democracy in

Latin America, 1800-2006. Stanford, Calif: Stanford University Press, 2009

Topic: How are the explanations for the Great Divergence provided by David Landes

and Timur Kuran different from that offered by Ken Pomeranz? Whose theory is most

convincing? Sources: Pomeranz, Kenneth. The Great Divergence: China, Europe,

and the Making of the Modern World Economy. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University

Press, 2000; Landes, David S. 2006. "Why Europe and the West? Why Not China?"

The Journal of Economic Perspectives. 20, no. 2: 3-22; Horesh, Niv. "What Time Is

the "Great Divergence"? And Why Economic Historians Think It Matters." China

Review International 16, no. 1 (March 2009): 18-32; Vries, P. H. H. "Are Coal and

Colonies Really Crucial? Kenneth Pomeranz and the Great Divergence(*)." Journal

of World History 12, no. 2 (Fall2001 2001): 407; O'Brien, Patrick K. 2009. "The

Needham Question Updated: A Historiographical Survey and Elaboration". History of

Technology. 29: 7; Kuran, Timur. 2004. "Why the Middle East Is Economically

Underdeveloped: Historical Mechanisms of Institutional Stagnation". Journal of

Economic Perspectives. 18, no. 3: 71-90.

Topic: Was the economic impact of British rule in India positive or negative?

Sources: Subrahmanyam, Gita. "Ruling continuities: Colonial rule, social forces and

path dependence in British India and Africa." Commonwealth & Comparative Politics

44, no. 1 (March 2006): 66-92; Desai, Manali. "Indirect British Rule, State Formation,

and Welfarism in Kerala, India,1860--1957." Social Science History 29, no. 3

(Fall2005 2005): 457-488; Rothermund, Dietmar. An Economic History of India

From Pre-Colonial Times to 1991. London: Routledge, 1993; Davis, Mike. Late

Victorian Holocausts: El /iño Famines and the Making of the Third World. London:

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Verso, 2001; Washbrook, David. 2010. "Merchants, Markets, and Commerce in Early

Modern South India." Journal of the Economic & Social History of the Orient 53, no.

1/2: 266-289; Klein, Ira. "British Reforms, Commercial Agriculture, and Agrarian

Distress in India." Historian 70, no. 4 (Winter2008 2008): 732-752; Iyer L. 2010.

"Direct Versus Indirect Colonial Rule in India: Long-Term Consequences". Review of

Economics and Statistics. 92, no. 4: 693-713.

Topic: What was the global ecological impact of European imperialism overseas?

Source: Beinart, William, and Lotte Hughes. Environment and Empire. Oxford:

Oxford University Press, 2007; Crosby, Alfred W. Ecological Imperialism: The

Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1000. New York: Cambridge University Press,

2004; Tiffin, Helen. Five Emus to the King of Siam: Environment and Empire.

Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2007.

Topic: Why were Jeremy Bentham and J.A. Hobson opposed to British imperialism?

How were their arguments similar? How were they different? Sources: Cain, Peter

J. Hobson and Imperialism: Radicalism, /ew Liberalism, and Finance 1887 - 1938.

Oxford [u.a.]: Oxford Univ. Press, 2002; Porter, Bernard. Critics of Empire: British

Radicals and the Imperial Challenge. London: I. B. Tauris, 2008

Topic: Europeans and Arabs used Africa as a source of slaves. What do the

differences between the Atlantic and Arab slave trades say about the histories of

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