Course Syllabus
Module 1: Waves of Globalization in History
1.1 Six Major Globalizations
1.2 Prime Drivers
1.3 The Eurasian Advantage
1.4 The Classical World
1.5 The Medieval Chinese Miracle
Module 2: Ocean-Based Globalization: 1500-1800
2.1 Sea-Based Globalization
2.2 Global Trade in Commodities
2.3 Conquest, Slavery and Genocide in the Americas
2.4 Imperial Competition
2.5 The Beginning of Divergence of the West and Asia
Module 3: The Anglo-American World: 1800-2000
3.1 James Watt Changes the World
3.2 The Next Comers: US, Germany, Japan and the Rest
3.3 High European Imperialism
3.4 The European Immolation and Decolonization
3.5 US-led Globalization
Module 4: The New Globalization
4.1 The Eclipse of the North Atlantic
4.2 Hitting Planetary Boundaries
4.3 The Information Revolution
4.4 The Quest for Sustainable Development
4.5 Global Governance for Sustainable Development
4.6 Shared Global Vision and Ethics