Voyages in World History, Volume 2
ISBN: 9780618077250 | 0618077251
Edition: 1stFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Pub. Date: 12/30/2008
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The authors of VOYAGES IN WORLD HISTORY never forget that history is made up of the stories of people. Each chapter of this new text centers around a story?a traveler's account that highlights the book's main theme, the constant movement of people, goods, and ideas?locally, regionally, and around the globe. Chapter introductions are illustrated with images of the travelers and maps that show where and how he or she traveled. The travelers include rulers, explorers, poets, merchants, soldiers, missionaries and scholars, and their narratives provide a framework for each chapter and draw students into the stories of world history. Along the way, students learn critical reading skills by evaluating the traveler's observations and attitudes. Available in the following split options: VOYAGES IN WORLD HISTORY Complete (Chapters 1-32), ISBN: 0618077200; Volume 1: To 1600 (Chapters 1-16), ISBN: 0618077235; Volume 2: Since 1500 (Chapters 15-32), ISBN: 0618077251.
| Maritime Expansion | |
| In The Atlantic World, 1400-1600 | |
| Traveler: Christopher Columbus | |
| Maritime Expansion And Early Modern Connections | |
| In Afro-Eurasia, 1500-1660 | |
| Traveler: Matteo Ricci | |
| Religion, Politics And The Power Balance | |
| In Western Eurasia And The Mediterranean, 1500-1750 | |
| Traveler: Jean de Chardin | |
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| Traveler: Catalina de Erauso | |
| The Atlantic System | |
| Africa, The Americas And Europe, 1600-1808 | |
| Traveler: Olaudah Equiano | |
| Empires In Early Modern Asia, 1650-1818 | |
| Traveler: Xie Qinggao | |
| European Science And The Foundations Of Modern Imperialism, 1600-1820 | |
| Traveler: Joseph Banks | |
| Revolutions In The West, 1750-1830 | |
| Traveler: Sim?n Bol?var | |
| The Industrial Revolution And European Politics, 1780-1880 | |
| Traveler: Alexander Herzen | |
| Asia And The Modern World, 1800-1910 | |
| Traveler: Fukuzawa Y?kichi | |
| State Building And Social Change | |
| In The Americas, 1830-1895 | |
| Traveler: Pauline Johnson-Tekahionwake | |
| The New Imperialism In Africa And Southeast Asia, 1830-1914 | |
| Traveler: King Khama of the Bangwato | |
| War, Revolution, And Global Uncertainty, 1905-1928 | |
| Traveler: Louise Bryant | |
| Responses To Global Crisis, 1920-1939 | |
| Traveler: Halide Edib | |
| The Second World War And The Origins Of The Cold War, 1939-1949 | |
| Traveler: Nancy Wake | |
| The Cold War And Decolonization, 1949-1975 | |
| Traveler: Ernesto Guevara | |
| Toward A New World Order, 1975-2000 | |
| Traveler: Nelson Mandela | |
| Into The Twenty-First Century | |
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