The Origins of the Modern World

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Suggested Readings

Chapter 4 - The Industrial Revolution and Its Consequences, 1750–1850    

Primary Sources:

• Voltaire. Treatise on Toleration, 1763. Voltaire Full Text
• Smith, Adam. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. 1776. Smith Full Text
• Jefferson, Thomas. Notes on the State of Virginia. 1785. Jefferson Full Text
• Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. 1789. Rights of Man Full Text
• Equiano, Olaudah, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano. 1789. Equiano Full Text
• Emperor Qialong: Letter to George III, 1793. Qianlong Letter Full Text
• Warren, Samuel. The Opium Question. London: James Ridgeway, 1840. .Warren Full Text

Secondary Sources:

• Beckert, Sven. Empire of Cotton: A New History of Global Capitalism. London: Penguin Books, 2015.
• Rediker, Marcus. The Slave Ship: A Human History. New York: Viking, 2007.