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World Historians - MHIS712
This unit examines changing visions of the nature and purpose of world history. Students will look at how historians have approached telling their various world histories, and how world history has been taught in the institutional context. Topics include the nature of world history and world historical writing, Euro and American-centrism, globalisation, word systems theory, 'big history', and gendered and environmental approaches to world history.
| Credit Points: | 4 |
| When Offered: | 2015 - Next offered in 2015 |
| Staff Contact(s): | Professor David Christian |
| Prerequisites: |
Admission to MRes |
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| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: | Department of Modern History, Politics and International Relations Faculty of Arts |
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