Documents in World History, Volume 2
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ISBN: 9780205050246 | 0205050247
Edition: 6thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Pearson
Pub. Date: 6/28/2011
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This book offers a range of documents that illustrate key civilizations from major stages in world history, with special attention to contrasts and comparisons among major societies. Documents in World History is a thematically organized, authoritative collection of original sources that highlight political, social, cultural and economic issues in world history. The text also provides documents on the hot topics of gender and cultural history. Revised and updated with over a quarter of the documents new, the sixth edition retains its global emp... MOREhasis while improving its standard selections and political coverage, with expanded attention to Islam and Christianity as well as South Asia.
Offers a range of documents that illustrates civilizations from key stages in world history, with special attention to comparing major societies.
Documents in World History is a thematically organized, authoritative collection of original sources that highlight political, social, cultural and economic issues in world history. The text also provides documents on the hot topics of gender and cultural history. Revised and updated with over a quarter of the documents new, the sixth edition retains its global emphasis. Standard selections and political coverage have been improved, and attention to Islam and Christianity as well as South Asia have been expanded.
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Geographical Contents: The Major Societies
Topical Contents
Preface
Introduction
Section 1: The Early Modern Period, Centuries of Dramatic Change: 1400s-1700s
Introduction
The New Global Contacts
... MORE1 A New Maritime Network
Columbus and Others
2 The Columbian Exchange in the Early Modern Period
The Migration of Food and Diseases
Visual Source The Potato Eaters
3 Africa and the Slave Trade
Western Civilization and Europe
4 The Italian Renaissance
The Letters of Petrarch
5 The Protestant Reformation
Works of Martin Luther
6 Women in Early Modern Europe
Women’s Roles in SocietyWomen
7 The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment
From the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment
8 Peter the Great
Peter the Great
Asia: The Middle East, India, and East Asia
9 The Rise of the Ottoman Empire
The Reign of Suleyman
Visual Source The Suleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul
10 Conquering and Ruling India: Babur and Akbar
Mughal Documents
Visual Source Portrait of Babur
11 Confucianism and Popular Protest in China
Ming and Qing Documents
Visual Source Confucian Architecture
12 Early Modern Japan
Tokugáwa Documents
Visual Source The Art of the “Floating World”
Latin American Civilization
13 Economy and Society in Latin America
Latin American Working Conditions
Visual Source Silver Mine at Potosí
14 Baroque Culture in Latin America
Samplings of Baroque Culture in Latin America
Visual Source Baroque Church
15 East Africa and Portugal
Gaspar de Santo Bernadino’s Itinerario da India
Section 2: The Long 19th Century: 1750-1914
Introduction
Western Civilization And Europe
16 The French Revolution and Its Aftermath
Classic Documents of the Revolution
17 Work and Workers in the Industrial Revolution
Industrial Revolution Documents
18 Russian Peasants: Serfdom and Emancipation
Russian Documents
Global Contacts New Patterns of Human Movement and Imperialism
19 World Migrations in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries
20 European Imperialism
Documents by Lugard, Ferry, and Kipling
Sub-Saharan Africa
21 The Decades of Imperialism in Africa
Asia and the Middle East
22 The Opium War: China and the West
Correspondence Between China and England
Visual Source Chinese and British Images of Lin Zexu
23 Heavenly Kingdom or Reform?: China’s Descent
Taiping and Reform Documents
24 The Meiji Restoration in Japan
Meiji Documents
Visual Source Photographs of the Meiji Emperor
25 The 1857 Uprising in India
British and Indian Documents
Visual Source British Images of the Indian Uprising
26 Asian Responses to the Great Divergence
Middle Eastern Documents
Latin America
27 Independence and Consolidation of New States (1791—1910
Documents by Jean Jacques Dessallines, Simón Bolivar, and Porfirio Diaz
28 Economy and Society of Latin America
Plantation Life in Cuba and Yucatan
Global Contacts New Connections and Tensions
29 Racism in World History: Gandhi and Du Bois
Mohandas K. Gandhi and W. E. B. Du Bois
Section 3: The 20th and Early 21st Centuries
Frameworks for the Contemporary World
Introduction
30 The Experience of World War
