Documents in World History: The Modern Centuries, Volume 2 (From 1500 to the Present)

by Stearns, Peter N.; Gosch, Stephen S.; Grieshaber, Erwin P.

• ISBN13: 9780321332585
• ISBN10: 032133258X
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-01-01
• Publisher: Longman
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Summary

Considerably revised, this edition ofDocuments in World Historygives professors a large variety of primary sources from all areas of the world.The book retains its global emphasis and includes more primary sources that balance social and cultural history with standard selections, political coverage, and fuller coverage of Africa and the Middle East, including Persia. Several individual passages have been replaced or augmented to provide greater richness and interest. Materials on social issues have also been augmented.

Table of Contents

Geographical Contents	xi
Topical Contents	xiii
Preface	xvi
Introduction	1	(6)
SECTION ONE The Early Modern Period, Centuries of Dramatic Change: 1400s--1700s	7	(114)
Western Civilization
The Italian Renaissance	8	(6)
The Letters of Petrarch
The Protestant Reformation	14	(5)
Works of Martin Luther
Protestantism and Women	19	(4)
Conservative Views
New Tensions in the Western Political Tradition: Absolutism and Parliament	23	(4)
Divine Rights and Bill of Rights
The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment: New Intellectual Standards in the West	27	(7)
from the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightment
Visual Source Science in Renaissance Art	32	(2)
Russian Society
Peter the Great Reforms Russia	34	(5)
Peter the Great
Peasant Revolt	39	(7)
Proclamations and Decrees During the Pugachev Revolt, 1773--1774
New Empires in Asia
Suleiman the Lawgiver and Ottoman Military Power	46	(8)
The Reign of Suleiman
Visual Source Ottoman Mosques	52	(2)
Babur and the Establishment of Mughal Rule in India	54	(7)
Selections from the Baburnama
Visual Source Mughal Painting	59	(2)
Confucianism and Popular Protest in China	61	(10)
Ming and Qing Documents
Visual Source Confucian Architecture	69	(2)
Early Modern Japan	71	(11)
Shogun and Daimyo Policies
Visual Source The Art of the ``Floating World''	80	(2)
Latin American Civilization
Economy and Society in Latin America	82	(8)
Latin American Working Conditions
Political Styles in Latin America: Colonial Bureaucracy	90	(3)
Don Jorge Juan and Don Antonio De Ulloa: Discourse and Political Reflections: Tribute Collection in Peru
Baroque Culture in Spanish America: The Incorporation of Native Americans in Colonial Life	93	(7)
Two Views of Indian Contact with the Spanish Colonial Church
Visual Source Baroque Church	99	(1)
Sub-Saharan Africa
Africa and the European Slave Trade	100	(5)
African and Western Interaction
East Africa and Portugal	105	(5)
Gaspar de Santo Bernadino's Itinerario da India
Global Contacts
The Columbian Exchange in the Early Modern Period	110	(11)
The Migration of Food and Diseases
Visual Source The Potato Eaters	119	(2)
SECTION TWO The Long 19th Century: 1750--1914	121	(114)
Western Civilization and New Outposts
The French Revolution and Its Aftermath	123	(9)
Classic Documents of the Revolution
Work and Workers in the Industrial Revolution	132	(6)
Industrial Revolution Documents
Russia
The Russian Frontier Society	138	(6)
John Ledyard on Siberia
Russian Peasants: Serfdom and Emancipation	144	(5)
Russian Documents
Asia
The Opium War: China and the West	149	(8)
Correspondence Between China and England
Visual Source Chinese and British Images of Lin Zexu	155	(2)
Chinese Reform Movements	157	(9)
Chinese Crisis
The Meiji Restoration in Japan	166	(10)
The Meiji Restoration
Visual Source Photographs of the Meiji Emperor	174	(2)
The 1857 Rebellion: Insurgent Goals	176	(6)
Proclamation by Indian Rebels
Visual Source The Execution of Indian Rebels in 1858	180	(2)
Crisis and Reform in the Ottoman Empire	182	(7)
Egyptian and Ottoman Documents
Latin America
Independence and Consolidation of New States (1791--1910)	189	(8)
Documents by Jean Jacques Dessallines, Simon Bolivar, and Porfirio Diaz
Economy and Society of Latin America	197	(7)
Plantation Life in Cuba and Yucatan
Literature and Cultural Values	204	(4)
Euclides Da Cunha: Rebellion in the Backlands (Brazil 1896--1897)
Africa
The Decades of Imperialism in Africa	208	(4)
African Imperialism
Global Contacts
European Imperialism	212	(7)
Documents by Lugard, Ferry, and Kipling
19th-Century Sports	219	(11)
Sports Accounts
Visual Source Nationalism and the First Olympics	228	(2)
Racism in World History	230	(5)
The Sting of Racism
SECTION THREE The 20th and Early 21st Centuries	235	(188)
Western Civilization
The Experience of World War I	237	(6)
Four Weeks in the Trenches; All Quiet on the Western Front
The Western State	243	(6)
Two Innovations: Nazism and the Welfare State
Consumerism	249	(6)
Weimar Articles
Russia
Lenin and the Russian Revolution	255	(5)
Lenin's Writings
Stalin and the Soviet Union During the 1930s: Progress and Terror	260	(5)
Stalin and a Bitter Legacy
The Collapse of the Soviet Union	265	(10)
Russian Documents: The End of an Era
Middle East
The Emergence of Modern Turkey	275	(6)
Nationalist Documents
Middle Eastern Dreams in Conflict: Israelis and Palestinians	281	(11)
Zionist, Israeli, and Palestinian Documents
Visual Source The Cartography of Conflict	290	(2)
The Resurgence of Islam	292	(8)
Egyptian and Iranian Documents
Visual Source Egyptian Pilgrim Murals	299	(1)
East Asia
Chinese Revolutionaries: Sun Zhongshan and Mao Zedong	300	(6)
Two Revolutionary Leaders
Communism, Chinese Style: Peasants and Students	306	(7)
Chinese Documents
World War II: Japanese Memories	313	(9)
World War II Documents
Visual Source The Architecture of Commemoration	320	(2)
Modern Japan: Corporate Management and Gender Relations	322	(6)
Business and Gender Documents
South Asia
Spinning Wheels and Black Flags: Indian Nationalists Challenge British Rule	328	(8)
An Indian Freedom Fighter Recalls Her Life
Visual Source Responses to the Amritsar Massacre	334	(2)
Love and Marriage in Modern India	336	(8)
``Love and Marriage'' from Manushi Magazine
Latin America
20th-Century Latin American Politics: The Revolutionary Challenge	344	(9)
Latin American Revolutionary Documents
Visual Source Juan and Eva Peron	351	(2)
Searching for the Soul of the Latin American Experience	353	(5)
Latin American Identity
Latin America's Social Crisis in the 20th Century	358	(6)
Latin American Struggles
Sub-Saharan Africa
African Nationalism	364	(6)
African Nationalism Documents
Changes in African Culture and Society	370	(14)
African Voices
Visual Source African Women's Work	382	(2)
Democracy and the End of Apartheid in South Africa	384	(11)
F. W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela
Forces of Change and Global Contacts
The Environment in the 20th Century: A Disaster Story	395	(9)
Chernobyl
Visual Source After the Disaster at Chernobyl	402	(2)
The Cold War	404	(9)
Cold War Documents
Globalization: Youth Culture and Working for Multinationals	413	(10)
Global Youth Culture
International Terrorism	423
Bin-Laden and Blair