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Considerably revised, this edition ofDocuments in World Historygives professors a large variety of primary sources from all areas of the world.The book retains its global emphasis and includes more primary sources that balance social and cultural history with standard selections, political coverage, and fuller coverage of Africa and the Middle East, including Persia. Several individual passages have been replaced or augmented to provide greater richness and interest. Materials on social issues have also been augmented.

Geographical Contents

Topical Contents

xiii

Preface

xvi

Introduction

(6)

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SECTION ONE The Early Modern Period, Centuries of Dramatic Change: 1400s--1700s

(114)

Western Civilization

The Italian Renaissance

(6)

The Letters of Petrarch

The Protestant Reformation

(5)

Works of Martin Luther

Protestantism and Women

(4)

Conservative Views

New Tensions in the Western Political Tradition: Absolutism and Parliament

(4)

Divine Rights and Bill of Rights

The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment: New Intellectual Standards in the West

(7)

from the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightment

Visual Source Science in Renaissance Art

(2)

Russian Society

Peter the Great Reforms Russia

(5)

Peter the Great

Peasant Revolt

(7)

Proclamations and Decrees During the Pugachev Revolt, 1773--1774

New Empires in Asia

Suleiman the Lawgiver and Ottoman Military Power

(8)

The Reign of Suleiman

Visual Source Ottoman Mosques

(2)

Babur and the Establishment of Mughal Rule in India

(7)

Selections from the Baburnama

Visual Source Mughal Painting

(2)

Confucianism and Popular Protest in China

(10)

Ming and Qing Documents

Visual Source Confucian Architecture

(2)

Early Modern Japan

(11)

Shogun and Daimyo Policies

Visual Source The Art of the ``Floating World''

(2)

Latin American Civilization

Economy and Society in Latin America

(8)

Latin American Working Conditions

Political Styles in Latin America: Colonial Bureaucracy

(3)

Don Jorge Juan and Don Antonio De Ulloa: Discourse and Political Reflections: Tribute Collection in Peru

Baroque Culture in Spanish America: The Incorporation of Native Americans in Colonial Life

(7)

Two Views of Indian Contact with the Spanish Colonial Church

Visual Source Baroque Church

(1)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Africa and the European Slave Trade

100

(5)

African and Western Interaction

East Africa and Portugal

105

(5)

Gaspar de Santo Bernadino's Itinerario da India

Global Contacts

The Columbian Exchange in the Early Modern Period

110

(11)

The Migration of Food and Diseases

Visual Source The Potato Eaters

119

(2)

SECTION TWO The Long 19th Century: 1750--1914

121

(114)

Western Civilization and New Outposts

The French Revolution and Its Aftermath

123

(9)

Classic Documents of the Revolution

Work and Workers in the Industrial Revolution

132

(6)

Industrial Revolution Documents

Russia

The Russian Frontier Society

138

(6)

John Ledyard on Siberia

Russian Peasants: Serfdom and Emancipation

144

(5)

Russian Documents

Asia

The Opium War: China and the West

149

(8)

Correspondence Between China and England

Visual Source Chinese and British Images of Lin Zexu

155

(2)

Chinese Reform Movements

157

(9)

Chinese Crisis

The Meiji Restoration in Japan

166

(10)

The Meiji Restoration

Visual Source Photographs of the Meiji Emperor

174

(2)

The 1857 Rebellion: Insurgent Goals

176

(6)

Proclamation by Indian Rebels

Visual Source The Execution of Indian Rebels in 1858

180

(2)

Crisis and Reform in the Ottoman Empire

182

(7)

Egyptian and Ottoman Documents

Latin America

Independence and Consolidation of New States (1791--1910)

189

(8)

Documents by Jean Jacques Dessallines, Simon Bolivar, and Porfirio Diaz

Economy and Society of Latin America

197

(7)

Plantation Life in Cuba and Yucatan

Literature and Cultural Values

204

(4)

Euclides Da Cunha: Rebellion in the Backlands (Brazil 1896--1897)

Africa

The Decades of Imperialism in Africa

208

(4)

African Imperialism

Global Contacts

European Imperialism

212

(7)

Documents by Lugard, Ferry, and Kipling

19th-Century Sports

219

(11)

Sports Accounts

Visual Source Nationalism and the First Olympics

228

(2)

Racism in World History

230

(5)

The Sting of Racism

SECTION THREE The 20th and Early 21st Centuries

235

(188)

Western Civilization

The Experience of World War I

237

(6)

Four Weeks in the Trenches; All Quiet on the Western Front

The Western State

243

(6)

Two Innovations: Nazism and the Welfare State

Consumerism

249

(6)

Weimar Articles

Russia

Lenin and the Russian Revolution

255

(5)

Lenin's Writings

Stalin and the Soviet Union During the 1930s: Progress and Terror

260

(5)

Stalin and a Bitter Legacy

The Collapse of the Soviet Union

265

(10)

Russian Documents: The End of an Era

Middle East

The Emergence of Modern Turkey

275

(6)

Nationalist Documents

Middle Eastern Dreams in Conflict: Israelis and Palestinians

281

(11)

Zionist, Israeli, and Palestinian Documents

Visual Source The Cartography of Conflict

290

(2)

The Resurgence of Islam

292

(8)

Egyptian and Iranian Documents

Visual Source Egyptian Pilgrim Murals

299

(1)

East Asia

Chinese Revolutionaries: Sun Zhongshan and Mao Zedong

300

(6)

Two Revolutionary Leaders

Communism, Chinese Style: Peasants and Students

306

(7)

Chinese Documents

World War II: Japanese Memories

313

(9)

World War II Documents

Visual Source The Architecture of Commemoration

320

(2)

Modern Japan: Corporate Management and Gender Relations

322

(6)

Business and Gender Documents

South Asia

Spinning Wheels and Black Flags: Indian Nationalists Challenge British Rule

328

(8)

An Indian Freedom Fighter Recalls Her Life

Visual Source Responses to the Amritsar Massacre

334

(2)

Love and Marriage in Modern India

336

(8)

``Love and Marriage'' from Manushi Magazine

Latin America

20th-Century Latin American Politics: The Revolutionary Challenge

344

(9)

Latin American Revolutionary Documents

Visual Source Juan and Eva Peron

351

(2)

Searching for the Soul of the Latin American Experience

353

(5)

Latin American Identity

Latin America's Social Crisis in the 20th Century

358

(6)

Latin American Struggles

Sub-Saharan Africa

African Nationalism

364

(6)

African Nationalism Documents

Changes in African Culture and Society

370

(14)

African Voices

Visual Source African Women's Work

382

(2)

Democracy and the End of Apartheid in South Africa

384

(11)

F. W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela

Forces of Change and Global Contacts

The Environment in the 20th Century: A Disaster Story

395

(9)

Chernobyl

Visual Source After the Disaster at Chernobyl

402

(2)

The Cold War

404

(9)

Cold War Documents

Globalization: Youth Culture and Working for Multinationals

413

(10)

Global Youth Culture

International Terrorism

423

Bin-Laden and Blair

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