Discovering the Twentieth-Century World A Look at the Evidence

by Wiesner-Hanks, Merry E.; Ruff, Julius; Wheeler, William Bruce; Doeringer, Franklin; Curtis, Kenneth R.

• ISBN13: 9780618379316
• ISBN10: 0618379312
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-01-07
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

This primary source reader for the 20th-Century World course includes the latest scholarship in 20th-century history. Covering topics ranging from women's suffrage to the Suez Crisis, this text presents a balanced cultural approach within a chronicle of historical events and evidence, thereby promoting critical thinking, sharpening analytical skills, and building student interest. The text's unique, multi-part pedagogical framework guides students through the process of historical inquiry and exploration. Each chapter is organized by "The Problem," "Background," "The Method," "The Evidence," "Questions to Consider," and the "Epilogue." Diverse primary source materials include documents, maps, art, city plans, and statistical data that allow students to analyze events as a historian would. At the end of each chapter, the central theme, or "problem," is tied to contemporary issues.

Table of Contents

Note: Each chapter includes ""The Problem,"" ""Background,"" ""The Method,"" ""The Evidence,"" ""Questions to Consider,"" and ""Epilogue.""

Modernity: From Promise to Threat (1790–1930)

The Evidence: From Jean Antoine Nicholas de Condorcet, The Progress of the Human Mind

""The First Half of the Nineteenth Century

Progress of the Nation, and the Race"" Walt Whitman, ""Years of the Modern""

From Frederich Engels, Socialism: Utopian and Scientific From Mohandis K. Gandhi, Hind Swaraj Olive Schreiner, Woman

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