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World History
A Concise Thematic Analysis, Volume 2
Steven Wallech (Author), Touraj Daryaee (Author), Craig Hendricks (Author), Anne Lynne Negus (Author), Peter P. Wan (Author), Gordon Morris Bakken (Author)
9781118532720, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 19 December 2012
448 pages
27.7 x 21.6 x 2.3 cm, 1.202 kg
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.
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 612 The Quest for Empire and the Habits of Violence 613 Danger Signs in the Short-War Phenomenon 615 Misunderstanding the Short-War Phenomenon 617 World War I: Total War, the Geographic Arena of Combat, Victory, and Defeat 618 Suggested Reading 623 Totalitarianism The Soviet Union and Nazi Germany 624 Totalitarianism 625 The Soviet Union 625 Special topic Abandoned Marxism 631 Special topic The Versailles Treaty 634 Nazi Germany 634 Suggested Reading 641 The Inheritors of Power The United States and Japan 642 The United States 642 Japan 647 Suggested Reading 655 Decolonization Phase One 656 China’s Republican Revolution 656 India 663 The Middle East 665 Latin America 670 Suggested Reading 674 World War II and the Beginning of the Cold War Expanding the Potential of Self-Destruction 676 World War II 676 Special topic Mussolini’s Italy 681 Mass Murder: A New Dimension to Global Warfare 686 The Cold War: Redefining World Power after 1945 690 Suggested Reading 695 Global Decolonization Phase Two 696 China 696 Japan 705 India 711 Africa 714 Special topic AIDS 721 The Middle East 722 Latin America 728 Suggested Reading 737 The End of the Cold War and the Contemporary World The Complex Problems Facing a Multicultural Era 739 The End of the Cold War 739 Special topic The Legacy of Vietnam 743 The Contemporary World 745 Status, Freedom, and Equality 751 Population Dynamics 757 Suggested Reading 760 Credits C-1
Subject Areas: History [HB]
