World History in Brief: Major Patterns of Change and Continuity, Single Volume Edition

by Stearns, Peter N.

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9780321196729

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With its brief, global (rather than West-centered) approach, World History in Brief, Fifth Edition, seeks to show how different civilizations developed in a global context, and then encountered the various forces of contemporary life. Rather than overwhelm students, the chief goal of World History in Brief is to present the big picture, to facilitate comparison and assessment of change, and to highlight the major developments in the world's history. This text also presents the global interactions of major civilizations so that students can compare and assess changes. the compact size of this text gives instructors the opportunity to take advantage of additional supplementary readings.

List of Maps

xvi

List of Features

xvii

Preface

xviii

PART I The Rise of Agriculture and Agricultural Civilizations

(48)

CHAPTER 1 From Human Prehistory to the Rise of Agriculture

(13)

Getting Started Is Always Hard

(1)

Human Development and Change

(4)

HISTORY DEBATE People in the Americas

(4)

The Neolithic Revolution

(3)

The Nature of Agricultural Societies

(1)

UNDERSTANDING CULTURES The Nature of Culture

(4)

Agriculture and Change

(2)

Issues and Connections

(1)

CHAPTER 2 Early Civilization

(20)

Civilization

(9)

Egypt and Mesopotamia Compared

(1)

HISTORY DEBATE Women in Patriarchal Societies

(4)

Transitions: The End of the River Valley Period

(1)

UNDERSTANDING CULTURES Uses and Varieties

(6)

The Heritage of the River Valley Civilizations

(1)

New States and Peoples Around 1000 B.C.E.

(2)

The First Civilizations

(1)

Issues and Connections

(2)

CHAPTER 3 Nomadic Societies

(9)

Early Nomadic Societies

(2)

Nomadic Society and Culture

(2)

UNDERSTANDING CULTURES Nomadic Art

(2)

Nomads and Civilizations

(1)

Nomads and Global Patterns

(1)

HISTORY DEBATE The Contributions of Nomads

(2)

Issues and Connections

(2)

CONTACTS AND IDENTITIES Part The Rise of Agriculture and Agricultural Civilizations

(1)

PART II The Classical Period, 1000 B.C.E.-500 C.E.

(92)

CHAPTER 4 Classical Civilization: China

(20)

Patterns in Classical China

(4)

Political Institutions

(2)

HISTORY DEBATE War

(2)

Religion and Culture

(1)

WORLD PROFILES Confucius, or Kong Fuzi (c. 551-479 B.C.E.)

(7)

Economy and Society

(3)

WORLD PROFILES Ban Zhao (c. 48-117 C.E.)

(4)

How Chinese Civilization Fit Together

(2)

Issues and Connections

(1)

CHAPTER 5 Classical Civilization: India

(19)

The Framework for Indian History: Geography and a Formative Period

(2)

Patterns in Classical India

(3)

Political Institutions

(1)

HISTORY DEBATE Interpreting Civilization, Round Two

(7)

Religion and Culture

(6)

UNDERSTANDING CULTURES Comparing Systems of Belief

(5)

Economy and Society

(2)

Indian Influence

(1)

China and India

(1)

Issues and Connections

(2)

CHAPTER 6 Classical Civilization in the Mediterranean: Greece and Rome

(22)

The Persian Tradition

(1)

Patterns of Greek and Roman History

(3)

Greek and Roman Political Institutions

(3)

WORLD PROFILES Julius Caesar (100-44 B.C.E.)

102

(8)

Religion and Culture

104

(6)

UNDERSTANDING CULTURES When Two Belief Systems Meet

110

(2)

Economy and Society in the Mediterranean

110

(2)

HISTORY DEBATE Mediterranean Civilization and "Western" Civilization

112

(4)

Toward the Fall of Rome

114

(1)

Issues and Connections

114

(2)

CHAPTER 7 The Classical Period: Directions, Diversities, and Declines by 500 C.E.

116

(25)

Expansion and Integration

117

(1)

Beyond the Classical Civilizations

118

(3)

Decline in China and India

121

(3)

Decline and Fall in Rome

124

(5)

HISTORY DEBATE What Caused Decline and Fa11?

