This assignment is based on the required primary source readings for the course which includes Lualdi’s Sources of the Making of the West chapters 24-28, and Susan Kingsley Kent’s The Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919. Use the textbook, Hunt’s The Making of the West to provide additional support and insight. Be sure to provide ample and properly cited specific support from the readings.
Follow the guidelines established for writing analytical essays. This essay is worth 20% of your total grade.
Your essay prompt: One of the major themes of the “making of the west” from 1648 to 1989 is the effort of Europeans to create order in a disorderly world. Use the sources from Lualdi and Kent’s The Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919 to examine how European states and societies sought to create order during the twentieth century, especially during periods of intense crises such as war, global epidemics, and revolutions. Consider specific ideologies, technologies, and state actions that were used to address these crises and examine what the intentions and outcomes were of these specific attempts. What are the lessons to be learned from this century of crisis and disorder?
Good luck! Make sure that you have a strong thesis statement the clearly states your themes and their significance.
