How complete was the global transformation brought about by the Industrial Revolution? How could the demands and reality of industrialization influence factors such as nationalism or imperialism/colonization?
Compare and contrast European imperialism in central and southeast Asia, Africa, and Oceania. Were there any fundamental differences that would influence later history?
What role did racism play in European imperialism? How did racism justify imperialism and also inspire it? Discuss the ideas of Gobineau and Spencer.
Discuss the factors that led to the outbreak of World War I. What role did the alliance system play in this process? What role did nationalism and imperialism play in the road to World War I?
What were the major consequences of World War I? In what ways did the war set in motion a decline in European world dominance? How was the world transformed by this bloody confrontation?