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World History

by: Upshur, Jiu-Hwa Lo; Terry, Janice J.; Holoka, James P.; Goff, Richard D.; Cassar, George H.

World History

by: Upshur, Jiu-Hwa Lo; Terry, Janice J.; Holoka, James P.; Goff, Richard D.; Cassar, George H.

ISBN 13:
9780534587338
ISBN 10:
053458733X
Edition: 4th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 07/31/2001
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

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Summary

As a global text, Upshur's WORLD HISTORY examines world civilizations in a comparative context. Students learn to recognize and analyze trends and interconnections across history and civilizations.

Maps

xix

Preface

xxi

Reviewers

xxv

Introduction Paleolithic and Neolithic Cultures Around the World

(1)

Human Development in the Old Stone Age

(1)

The Neolithic Food-Producing Revolution in West Asia

(2)

Neolithic Times in Europe

(1)

Neolithic Times in Africa

(2)

Neolithic Times in Asia

(1)

Connections in Migration Migration in World History

(1)

Neolithic Times in the Western Hemisphere

(1)

Selected Sources

(4)

Internet Links

(1)

Comparative Essay 1 The Defining Characteristics of Civilization

(2)

Early Civilization in West Asia, Africa, the Aegean, and the Western Hemisphere

(32)

Mesopotamian Civilization

(6)

The Sumerian Exemplar of Civilized Life

(3)

Political and Cultural Developments of the Babylonians, Assyrians, and Chaldeans

(2)

African Civilization

(7)

The Land of the Nile and the Emergence of Egyptian Civilization

(1)

Lives and Times Across Cultures Diverse Burial Customs

(1)

Discontinuities and the Rise and Decline of an Imperial Culture

(2)

The Kushite Kingdom in Upper Egypt and the Sudan

(2)

Early Aegean Civilization

(8)

The Flowering of Minoan Civilization

(1)

Lives and Times Across Cultures Risking Death to Gain the Favor of the Gods

(2)

The Advent of the Indo-Europeans

(2)

Connections in Technology Animal Husbandry

(1)

The Rise and Fall of Mycenaean Warrior-Kings

(3)

Ancient Persian Civilization

(3)

The Rise of the Persian Empire

(2)

Persian Culture and Religon

(1)

Amerindian Civilization

(4)

The Opening of Andean Civilization: The Chavin Culture

(1)

The Advent of Mesoamerican Civilization: The Olmec

(2)

Summary and Comparisons

(1)

Selected Sources

(2)

Internet Links

(1)

The Early Civilizations of South and East Asia

(34)

The Indus Civilization

(6)

The Land of India

(2)

The Beginning of the Indus Civilization

(1)

An Urban Culture: Mohenjo-Daro

(1)

Society and Economy

(1)

Indus Religion

(1)

The End of Indus Civilization

(2)

The Aryan Invasion and Early Vedic Age

(3)

Early Vedic Society and Economy

(1)

Religion

(1)

The Appearance of Writing

(1)

The Late Vedic Age

(3)

Late Vedic Society and Economy

(1)

Religion

(2)

The Upanishads

(1)

China From the Neolithic Age to the Shang Dynasty

(9)

The Land of China

(1)

The Study of Ancient China

(1)

The Rise of the Shang Dynasty, 1766-1122 B.C.E.

(1)

Shang Government

(2)

Society and Economy during the Shang Era

(1)

Lives and Times Across Cultures Royal Tombs in Bronze Age Greece and China

(1)

Science, Arts, and Crafts

(1)

Lives and Times Across Cultures Feasting in Bronze Age Greece and China

(2)

A Pictographic Script

(1)

The Chou Dynasty

(7)

The Chou Conquest

(1)

Western Chou Society and Economy

(1)

Chou Religion

(1)

The Eastern Chou

(1)

Connections in Technology Rice Cultivation in East Asia

(1)

Eastern Chou Society and Economy

(2)

Summary and Comparisons

(1)

Selected Sources

(4)

Internet Links

(2)

Comparative Essay 2 Great Faiths and Philosophies

(2)

The Flowering of Great Faiths and Philosophies

(42)

