Major Assignment for IDST 2850, Globalization Since 1492

Write an essay of 2,400 to 3,000 words on one of the topics listed below. Base you research in whole or in part on one or more of the course texts, namely Hall’s The American Empire and the Fourth World, Galeano’s Open Veins of Latin America, and Sklair’s Globalization.You are not restricted to the course texts. You may submit a progress report for written comments by the professor on October 20 (i.e. Its optional). No grade will be assigned in the professor’s reply. The purpose is to provide the students with helpful suggestion on issues of interpretation, possible sources, etc.. The essay is due on November 24. No substitute topics will be accepted.

1.The Colonization of Latin America by Spain, Portugal, Great Britain, and the United States

2.Different Media of Global Interactivity including Oceanic Transport, the Near Universal Value Attached to Gold and Silver, International Trade, Broadcasting, and the Internet

3.The Reasons for, and Consequences of, the Emergence of the United States from the British Empire

4.The History of Capitalism and Communism

5.Biological and Cultural Diversity versus the Commercialization of Monocultures in Globalization

6.International Trade and Its Effects on the Changing Roles of Women in the Political Economies of Various Societies

7. Globalization and the Fate of the World’s Diverse Array of Languages

8.The Changing Images of Christopher Columbus, 1492-2004

9.Tecumseh, George Manuel, Gandhi, Vandana Shiva, and Eduardo Galeano as Philosophers of Globalization

10.The History of Corporations from the English and Dutch East India Companies, to the Hudson’s Bay Company, to Wal*Mart, to Exxon Mobil

11.China and Globalization

12.Sugar, Rum and Slavery in Globalization

13.The War on Terror and Its Antecedents, 1776-present

14.The Quest for a Universal Regime of Global Democracy and International Law

Home | Courses | Media | Links | Contact