AIH107 - Conquering Modernity: Global History, 1840-1940
| Year: | 2027 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online, Community Based Delivery (CBD)* |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | AIH260, AIH360 |
| Study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus: | 1 x 2-hour on- campus seminar per week |
| Scheduled learning activities - online: | 1 x 2-hour online seminar per week |
Content
The century between 1840-1940 was an ‘age of extremes’—to borrow the title of historian Eric Hobsbawm’s famous book—as humans co-operated and competed in equal measure to ‘conquer modernity’. Destruction and exploitation on an untold scale—enslavement, colonisation, industrial warfare—co-existed with developments that we applaud today—the emergence of democratic systems of government, first-wave feminism and demands for improved conditions for workers. Themes in this unit will include a study of the major economic changes and political structures that emerged from the 1840s, including the rise of empires and the emergence of modern nation states. We also examine the contest between democracy, fascism and communism. We examine these themes through major events such as the birth of the railway age, the First World War, the Russian Revolution, the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, the Great Depression and the Japanese invasion of China in 1937.
The unit is intended to introduce students to the study of history and the Deakin history major. While this is developed as a discrete unit, it is intended also to provide an introduction to the trimester two unit so that together, the trimester one and two of the first level will provide an extended analysis of the making of the modern world.
Unit fee information
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