Civilization in Palestine and Phoenicia

(4)

Israelite Political History

(1)

Judaism

(2)

The Phoenicians: Catalysts of Culture

(1)

Classical Greek Civilization

(14)

The Archaic Revival: New Patterns of Government

(3)

Athenian and Spartan Social and Political Patterns

(1)

The Persian and Peloponnesian Wars

(1)

Greek Intellectual History: From Myth to Philosophy

(2)

Connections in Culture Creation Myths and the Construction of Gender and Social Orders

(2)

Lives and Times Across Cultures Big-Time Sports in Ancient Greece

(2)

The Greek Origins of European Literature

(2)

Greek Art and Architecture

(1)

The Rise of Buddhism and Jainism in India

(7)

The Life of Buddha

(1)

The Orthodox: Theravada Buddhism

100

(2)

Evolution of the Great Vehicle: Mahayana Buddhism

102

(1)

Jainism

103

(2)

China: Confucianism, Taoism, and Legalism

105

(11)

The Idealist: Confucius and His Teachings

106

(1)

The Reformer: Mencius and the Confucian Consensus

107

(1)

The Mystic: Lao Tzu and Taoism

107

(2)

The Totalitarians: Legalism

109

(2)

Lives and Times Across Cultures Military Innovations

111

(1)

The Three Ideologies Compared

111

(1)

The Brief Rise and Fall of the Ch'in

112

(1)

Lives and Times Across Cultures Slavery and Volatile Social Status

113

(3)

Summary and Comparisons

116

(1)

Selected Sources

117

(4)

Internet Links

118

(1)

Comparative Essay 3 The Defining Characteristics of Great Empires

119

(2)

The Age of Great Empires

121

(52)

Macedonian Conquest and Hellenistic Empires

122

(8)

The Father: Philip

123

(1)

The Mother: Olympias

123

(1)

The Son: Alexander

124

(2)

A Sophisticated, Cosmopolitan Society and Economy

126

(1)

An Age of Scientific Advances

127

(1)

Escapism and Individualism in Hellenistic Culture

128

(2)

The Rise and Decline of Roman Power in the Mediterranean World

130

(14)

The Early Roman Republic

130

(3)

The Roman Conquest of Italy and the Mediterranean

133

(1)

Lives and Times Across Cultures Women's Rights: A Test Case in Republican Rome?

134

(2)

The Breakdown of the Republic and the Rise of Augustus

136

(2)

Roman Cultural Developments

138

(3)

Politics, Society, and Economics in the Early Empire

141

(2)

Lives and Times Across Cultures ``The Going Rate'': Wages and Prices in the Roman Empire and China

143

(1)

Decay and Temporary Recovery in the Later Roman Empire

143

(1)

The Emergence and Disintegration of the Mauryan Empire

144

(11)

Persian and Greek Precursors

145

(1)

The Rise of Chandragupta Maurya

145

(1)

Emperor Asoka

146

(3)

Culture of the Asokan Age

149

(3)

Life under the Mauryans

152

(1)

Successor States to the Mauryan Empire

153

(1)

Kushan Culture: Buddhism in a Cosmopolitan Setting

153

(2)

China's First Imperial Age: The Han Dynasty

155

(12)

The Han Dynasty, 202 B.C.E.-220 C.E.

156

(3)

Han Government

159

(1)

Lives and Times Across Cultures Mathematical Problems in the Ancient World

160

(1)

The Land and People

161

(1)

Cities, Manufacturing, and Commerce

162

(1)

The Silk Road: Link between East and West

163

(2)

Connections in Migration The Silk Road

165

(2)

Summary and Comparisons

167

(1)

Selected Sources

168

(5)

Internet Links

169

(1)

Comparative Essay 4 The Decline and Fall of Empires

170

(3)

Disruption and Renewal in West Asia and Europe

173

(50)

Political, Religious, and Social Unrest in Palestine: 63 B.C.E.-73 C.E.

