Unit 1: India and the Contemporary World - II 

Themes

Learning Objectives

• The French Revolution and the Idea of the Nation
• The Making of Nationalism in Europe
• The Age of Revolutions: 1830-1848
• The Making of Germany and Italy
• Visualizing the Nation
• Nationalism and Imperialism

2. Nationalism in India:

• The First World War, Khilafat and Non - Cooperation
• Differing Strands within the Movement
• Towards Civil Disobedience
• The Sense of Collective Belonging

Section 2: Livelihoods, Economies, and Societies: Anyone theme of the following:

3. The Making of a Global World:

• The Pre-modern world
• The Nineteenth Century global economy, colonialism)
• The Interwar Economy (Great Depression)
• Rebuilding the World Economy

4. The Age of Industrialization:

• Before the Industrial Revolution
• Hand Labour and Steam Power
• Industrialization in the colonies
• Factories Come Up
• The Peculiarities of Industrial Growth
• Market for Goods

Section 3: Everyday Life, Culture, and Politics:

5. Print Culture and the Modern World:

• The First Printed Books
• Print Comes to Europe
• The Print Revolution and its Impact
• The Reading Mania
• The Nineteenth Century
• India and the World of Print
• Religious Reform and Public Debates
• New Forms of Publication
• Print and Censorship

• Enable the learners to identify and comprehend the forms in which nationalism developed along with the formation of nation-states in Europe in the post-1830 period.
• Establish the relationship and bring out the difference between European nationalism and anti-colonial nationalism.
• Understand the way the idea of nationalism emerged and led to the formation of nation-states in Europe and elsewhere.

• Recognize the characteristics of Indian nationalism through a case study of Non-Cooperation and Civil Disobedience Movement.
• Analyze the nature of the diverse social movements of the time.
• Familiarize with the writings and ideas of different political groups and individuals.
• Appreciate the ideas promoting Pan Indian belongingness.

• Show that globalization has a long history and point to the shifts within the process.
• Analyze the implication of globalization for local economies.
• Discuss how globalization is experienced differently by different social groups.

• Familiarize with the Pro- to-Industrial phase and Early – factory system.
• Familiarize with the process of industrialization and its impact on labor class.
• Enable them to understand industrialization in the colonies with reference to Textile industries.

• Identify the link between print culture and the circulation of ideas.
• Familiarize with pictures, cartoons, extracts from propaganda literature, and newspaper debates on important events and issues in the past.
• Understand that forms of writing have a specific history and that they reflect historical changes within society and shape the forces of change.