Tuesday, Sept. 2

Topics: De-centering the West, Non-Eurocentric history

Read:

• Robert Marks, Origins of the Modern World (2006); Introduction, Chs.1-3 [DOWNLOAD]

Thursday, Sept. 4

Topics: Atlantic world, colonialism and slavery

Read:

• Linebaugh and Reddiker, “Hydrarchy: Sailors, Pirates, and the Maritime State” from The Many-Headed Hydra: Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic (2000). [DOWNLOAD]

Suggested:

• “15 major corporations you never knew profited from slavery.” Atlantic Blackstar, Aug. 26, 2013.