174

(4)

Palestine under Roman Rule

175

(1)

Religious Ferment

176

(1)

A Noble Social Experiment: The Essenes

176

(2)

Early Christianity

178

(5)

The Origins of Christianity

178

(3)

The Triumph of Christianity

181

(1)

Lives and Times Across Cultures Women and the Medical Professions in Late Antiquity

182

(1)

Upheaval and Transition in Western Europe

183

(12)

The Fall of the Roman Empire in the West

183

(2)

The Germanic States of Western Europe

185

(1)

The Triumph and Disintegration of the Carolingian Empire

186

(3)

Religious and Cultural Developments in Early Western Europe

189

(1)

Lives and Times Across Cultures Food for Buddhist and Christian Monks

190

(1)

Europe under Siege: A New Wave of Invaders

191

(2)

Feudal Relationships

193

(1)

Connections in Migration Vikings

194

(1)

Europe in the Middle Ages

195

(11)

Economic and Social Changes in the Countryside

195

(1)

The Growth of Trade and the Development of Towns

196

(2)

The Theory and Practice of Christianity

198

(3)

Jews in Medieval European Life

201

(1)

Feudal Monarchy in Western Europe

201

(1)

The Spiritual and Intellectual Life of the Later Middle Ages

202

(2)

Medieval Literature, Art, and Architecture

204

(2)

The East Roman or Byzantine Empire

206

(6)

Life in the Byzantine Empire in 500

206

(2)

Justinian I

208

(1)

The Empire's Neighbors

209

(1)

Religious Issues

209

(2)

Decline of Empire

211

(1)

Islam and Islamic Empires

212

(8)

Muhammad: A Religious and Political Leader

212

(2)

Lives and Times Across Cultures People of the Book

214

(1)

The First Four Caliphs and Islamic Conquests

215

(2)

The Umayyad Caliphate

217

(1)

The Split between Sunnis and Shi'i

218

(1)

The Establishment of the Abbasid Caliphate

219

(1)

Summary and Comparisons

220

(1)

Selected Sources

221

(2)

Internet Links

222

(1)

Disruption and Renewal in South and East Asia

223

(52)

India From the Guptas to the Muslim Dynasties

224

(8)

The Gupta Empire, Harsha, and the Rajputs

225

(2)

Religious Developments: Hinduism and Buddhism

227

(1)

Art, Architecture, Life, and Culture

228

(3)

India under the Impact of Islam

231

(1)

Indianized Southeast Asia

232

(6)

Indian Economic and Cultural Expansion

232

(2)

Mainland Southeast Asia

234

(2)

Island Southeast Asia

236

(2)

China's Second Imperial Age

238

(12)

Political Turmoil and Barbarian Invasions

238

(2)

Buddhism in China

240

(2)

China Reunified: the Sui and T'ang Dynasties

242

(2)

Lives and Times Across Cultures Cultural Borrowing and Adaptation---The Chair

244

(1)

An Enlightened Government and a Prosperous Economy

245

(1)

China and the World Beyond

245

(1)

The Apogee of Buddhism

246

(2)

The Golden Age of Poetry and Sculpture

248

(2)

China Partitioned: The Sung And Nomadic Dynasties, 960-1279

250

(7)

A Checkered History

251

(1)

Difficulties in the Pursuit of Peace and War

252

(2)

Dynamic Neo-Confucianism and Stagnat Buddhism

254

(1)

Age of Refinement in Culture and the Arts

255

(1)

Lives and Times Across Cultures Companionable and Bossy Wives

256

(1)

Two Sinicized States

257

(3)

Korea

257

(1)

Vietnam

258

(2)

Connections in Migration The Mariners of Oceania

260

(1)

Japan: The Merging of Chinese and Native Cultures

260

(10)

Geography and Early History

261

(1)

The Adoption of Chinese Civilization

262

(3)

Departures from Chinese Models

265

(1)

Language and the Arts in the Nara and Heian Periods

265

(1)

Early Feudal Japan

266

(2)

Lives and Times Across Cultures Japanese Adaptations

268

(1)

Religion and Social Life during the Early Feudal Era

269

(1)

Summary and Comparisons

270

(1)

Selected Sources

271

(4)

Internet Links

272

(1)

Comparative Essay 5 Cultural Borrowing and Cultural Isolation

273

(2)

Developing Civilizations

275

(34)