129

(4)

The New Religious Map

129

(4)

WORLD PROFILES Saint Paul (Paul of Tarsus)

133

(6)

The World Around 500 C.L.

137

(1)

Issues and Connections

137

(2)

CONTACTS AND IDENTITIES Part II: The Classical Period, 1000 Q.C.E.-500 C.E.

139

(2)

PART III The Postclassical Period, 500-1450 C.E.

141

(124)

CHAPTER 8 The Rise of Islam: Civilization in the Middle East

149

(25)

UNDERSTANDING CULTURES The Impact of World Religions

150

(1)

The Advent of Islam

150

(1)

WORLD PROFILES Muhammad (570-632 C.E.)

151

(7)

Patterns of Islamic History

152

(4)

Islamic Political Institutions

156

(2)

HISTORY DEBATE Political Implications of Islam

158

(5)

Islam and Middle Eastern Culture

159

(4)

WORLD PROFILES Omar Khayyam (c.11th-12th centuries)

163

(11)

Economy and Society in the Middle East

165

(4)

The Decline of Middle Eastern Civilization

169

(1)

Issues and Connections

170

(4)

CHAPTER 9 India and Southeast Asia Under the Impact of Islam

174

(9)

The Development of Indian Culture

173

(3)

HISTORY DEBATE The Caste System

176

(2)

The Muslim Challenge in India

176

(2)

UNDERSTANDING CULTURES Comparison and Contact

178

(5)

Southeast Asia

179

(2)

Islam in Southern Asia

181

(1)

Issues and Connections

181

(2)

CHAPTER 10 Africa and Islam

183

(11)

Sub-Saharan Africa and the World Network

184

(1)

WORLD PROFILES Sundiata

185

(5)

The Great Kingdoms

186

(4)

HISTORY DEBATE Handles for African History

190

(4)

Features of African Civilization

191

(2)

Issues and Connections

193

(1)

CHAPTER 11 East European Civilization: Byzantium and Russia

194

(14)

The Byzantine Phase

195

(1)

WORLD PROFILES The Emperor Justinian (527-565 C.E.)

196

(7)

The Early Russian Phase: Kievan Rus'

200

(2)

East European Political Institutions

202

(1)

HISTORY DEBATE A Russian Civilization?

203

(5)

East European Religion and Culture

203

(2)

East European Economy and Society

205

(1)

East European Civilization in Eclipse

206

(1)

Issues and Connections

207

(1)

CHAPTER 12 Western Civilization: The Middle Ages

208

(18)

Early Patterns in Western Civilization

209

(4)

HISTORY DEBATE Western Civilization

213

(6)

Medieval Political Institutions

213

(2)

Medieval Religion and Culture

215

(3)

Economy and Society

218

(1)

UNDERSTANDING CULTURES Christianity and Syncretism

219

(7)

Women and Family Life

222

(1)

Tensions in the Later Middle Ages

223

(1)

After the Medieval, What?

224

(1)

Issues and Connections

224

(2)

CHAPTER 13 The Spread of East Asian Civilization

226

(18)

Political and Cultural Developments in China

227

(1)

WORLD PROFILES Taizong (626-649 C.E.)

228

(12)

Economy and Society in China

233

(3)

Civilization in Korea, Vietnam, and Japan

236

(3)

Culture, Society, and Economy in Japan

239

(1)

WORLD PROFILES Mugai Nyodai

240

(4)

East Asian Self-Confidence

242

(1)

Issues and Connections

242

(2)

CHAPTER 14 Centers of Civilization in the Americas

244

(11)

The Mayas and Aztecs

246

(3)

HISTORY DEBATE What Happened to the Mayas?

