HIST 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Eric Hobsbawm, Dominate
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Book review: 10pg double spaced (academic books x 2) First world war is critical in start of soviet union (communism) (eric hobsbawn the age of extremes : 1914-1991) the shift of power. The long 20th c focus of course. Technology advancement in relation to capitalism/global interaction. Historians study world in terms of continents. Focus on states (ie us, nigeria, china) Organize analysis of world in terms of continental framework. Advantage: shared common culture, language, ethnicity . Linkage between regions are important to understand. Disadvantage: inability to see linkage between different regions of. Fail to see global context of operation for regions world. Often linked to globalization (the movement of ideas, goods, capital, ideas etc) *globalization often does take into account agency important to think critically instead of in a neutral, positive light/ problematize globalization. Capitalist led globalization facilitates globalization must understand spread of capitalism overtime in order to understand globalization.