Mesoamerican Civilization

276

(8)

Urban Splendor: Teotihuacan

276

(2)

The Integration of Mesoamerican Civilization: The Maya

278

(3)

Mesoamerican Imperialism: The Aztecs

281

(2)

Connections in Culture Cahokia: Mound Building Center in North America

283

(1)

Andean Civilization

284

(6)

The Artistry of the Moche Culture

284

(2)

Lives and Times Across Cultures Women and Religious Rituals

286

(1)

Amerindian Social Engineering: The Inka

286

(4)

African Cultures

290

(15)

Geographic and Social Diversity in Africa

290

(1)

Lives and Times Across Cultures Folk Wisdom

291

(1)

Islamic North Africa

292

(1)

Christian Ethiopia

293

(2)

The Bantu

295

(2)

Successor States: Kingdoms of Gold and Salt

297

(3)

Prosperous West African Kingdoms

300

(2)

The States of Central Africa

302

(1)

Commercial Wealth in East Africa

302

(2)

Inland Cities in Southern Africa

304

(1)

Summary and Comparisons

305

(1)

Selected Sources

305

(4)

Internet Links

306

(1)

Comparative Essay 6 The Development of International Trade

307

(2)

Three Continets: Conflict and Commerce

309

(44)

The Golden Age of Islam

310

(8)

Life under the Abbasids

310

(1)

Abbasid Decline

311

(1)

The Glories of Muslim Spain

312

(1)

Islamic Theology, Philosophy, and Science

313

(1)

Connections in Culture Women in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

314

(1)

Major Architectural Achievements

315

(1)

Islamic Literature and the ``Lively Arts''

316

(2)

The Crusades

318

(7)

Crusading Zeal

318

(1)

The Divided Muslim World

319

(1)

Lives and Times Across Cultures Schools and Universities

320

(1)

The Crusader States

321

(1)

Muslim Counterattacks

322

(2)

Cultural and Commercial Exchanges

324

(1)

The Mongol Conquest of Eurasia

325

(9)

Genghis Khan, the World Conqueror, 1155-1227

326

(2)

Genghis Khan's Heritage

328

(1)

Lives and Times Across Cultures Treasures from Royal Tombs

329

(1)

Mongol Domains under Genghis Khan's Heirs

330

(1)

Kubilai Khan's Empire

331

(2)

The Last Mongol Conquests in West Asia and Russia

333

(1)

The Mongol Legacy

334

(7)

The Yuan Dynasty

334

(2)

The Il-Khanate of Persia

336

(1)

The Golden Horde

337

(1)

The Khanate of Chagatai

338

(1)

The Empire of Timurlane

339

(1)

The Legacy of Mongol Imperialism

340

(1)

New Dynasties in West Asia

341

(7)

The Flowering of Islamic Culture in Persia

342

(1)

The Mamluk Dynasties

342

(2)

The House of Osman

344

(2)

The Conquest of Constantinople

346

(2)

Summary and Comparisons

348

(1)

Selected Sources

349

(4)

Internet Links

349

(1)

Comparative Essay 7 European Imperialism through the End of the Seventeenth Century

350

(3)

Emerging Global Interrelations

353

(46)

The Rival Ottoman and Safavid Empires

354

(8)

Ottoman Territorial Expansion and Government

355

(2)

Social and Economic Life in the Ottoman Empire

357

(1)

Cultural and Artistic Achievements

358

(1)

The Imperial Safavids

359

(2)

Architecture, and Fine Arts, and Literature in Persia

361

(1)

Wars between the Rival Empires

362

(1)

The Culture of the Renaissance in Europe

362

(9)

The Origins of the Renaissance: Italian Literature and Humanism

363

(1)

Lives and Times Across Cultures Racy Tales

364

(2)

Renaissance Art in Italy

366

(2)

The Renaissance Outside Italy

368

(2)

Women and the Renaissance

370

(1)

European Nation-States and the Reformation

371

(11)

The Centralization of Western European Monarchies

372

(1)

The Background of the Protestant Reformation

373

(1)

Martin Luther Breaks with the Church

374

(3)