249

(3)

American Indian Civilization: A Continuing Heritage

251

(1)

UNDERSTANDING CULTURES The Question of Legacies

252

(3)

The Issue of Isolation

253

(1)

Issues and Connections

253

(2)

CHAPTER 15 The Mongol Interlude and the End of the Postclassical Period

255

(10)

Mongol Empires

256

(3)

WORLD PROFILES Chabi Khan

259

(2)

China and the West as New World Powers

260

(1)

HISTORY DEBATE Causes of Global Change by 1450

261

(3)

The End of Transition: Postclassical to Early Modern

262

(1)

Issues and Connections

263

(1)

CONTACTS AND IDENTITIES Part III: The Postclassical Period, 500-1450 C.E.

264

(1)

PART IV A New World Economy, 1450-1750

265

(108)

CHAPTER 16 The West and the World: Discovery, Colonization, and Trade

275

(26)

Patterns of Exploration and Trade

276

(1)

HISTORY DEBATE The West as World Leader

277

(3)

WORLD PROFILES Amerigo Vespucci (1451-1512)

280

(6)

Toward a World Economy

281

(2)

Africa

283

(3)

WORLD PROFILES Olandah Equiano

286

(8)

Colonization in Latin America: The Birth of a New Civilization

287

(3)

Latin American Civilization

290

(4)

WORLD PROFILES Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651-1695)

294

(7)

Western Civilization in North America

295

(1)

North and South America: Reasons for the Differences

296

(2)

The World Economy Revisited

298

(1)

Issues and Connections

299

(2)

CHAPTER 17 Western Civilization Changes Shape in the Early Modern Centuries

301

(24)

Patterns of Early Modern Western History

302

(1)

WORLD PROFILES Maria Portinari

303

(15)

Political Institutions and Ideas

310

(3)

The Ferment in Western Culture

313

(5)

UNDERSTANDING CULTURES A Revolution in Popular Culture

318

(7)

Transformations in Economic and Social Life

319

(4)

How Early Modern Trends in the West Interrelated

323

(1)

Issues and Connections

323

(2)

CHAPTER 18 The Rise of Eastern Europe

325

(15)

Patterns of Early Modern Russian History

326

(3)

WORLD PROFILES Catherine the Great (1762-1796)

329

(2)

HISTORY DEBATE A Russian Civilization?

331

(9)

Russian Political Institutions

332

(1)

Russian Culture

333

(3)

Economy and Society in Russia

336

(2)

The World's First Effort at Westernization

338

(1)

Issues and Connections

339

(1)

CHAPTER 19 The Ottoman and Mughal Empires

340

(17)

The Expanding Force of the Ottoman Empire

341

(5)

The Ottoman Empire in Decline

346

(1)

HISTORY DEBATE Guns and Their Impact

347

(4)

The Mughal Empire: Invasion, Consolidation, and Decline

348

(3)

UNDERSTANDING CULTURES Reactions to Western Values

351

(6)

Western Intrusion into the Mughal Empire

353

(1)

The Rise and Decline of Asian Empires

354

(1)

Issues and Connections

355

(2)

CHAPTER 20 East Asia: Degrees of Isolation

357

(16)

China: The Resumption of the Dynasties

358

(2)

Cultural and Social Trends: Some New Problems

360

(3)

HISTORY DEBATE Chinese and Western Economies

363

(3)

Japan and the Origins of Isolation

364

(2)

WORLD PROFILES Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536-1548)

366

(5)

Vitality and Tension in East Asia

369

(1)

Issues and Connections

369

(2)

CONTACTS AND IDENTITIES Part IV: A New World Economy, 1450-1750

371

(2)

PART V The World's first Industrial Period, 1750-1914

373

(120)

CHAPTER 21 The first Industrial Revolution: Western Society, 1780-1914

383

(25)

Patterns of Industrialization

384

(1)

Causes of Industrialization

385

(2)

HISTORY DEBATE Consumerism and Industrialization

387

(11)

Effects of Industrialization

388

(2)

The Period of Revolution, 1789-1848

390

(4)

The Postrevolutionary Era and Nationalism, 1848-1871

394

(1)

"The Social Question," 1871-1914

395

(1)

Western Political Institutions in the Industrial Revolution

396

(2)

WORLD PROFILES Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797)

398

(5)

Western Culture in the Industrial Century

399

(3)

