The Origins of the Modern World

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Suggested Readings

Chapter 6 - The Great Departure

Primary Sources:

• Lenin, Vladimir. What is to be Done? 1902. Lenin Full Text
• Gandhi, Mohandas. Indian Home Rule. 1909. Gandhi Full Text
• The Balfour Declaration. 1917. Balfour Declaration Full Text
• Hitler, Adolf. Mein Kampf. 1926. Mein Kampf Full Text
• Mussolini, Benito. “Speech before the Invasion of Ethiopia.” 1935. Mussolini Full Text
• Ho, Chi Minh. Declaration of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. 1945. Ho Chi Min Full Text
• Truman, Harry. “Truman Doctrine Speech.” 1947. Truman Full Text
• King, Martin Luther. Letters from a Birmingham Jail. 1963. King Full Text
• Mandela, Nelson. Speech at Rivonia Trial, 20 April 1964. Mandela Full Text

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Secondary Sources:

• Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart. New York: First Anchor Books, 1994.
• Lundquist, Sven. “Exterminate All the Brutes”: One Man’s Odyssey into the Heart of Darkness and the Origins of European Genocide. The New Press, 1997.