Protestant Reformers after Luther

377

(1)

Lives and Times Across Cultures Life in Geneva and Venice in the Sixteenth Century

378

(1)

Women and the Reformation

379

(1)

The Roman Catholic or Counter-Reformation

380

(1)

European Expansion

381

(1)

African Kingdoms, European Contacts, and the Slave Trade

382

(5)

European Entry into Africa

382

(1)

Dutch Settlements in South Africa

383

(2)

The Slave Trade in Africa

385

(2)

European Colonial Empires in the Western Hemisphere

387

(8)

Early European Exploration of the Western Hemisphere

388

(1)

Spanish Conquests in Mexico and South America

389

(1)

Rival Empires in the Western Hemisphere

390

(2)

Lives and Times Across Cultures New Stuff on Your Plate

392

(3)

Summary and Comparisons

395

(1)

Selected Sources

396

(3)

Internet Links

397

(2)

Asia in the Early Modern Era

399

(54)

Early European Colonization of Southeast Asia

400

(9)

A Kaleidoscope of States and Cultures

400

(1)

Southeast Asia: Magnet for Europeans

401

(1)

Portuguese and Spanish Empires

401

(3)

Connections in Culture Coffee and Tea

404

(1)

Dutch and English Empires

404

(4)

Life in Southeast Asia

408

(1)

The Moghul Dynasty

409

(10)

Rise and Fall of Moghul Rule

410

(1)

Moghul Absolutism

411

(2)

Society and Economy under the Moghuls

413

(2)

Diverse and Divisive Religions

415

(2)

Artistic Fusion in Architecture and Painting

417

(2)

The Ming Dynasty

419

(9)

Ming History

420

(2)

An Autocratic Government and a Conservative Military

422

(1)

The Economy, Society, and Educational System

423

(3)

Vibrant Culture and Arts

426

(1)

Early Contacts with Europeans

427

(1)

The Ch'ing (Manchu) Dynasty At Its Height

428

(10)

The Consolidation of Ch'ing Rule

429

(2)

The Manchu Government: Traditions Continued

431

(2)

The Final Flowering of the Traditional Economy and Society

433

(1)

Missionaries, Foreign Relations, and Trade

434

(2)

The Last Great Era of Traditional Culture and the Arts

436

(1)

Lives and Times Across Cultures Marriage Customs in India and China

437

(1)

A Centralized Feudal State in Japan

438

(9)

The Building of a Centralized Feudal State

439

(2)

Japan Becomes Isolationist

441

(1)

Lives and Times Across Cultures Determining Political Succession

442

(1)

Feudalism under the Tokugawa Shogunate

443

(3)

Strains in the Late Tokugawa Era

446

(1)

Summary and Comparisons

447

(1)

Selected Sources

448

(5)

Internet Links

449

(1)

Comparative Essay 8 The Global Impact of Industrialization

450

(3)

The West: 1600-1800

453

(52)

Absolutism and Constitutionalism in Europe

454

(10)

The Foundations of Absolutism

454

(1)

The Eclipse of Spain

455

(1)

The Pinnacle of Royal Absolutism: France under Louis XIV

456

(2)

Lives and Times Across Cultures The Pageantry of Versailles

458

(1)

Classicism and the Spread of French Cultural Influences

459

(1)

The Rise of Constitutionalism in England

460

(1)

The Triumph of Parliament

461

(2)

Life in England in the Era of Constitutional Development

463

(1)

Lives and Times Across Cultures Inventing Childhood

464

(1)

Intellectual and Scientific Developments: The Age of Reason

464

(9)

The Scientific Revolution

465

(1)

The New Scientists

466

(2)

The Enlightenment

468

(1)

The Philosophes

469

(2)

The Arts in the Age of Enlightenment

471

(2)

Eastern Europe and the Age of Enlightened Despotism

473

(4)

Enlightened Despotism

473

(1)

Habsburg Revival and Austrian Absolutism

473

(1)

Hohenzollern Power and Prussian Absolutism

474

(1)

Autocracy in Russia

475

(2)

The Development of Latin American Culture

477

(6)

A Multiracial Society

478

(1)