Industrial Society

402

(1)

HISTORY DEBATE Women in Industrial Society

403

(5)

Gain and Strain in Industrialization

405

(1)

Issues and Connections

406

(2)

CHAPTER 22 World Economy and Western Imperialism: Africa and South Asia

408

(18)

The Reasons for Imperialism: Motives and Means

410

(1)

HISTORY DEBATE Causes of the Abolition of Slavery

411

(10)

Imperialism in India and Southeast Asia

413

(6)

Imperialism in Africa

419

(2)

WORLD PROFILES John Mensch Sorbah (1865-1910)

421

(5)

Comparing Colonies

423

(1)

Issues and Connections

424

(2)

CHAPTER 23 The Settler Societies: The West on Frontiers

426

(8)

The United States

427

(1)

HISTORY DEBATE Exceptionalism

428

(3)

Hawaii

429

(1)

Newer European Settlements

429

(2)

WORLD PROFILES Hongi Hika

431

(3)

Special Features of Settler Societies

432

(1)

Issues and Connections

432

(2)

CHAPTER 24 The Development of Latin American Civilization

434

(19)

The Wars of Independence

435

(3)

WORLD PROFILES Simón Bolivar (1783-1830)

438

(4)

The Period of Consolidation

439

(2)

Late-Century Trends: Dictatorship, Immigration, and Western Intervention

441

(1)

WORLD PROFILES Benito Juárez (1806-1872)

442

(4)

Political Institutions and Values

444

(2)

HISTORY DEBATE Is Latin America Western?

446

(7)

Culture and the Arts

446

(2)

Economy and Society

448

(3)

Tension and Creativity

451

(1)

Issues and Connections

452

(1)

CHAPTER 25 The Middle East and China in the Imperialist Century

453

(15)

The Attempt to Modernize Egypt

454

(1)

Decline of the Ottoman Empire

455

(2)

The Rise of Nationalism

457

(2)

WORLD PROFILES Lalla Zainab

459

(4)

China Faces Imperialism

460

(3)

HISTORY DEBATE Chinas 19th-Century Sluggishness

463

(5)

The Need for Further Change

466

(1)

Issues and Connections

466

(2)

CHAPTER 26 Russia and Japan: Industrialization Outside the West

468

(17)

Russian Conservatism: An Alternative to the West

469

(1)

The Beginnings of Russian Industrialization

470

(2)

The Foundations of Revolution in Russia

472

(3)

UNDERSTANDING CULTURES Persistence and Change in Russia

475

(5)

The Culture of Eastern Europe

475

(2)

The Opening of Trade in Japan

477

(1)

Japanese Industrialization in Response to the West

478

(2)

HISTORY DEBATE Different Confucian Paths

480

(5)

Cultural and Economic Effects of Japanese Industrialization

480

(2)

The Strain of Modernization

482

(1)

Issues and Connections

483

(2)

CHAPTER 27 World War I and the End of an Era

485

(8)

The Onset of World War I

485

(1)

HISTORY DEBATE Causes of World War I

486

(4)

A World History Watershed

488

(1)

Issues and Connections

489

(1)

CONTACTS AND IDENTITIES Part V: The World's first Industrial Period, 1750-1914

490

(3)

PART VI The Contemporary World

493

(186)

CHAPTER 28 The West in the 20th Century

508

(26)

Patterns of Western History: 1914-1945

508

(7)

Patterns of Western History: 1950 to the Present

515

(4)

Western Political Institutions in the 20th Century

519

(1)

HISTORY DEBATE Convergence

520

(8)

Contemporary Western Culture

521

(4)

Economy and Society

525

(3)

WORLD PROFILES Simone de Beauvoir

528

(6)

A Postindustrial Age?

