History notes Modern Global Challenges.odt

History 1400 with Langer at University of Connecticut

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By: Bridget Houghton
Textbook:

Candide: Or Optimism (Penguin Classics)

Cengage Advantage Books: Western Civilization, Volume 2

The Communist Manifesto (Signet Classics)

The Social Dimension of Western Civilization, Volume 2

This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen (Penguin Classics)

Western Civilization: Volume II: Since 1500 (Western Civilization to 1500)
Created: 2009-11-02
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Global Challenges -overpopulation 6billion to 8.5-9.5billion (2025) to 10-14billion (2050) [UN estimate ? 10billion 2071 ] -Aging western population -Urbanization - ?end of Middle Ages? -Disease (AIDS, Ebola, Sars, Swine flu) -Deline of west? Rise of China and India -Resources of US 4% of population 25% of oil -new service economy: need now education -university politicized- student protest in 60 ' -Direct democracy, spontaneity, reject authority, reject USSR and US -?liberation?- sex, culture, politics, drugs -Youth Culture ? Elvis, Beatles, Stones, Who, Pink Floyd, ELP, Led Zepplin, Neil Young, Dylan, Hendrix, Punk Rock -Global Culture- Western cultures, skyscraper, English Violence and Terror -JFK 63 ' , Watts 65 ' -1968: King, R. Kennedy, Chicago conventional -Chicago Seven -May (France, de Gaulle) August- Prague -Terrorism -60 ' s-70 ' s ? weatherman, Mein hof, Red Army: PLO 64 ' -Italy red brigade (2000 acts/year) Moro 78 ' -9/11: Iraq wars 1990-91 2003-today -Afghanistan -Debt- Peru � population below poverty -Sub-Sahara Africa ? pay debt by cutting health and Education -Multinational corporation -Exon/Mobil = Revenue of Norway -Outsourcing ' decline of Unions -Immigration- Muslims 10% of France 8% Germany -R acism France- Le Pen -Ethnic Conflict/Cleansing ? Yugoslavia -Conflicts: North/South, West/Islam Environment -Global Warming- Greenhouse (Carbon dioxide) ozone layer -Top soil -Acid rain -water table, salinization -Chernobyl 86 ' -Tropical rain forests -green peace/green party