The Life of the Masses in Latin America

478

(1)

Connections in Migration Forced Migration, 1600-1800

479

(1)

Mercantilist Theory and Spanish American Reality

480

(1)

Church and State in Spanish America

481

(1)

Spanish American Culture: Derivation and Innovation

482

(1)

Cultural Evolution and Political Independence in British North America

483

(7)

The Multiracial Basis of British North America

483

(1)

A New Economy and Society for the Common Settler

484

(1)

A New Political Process

485

(1)

The Enlightenment in North America

486

(1)

Colonial Unrest and Colonial War

487

(1)

The United States of America

488

(2)

The Global Contest for Empire and the Onset of the Industrial Revolution

490

(9)

Exploration in the Pacific, Competition in North America

490

(1)

Competing Colonial Systems

491

(4)

The Developing Global Economy

495

(1)

The Beginnings of the Industrial Revolution

495

(3)

New Industries

498

(1)

Summary and Comparisons

499

(1)

Selected Sources

500

(5)

Internet Links

501

(2)

Comparative Essay 9 Nationalism: An Emerging Global Force

503

(2)

The Modernization of the Western World

505

(60)

The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Era

506

(13)

The Old Regime

506

(2)

The Last Days of the Old Regime

508

(1)

Forging a New Order: The Moderate Stage

508

(3)

Lives and Times Across Cultures Charlotte Corday and the Murder of Marat

511

(1)

From the Reign of Terror to the End of the Revolution

512

(2)

Women and the French Revolution

514

(1)

The Rise of Napoleon

515

(1)

The Consulate

515

(2)

Napoleon's Empire: From Triumph to Collapse

517

(2)

Reform and Revolution in the Nineteenth Century

519

(10)

Restoration and Conservatism versus Reform and Revolution

520

(2)

Revolt and Independence in Latin America

522

(4)

1848: The Year of Revolutions

526

(3)

Nationalism and Political Conflict in the West: 1848-1914

529

(11)

The Second Napoleonic Empire

529

(1)

The Triumph of Nationalism in Italy

529

(3)

The Unification of Germany

532

(2)

The United States Creates an Indivisible National Union

534

(2)

Austria-Hungary and Russia: Multinational Empires

536

(1)

European Political Developments to 1914

537

(3)

The Spread of Industrialization and the Appearance of Industrialized Society

540

(10)

The Spread of Industrialization

540

(2)

New Industries in the Nineteenth Century

542

(1)

The Rise of Big Business

542

(2)

Connections in Migration Global Economy, Regional Migration

544

(1)

Social Classes in the Industrial Age

545

(2)

Women's Work and the Family

547

(1)

Marx Predicts the Triumph of Socialism

547

(2)

Industrialization and Social Reforms

549

(1)

Western Cultural and Intellectual Trends

550

(8)

Lives and Times Across Cultures Classical Greece: A Perennial Source of Inspiration

551

(1)

The Romantic Movement in Literature, Art, and Music

551

(3)

Materialism and Realism in Philosophy and Literature

554

(1)

``Survival of the Fittest'' in Science and Society

555

(1)

The Development of Culture in the Americas

556

(2)

Summary and Comparisons

558

(2)

Selected Sources

560

(5)

Internet Links

561

(1)

Comparative Essay 10 Total War

562

(3)

The Race for Empire and World War I

565

(50)

Causes of Imperialism and The Partition of Africa

566

(7)

Imperial Motivations

566

(3)

Europe Partitions Africa

569

(2)

African Resistance

571

(2)

The Boer War

573

(1)

Western Imperialism in the Middle East and Asia

573

(11)

Ottoman Reforms and Territorial Losses

574

(1)

The Eastern Question

575

(2)

Imperial Gains in Asia

577

(1)

India: The Jewel in the Crown of the British Empire

578

(1)

Protecting India: Imperialist Confrontations in Asia

579

(1)

British Settlement of Australasia

580

(1)

The European Onslaught on the Ch'ing Empire in China

581

(1)

Connections in Migration Empire and Migration

582

(2)

Japan and the United States Become World Powers

584

(4)

Japanese Imperialism

585

(1)

