World History: A Concise Thematic Analysis presents the highly anticipated second edition of the most affordable and accessible survey of world history designed for use at the college level. This text offers a comparative analysis of great civilizations of Eurasia, Africa, and the Americas in an engaging narrative that contextualizes history instead of drowning students in a sea of facts. Themes addressed include population dynamics, food production challenges, disease history, warfare, and others. Instructor resources are available online for this text.
This new edition of World History: A Concise Thematic Analysis features a newly-designed interior organization to enhance navigation and comprehension of the material. An instructors' test bank is available online.
Autorentext
STEVEN WALLECH is the senior Professor of History at Long Beach City College. He developed the World History program there and integrated the World History curriculum with community colleges and universities throughout California.
TOURAJ DARYAEE was born in Tehran, Iran. His elementary and secondary schooling took place in Tehran and Athens, Greece. He earned his Ph.D. in History at the University of California, Los Angeles in 1999. He is currently Howard C. Baskerville Professor in the History of Iran and the Persianate World and the Associate Director of the Dr. Samuel M. Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture at the University of California, Irvine. He is editor of the Name-ye-Iran-e Bastan: The International Journal of Ancient Iranian Studies and the creator of Sasanika: The Late Antique Near East Project.
CRAIG HENDRICKS is Professor of History, Emeritus, at Long Beach City College. He has written on Latin America for history journals and edited four books of American Social His-tory readings. He is now completing a study of urban development in southern California.
ANNE LYNNE NEGUS received a Ph.D. in Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, specializing in Egyptology. Currently she is Professor of History at Fullerton College and an active member of the American Research Center in Egypt, traveling frequently to Egypt and other Middle Eastern areas.
PETER P. WAN was born in China, where he received his B.A. from East China Normal University and taught American Literature until he came to the United States on a Harvard-Yanching fellowship. He received his Ph.D. in the History of American Civilization from Harvard University. His major interests are American and East Asian History.
GORDON MORRIS BAKKEN earned his B.S, M.S., Ph.D. and J.D. at the University of Wisconsin and joined the faculty of California State University, Fullerton, in 1969. He teaches American Legal and Constitutional History, Westward Movement, American Military Heritage, Women of the American West, Women and American Law, as well as Historical Thinking and Writing. He is the author/ editor of twenty-three books and numerous articles.
Klappentext
Developed after years of experience teaching world history, the second, substantially revised edition of this pioneering text deftly guides the student reader through the vast array of details that litters the landscape of humanity's past, breaking down an otherwise unwieldy narrative into meaningful and comprehensive chapters. The use of central, recurrent themes in the text enables a comparative analysis of the great civilizations that developed in Eurasia, Africa, and the Americas. These themes also address problems of food production, population dynamics, disease history, warfare, the ecological impact of human activity, and the role climate played in the history of civilization.
This new edition of World History: A Concise Thematic Analysis features a newly-designed interior organization to enhance navigation and comprehension of the material. An instructors' test bank is available online.
Zusammenfassung
World History: A Concise Thematic Analysis presents the highly anticipated second edition of the most affordable and accessible survey of world history designed for use at the college level. This text offers a comparative analysis of great civilizations of Eurasia, Africa, and the Americas in an engaging narrative that contextualizes history instead of drowning students in a sea of facts. Themes addressed include population dynamics, food production challenges, disease history, warfare, and others. Instructor resources are available online for this text.
This new edition of World History: A Concise Thematic Analysis features a newly-designed interior organization to enhance navigation and comprehension of the material. An instructors' test bank is available online.
Inhalt
Introduction x
Unit Three: The Modern World 371
Themes:
Modernization
Globalization
The differential of power
Spontaneous European Modernization: Phase One
The Process of Change Begins 375
Simultaneous Revolutions: Phase I, New Trade Routes 376
Simultaneous Revolutions: Phase II, Biology and Europe 377
Simultaneous Revolutions: Phase III, Warfare, Politics, and Religion 380
Simultaneous Revolutions: Phase IV, Commerce 386
Simultaneous Revolutions: Phase V, the State 402
Special topic The Elizabethan Era 406
Suggested Reading 413
The Differential of Power: Phase One
The Americas and Africa 415
Ship Technology in 1500 416
Spain's Rapid Success in the Americas after a Slow Start 422
Special topic New Spain 422
A Hidden Agent in the Differential of Power: Disease 423
Native American Vulnerability 427
The Aztecs 429
The Incas 432
Brazil 433
Africa's Indigenous Slave Tradition 435
Special topic The Middle Passage: The Transport of Slaves on the Trans-Atlantic Trip 436
The Arrival of Europe 439
The Sale of Slaves 441
Consequences of the Slave Trade 442
Suggested Reading 446
Spontaneous European Modernization: Phase Two
The Origins of Public Opinion, the Concept of Culture, and the Nation-State 447
Science, Knowledge, and Faith 447
The Scientific Revolution 449
Locke's Philosophy and the Idea of Public Opinion 452
The Enlightenment 458
The Nation-State 470
The Ideology of Revolution 472
The French Revolution 474
Great Britain 478
Suggested Reading 482
The Nation-State
Diffusion of the French-British Model 484
The Central European Experience 485
Central Europeans and Internal Coherence 487
Suggested Reading 495
The Differential of Power, Phase Two
Ideology, Medicine, and Technology Redefine Global Power 497
The New Teleology 499
Nation-States and Industry 510
Suggested Reading 514
Nation-State Formation Outside Europe
The United States and Japan 515
The United States 516
Japan 525
Suggested Reading 533
Internal Divisions and Contradictions
Russia and Latin America 534
Russia 534
Latin America 550
Suggested Reading 556
In The Crosshairs of Modernity
India and China 557
India 557
Late Imperial China: The Ming and Qing Dynasties 564
Suggested Reading 583
Targets of Imperialism
Africa and the Middle East 585
Africa 586
The Middle East 596
Suggested Reading 605
Unit Four: Global Violence and the Postmodern Era 607
THEMES:
Postmodern Era
Decolonization
Globalization
World War I
The Consequences of Power 611
The Illusion of Progress…