World history since 1500 Lectures Rene Barendse
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Lectures and reflections on modern World history since 1500 by Dutch historian Dr. R.J. Barendse
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XXIV. The development of underdevelopment
Focusing on colonial India, Nigeria and Burma in this lecture we will be considering the causes of the cleft between a rich Europe and a poor Africa and Asia.
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Science, unbelief and religion,
In this lecture we'll be examining religion in the nineteenth century and the difficult relationship between science and the Christian faith.
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XXIII. Colonial conquest.
In this lecture we will be considering the colonial conquests of the nineteenth century focusing particularly on Africa.
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XXI. The rise of ideologies.
In this lecture we'll be considering the two great ideas of the modern age: liberalism and socialism.
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XX. Nationalism.
Proceeding from a review of the American Civil War we will be looking at the secular religion of nationalism.
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XIX. Factories and slaves.
In this lecture we'll be considering the English industrial revolution and inextricably bound to it slavery in the United States.