The Rise of the United States

585

(1)

The United States Becomes an Imperialist Power

586

(1)

The Caribbean Becomes a U.S. Lake

586

(1)

The United States and Canada

587

(1)

U.S. Expansion in Asia

588

(1)

The Causes and Course of World War I

588

(12)

The Underlying Causes of the Conflict

589

(1)

Bismarckian Diplomacy

590

(1)

The Post-Bismarck Era

590

(1)

Conflicts and Compromises, 1907-1914

591

(1)

Archduke Francis Ferdinand's Assassination Leads to War

591

(3)

The Controversy over Responsibility

594

(1)

Stalemate on the Western Front

595

(1)

The Eastern Front

595

(1)

Lives and Times Across Cultures The Fighting Goodyears

596

(1)

The War outside Europe

596

(1)

The Home Front

597

(1)

Women and the War

598

(1)

American Entry and the Collapse of the Central Powers

599

(1)

Postwar Settlements and the Interwar Years

600

(10)

The Paris Peace Conference and the Versailles Treaty

600

(2)

The Settlements with the Other Central Powers

602

(1)

Evaluation of the Peace Treaties

602

(2)

The League of Nations

604

(1)

Germany under the Weimar Republic

605

(1)

The Quest for International Security

606

(1)

The Victorious Democracies in the 1920s

607

(1)

The Great Depression

608

(2)

Summary and Comparisons

610

(1)

Selected Sources

611

(4)

Internet Links

612

(1)

Comparative Essay 11 Antiimperialism

613

(2)

Twentieth-Century Political and Cultural Ferment

615

(50)

Independence Movements in West Asia, Africa, and Mexico

616

(11)

Three Conflicting Agreements Regarding the Arab World

617

(3)

Modernism versus Tradition

620

(2)

African Revolts against Foreign Domination

622

(1)

The Emergence of African Political Organizations

623

(2)

Social Revolution in Mexico

625

(2)

Struggles for Independence in South and East Asia

627

(10)

British Rule and the Bith of Modern India

627

(1)

Indian Nationalist Awakening

628

(2)

A Changing Indian Society

630

(1)

Nationalist Opposition in Southeast Asia

631

(1)

The Chinese Nationalists Triumph

631

(2)

Lives and Times Across Cultures Nontraditional Schools

633

(1)

The Twin Challenges of Communism and Japanese Imperialism

633

(2)

A Changing Chinese Society

635

(2)

The Soviet Union, 1917-1939

The Last Years of the Tsarist Regime

637

(1)

The Provisional Government Succeeds the Tsar

637

(1)

Lenin and the Bolsheviks Seize Power

638

(1)

The Bolshevik Regime, 1918-1924

639

(2)

The Deadly Struggle for the Succession to Lenin

641

(1)

The Stalin Dictatorship

642

(1)

Life and Culture in the Soviet Union

643

(1)

Soviet Foreign Policy

644

(1)

Twentieth-Century Scientific, Technological, and Economic Developments

644

(12)

Scientific Advances in the Age of Einstein

645

(1)

Major Trends in Biology, Anthropology, and Psychology

646

(2)

New Trends in Technology

648

(2)

Changing Patterns of Economic Organization

650

(1)

Connections in Culture Diasporas and Culture

651

(1)

Societal Changes and Women's Rights

652

(4)

Twentieth-Century Social and Cultural Patterns

656

(5)

Philosophic Trends: Secularism, Pragmatism, Existentialism

656

(1)

Secularism versus Religion

657

(1)

Social Thought in the Contemporary Era

657

(1)

Modernism and the Arts

658

(2)

Popular Culture

660

(1)

Summary and Comparisons

661

(1)

Selected Sources

662

(3)

Internet Links

663

(2)

The Interwar Years, World War II, and the Cold War

665

(40)

Militarism, Fascism, and Nazism

666

(8)

Militarism in Japan

667

(1)

Totalitarian Regimes in Europe

668

(1)

Fascism in Italy

668

(1)

Nazism in Germany

669

(1)

Nazi State and Society

670

(1)

Authoritarian Regimes in the Iberian Peninsula

671

(1)