531

(1)

Issues and Connections

532

(2)

CHAPTER 29 Eastern European Civilization

534

(22)

The Russian Revolution

535

(2)

HISTORY DEBATE Women and the Russian Revolution

537

(9)

Patterns of Soviet History After 1923

538

(4)

Soviet Political Institutions

542

(3)

Soviet Culture

545

(1)

UNDERSTANDING CULTURES The Impact of Revolution

546

(10)

Economy and Society

547

(2)

The Explosion of the 1980's

549

(1)

Dismantling the Soviet Empire

550

(1)

Renewed Turmoil After 1991

551

(2)

Uncertain Futures in Eastern Europe

553

(1)

Issues and Connections

554

(2)

CHAPTER 30 East Asia in the 20th Century

556

(20)

A Clash of Cultures: Revolution and War

557

(1)

WORLD PROFILES Sun Yat-sen (1867-1925)

558

(8)

Return to Stability in Japan

562

(1)

Upheaval and Ongoing Revolution in China

562

(3)

East Asia Toward the End of the Century

565

(1)

Japan, Incorporated

565

(1)

HISTORY DEBATE Japan and Westernization

566

(10)

The Pacific Rim

570

(1)

China Under Communism

570

(4)

East Asia and the World

574

(1)

Issues and Connections

575

(1)

CHAPTER 31 India and Southeast Asia: World War I to Independence

576

(19)

The Rise of Nationalism

577

(1)

The Nonviolent Strategies of Gandhi

578

(1)

WORLD PROFILES Mohandas Gandhi (1889-1948)

579

(9)

Nationalism in Southeast Asia

580

(1)

Decolonization After the War

581

(2)

Southeast Asia After Independence

583

(2)

India and Pakistan

585

(3)

HISTORY DEBATE Women's Conditions in India

588

(7)

India and China

592

(1)

Issues and Connections

593

(2)

CHAPTER 32 Middle Eastern Civilization in the 20th Century

595

(21)

Replacing the Ottoman Empire

596

(2)

Assertions of Arab Nationalism

598

(5)

The New Role of the State

603

(1)

The Rise of Fundamentalism

604

(4)

HISTORY DEBATE Terrorism

608

(1)

Middle Eastern Culture and Society

608

(1)

UNDERSTANDING CULTURES Fundamentalism

609

(7)

New Tensions in the Early 2000's

612

(1)

A Troubled Region

612

(2)

Issues and Connections

614

(2)

CHAPTER 33 Latin America in the 20th Century

616

(19)

Latin America in 20th-Century World History

617

(1)

The Mexican Revolution, 1910-1920's

617

(3)

Effects of the Depression, 1930's-1950's

620

(2)

Revolution and Response, 1950's-1990's

622

(4)

Latin American Culture

626

(2)

Economy and Society

628

(1)

HISTORY DEBATE Latin America and the Third World

629

(1)

UNDERSTANDING CULTURES Adapting Consumer Values

630

(5)

Toward a Greater World Role?

632

(1)

Issues and Connections

633

(2)

CHAPTER 34 Sub-Saharan Africa: From Colonies to New Nations

635

(20)

Emerging Nationalism

636

(3)

The Transformation to Independence

639

(1)

The Challenges of New Nationhood

640

(4)

African Political Culture

644

(2)

African Culture

646

(1)

HISTORY DEBATE The Question of Identity

647

(8)

Economy and Society

650

(3)

Defining the New Africa

653

(1)

Issues and Connections

653

(2)

CHAPTER 35 The Early 21st Century: World History and the Future

655

(24)

After the Cold War

656

(2)

The Spread of Democracy

658

(2)

HISTORY DEBATE How Much Historical Change?

660

(17)

A World of Regions: Disputes and Alliances

660

(3)

Ethnic Conflict

663

(2)

Globalization

665

(1)

The New Technology

666

(1)

Business Organization and Investment

666

(1)

Migration

667

(1)

Cultural Globalization

668

(1)

Institutions of Globalization

669

(2)

Protest and Economic Uncertainties

671

(1)

Nationalism and Religious Currents

671

(1)

Global Terrorism

672

(1)

Global Warming and a Planet in Peril

673

(1)

Disease

674

(1)

Projecting from Trends

674

(1)

Issues and Connections

675

(2)

CONTACTS AND IDENTITIES Part VI: The Contemporary World

677

(2)

Credits

679

(2)

Index

681

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