Four Weeks in the Trenches All Quiet on the Western Front
31 Soldiers and Civilians in World War II
World War II Documents
32 The Cold War
Cold War Documents
Europe and The Soviet Union
33 Fascism and Nazism
Mussolini and Hitler
34 Lenin, Stalin, and Russian Communist Society
Lenin’s Writings, Stalin, and A Bitter Legacy
35 Consumerism
Weimar Articles
Asia and The Middle East
Introduction
36 The Making of Modern Turkey
Turkish Documents
37 Israelis and Palestinians in Conflict
Zionist, Israeli, and Palestinian Documents
Visual Source The Cartography of Conflict A
38 The Renewal of Islam
Islamic Documents
Visual Source Egyptian Pilgrim Murals East Asia
39 Chinese Revolutionaries: Sun Yatsen and Mao Zedong
Two Revolutionary Leaders
40 Communist Rule in China: Two Views
Wang Fucheng and Fang Lizhi
41 Corporate Management and Gender in Japan: Two Views
Morita Akio and Matsui Yayori
42 Spinning Wheels, Black Flags, and a “Tryst with Destiny”: India Wins Independence
Nationalist Documents
Visual Source Responses to the Amritsar Massacre
43 Untouchability in Modern India
Joothan, the Memoir of Omprakash Valmiki
Latin America
44 20th-Century Latin American Politics: The Revolutionary Challenge and the Turn Toward Democracy
Latin American Revolutionary Documents
45 Searching for the Soul of the Latin American Experience
Latin American Identity
46 Latin America’s Social Crisis in the 20th Century
Latin American Struggles
Sub-Saharan Africa
47 African Nationalism
African Nationalism Documents
48 African Politics
Charter of the Organization of African Unity; Nelson Mandela; F.W. deKlerk; Yacouba Siabaton
49 Changes in African Culture and Society
African Voices
Globalization and New Forces Of Change
50 The End of the Cold War and Collapse of the Soviet Union
Gorbachev
51 Globalization
Global Attitudes; Global Youth Voices; Women Workers
52 Globalization and the Environment
Addressing Global Warming
The People's Ratification of the Kyoto Protocol
53 Global Politics and Disease Management
Severe Acute Respiratory Disease Syndrome (SARS) Epidemic
Peter N. Stearns is a professor of history at George Mason University, where he is currently provost (since January 1, 2000) with almost 40 years of experience as a teacher and administrator. Stearns was the chair of the Department of History at Carnegie Mellon University and also served as the dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. In addition, he founded and continues to edit the Journal of Social History. Also while at Carnegie Mellon he developed a pioneering approach to teaching world history to undergraduates in addition to mentoring hundreds of graduate students. Besides his long career as a historian, he is active in historical groups such as the American Historical Society, the Society of French Historical Studies, the Social Science History Association and the International Society for Research on Emotion. He attended Harvard College and later received his Ph.D. from Harvard University. In his prolific career as an author and editor, he has written or edited over 110 works of literature. Stearns currently serves as chair of the Advanced Placement World History committee.
Stephen S. Gosch is a professor emeritus of history at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Gosch began by teaching western civilization courses at UW-Eau Claire, but his scholarship evolved over the years to a broader comparative scholarship in world history, which he introduced to UW-Eau Claire classrooms in 1982. He also taught courses in the history of Japan, 19th and 20th century Europe and Marco Polo's world, as well as a popular team-taught interdisciplinary course on the Vietnam War, which he developed with a colleague in political science. He has published numerous articles and co-authored several books, including the recent Pre-modern Travel in World History. Gosch earned his bachelor's degree from Boston University and his master's and doctoral degrees from Rutgers University.
Erwin P. Grieshaber currently teaches world history, history of Latin America and history of 20th century war and peace at Minnesota State University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina in 1977.
Allison Scardino Belzer teaches a wide variety of courses at Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah, Georgia. In teaching both halves of world civilization, she focuses on assigning texts that spark a positive response in students – texts that offer concrete knowledge while also inspiring questions. She developed her interest in history at Vassar College and received her Ph.D at Emory University. Her book Women and the Great War: Femininity Under Fire in Italy (2010) reflects her research interest in gender and cultural history and the history of war.
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