Format: 12-Point, Times New Roman, Single-Spaced, One-Inch Margins.
Length: Half-Page.
Instructions: Please locate a primary document from the period 1989-2000 and a ½-page entry, analyze how it both relates to globalization and the discipline of history. You should also explain what type of document it is (sub-fields like political, diplomatic, cultural, economic history) and why it is so important to the period and the study of globalization. What does your document tell us about the period?
The important point of this exercise is to gain experience and perspective in conducting research and using the historical method to analyzing a document and placing it within a context.
Several topics or historical points from the era:
German reunification
The collapse of the Soviet Union
US-China Trade
The Digital Boom
The Drug War
The Zapatistas
Feminism
Al-Queda
NAFTA
The European Union
Bosnia
The Asian Financial Crisis
Russia’s Crisis