Personalist Dictatorships in Latin America

672

(1)

Connections in Migration Murder and Nationhood

673

(1)

Aggression in Asia and Europe

674

(5)

Japanese Aggression against China

675

(1)

Fascist Italy's Aggressions

676

(1)

Nazi Aggression in Europe

676

(3)

World War II and Postwar Settlements

679

(16)

Japan Launches All-Out War against China

680

(1)

Axis Advances in Europe

681

(3)

The United States Enters the War

684

(2)

Hitler's ``New Order''

686

(1)

The Home Front

687

(2)

The War in North Africa and the Invasion of Italy

689

(1)

Allied Victory in Europe

690

(1)

Lives and Times Across Cultures What Goes Around Comes Around: Tannenberg and Stalingrad

691

(1)

The Defeat of Japan

692

(1)

Lives and Times Across Cultures Hollywood and the Two World Wars

693

(1)

Settlements with Germany and Japan

694

(1)

Cold War in Europe

695

(7)

The Beginning of the Cold War: 1945-1949

696

(1)

Economic and Political Divisions

697

(1)

Cold War Military Expansion

698

(4)

Summary and Comparisons

702

(2)

Selected Sources

704

(1)

Internet Links

704

(1)

Global Conflicts during the Cold War: 1945-1989

705

(40)

The Triumph of Nationalist Struggles for Independence

706

(9)

Imperialism in Decline

706

(1)

The British Empire in Asia Collapses

707

(3)

Independent African Nations

710

(5)

The Superpowers and the New Nations

715

(1)

The Cold War in Asia and Africa

715

(7)

Communism Wins in China

717

(1)

The Korean War

718

(1)

Escalating War in Vietnam

719

(2)

The Cold War in Africa

721

(1)

Conflict in Latin America

722

(9)

Demographic, Economic, and Social Trends

724

(2)

Connections in Migration Families and Cities

726

(1)

Marxism in a Cold War Context: Castro's Revolution in Cuba

727

(1)

The Cuban Missile Crisis

728

(1)

The United States Combats Marxism throughout Latin America

729

(2)

The Rise of Representative Government in Latin America

731

(1)

Shifting World Alliances

731

(9)

The United States since 1960

732

(1)

Lives and Times Across Cultures Counterculture in the 1960s and 1970s

733

(1)

The Soviet Union from Khrushchev to Gorbachev

734

(1)

European Political Trends

734

(1)

Economic Recovery and Prosperity

735

(2)

Superpower Confrontations and Detentes

737

(2)

The Arms Race and Disarmament

739

(1)

Summary and Comparisons

740

(1)

Selected Sources

741

(4)

Internet Links

741

(2)

Comparative Essay 12 Regionalism and Internationalism

743

(2)

Life in a Multipolar World: The Post-Cold War Era

745

(31)

The Collapse of the Soviet Union and Changes in Europe

746

(5)

Democracy and Capitalism in Post-Cold War Europe

747

(1)

The Soviet Empire Crumbles

748

(1)

New Economic Alliances and Problems

749

(1)

Ethnic Diversity and Conflict

750

(1)

Ongoing Conflict and Changes in West Asia and Africa

751

(9)

The Israeli-Palestinian-Arab Conflict

751

(1)

Lives and Times Across Cultures Political Humor

752

(3)

Crises in the Persian Gulf Region

755

(2)

Struggles for Equality in the Republic of South Africa

757

(2)

Political, Social, and Economic Issues in Africa

759

(1)

Major Challenges Confronting the Post-Cold War World

760

(13)

Struggles for Democracy

761

(2)

Struggles for Gender and Social Equality

763

(1)

Technological and Economic Challenges

764

(1)

Lives and Times Across Cultures Monumental Structures

765

(4)

Lives and Times Across Cultures Environmental Cleanups

769

(1)

Environmental Challenges

769

(2)

Cultural Interactions and Tensions

771

(1)

Connections in Culture Identities in a Global Age

772

(1)

Summary and Comparisons

773

(1)

Selected Sources

774

(2)

Internet Links

775

(1)

Romanizing Chinese Words

776

(1)

Glossary

777

(14)

Index

791

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