i’m about to start a 5-7 page research paper for my world history class about any significant historical events, people, ideological movements, etc., that take place anywhere between 1500-now and i’m not 100% sure about what to write. i was kinda interested in maybe writing about the french revolution but i’m sure there’s better stuff out there, i was also considering writing about marxism/class struggle or the russian revolution but idk if it’s a good idea to go full blown tankie LMAO but i might change my mind idk

so yeah just wondering if anyone can think of any fun topics to research and write about for my paper, any personal favorite pieces of history in that time frame, etc?

edit: i don’t have the time to respond to every comment but all these suggestions are amazing i’m definitely going to use one of these, thank you everyone!

  • meth_dragon [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    you could try development and trends of capitalism from 1500-present, arrighi has a three part series of books on this and sources/arguments should be pretty simple

    just skim and paraphrase key segments of his 'the long twentieth century'

    alternatively you could angle for something like the decline of the US empire and lift parts from the sequels, 'adam smith in beijing' and 'chaos and governance in the modern world system'