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9780321387486

Exchanges A Global History Reader, Volume 2

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  • ISBN13:

    9780321387486

  • ISBN10:

    0321387481

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2008-08-14
  • Publisher: Pearson

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Summary

This impressive collection of readings illustrates thatthe history of the world is as much about the relationshipsamongsocieties as it is about transformations and continuitieswithinsocieties. Exchanges: A Global HistoryReaderis designed as an introduction to thedisciplineof world history. Unlike other source collections,Exchangeshelps students look beyond strictly delineated regionalism and chronological structures to understand history as a product of ongoing debate. Structured around a series of interconnected themes and debates, and pairing both primary and secondary sources,Exchangeschallenges both students and teachers to rethink history.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction ?
Debating the "Great Opening" - 1450-1600
Was there a Eurasian Advantage over Africa and the Americas?
China First
Theories of Cultural Exceptionality
Theories of Military Superiority
Theories of States and State-systems
Re-orienting Economics Unit One: Conclusion ?
Debating the Age of Revolutions - 1600-1870
Evaluating the Bourgeois Revolution
Locating Nationalism in the Atlantic Revolutions
Connecting the Atlantic Revolutions
Linking the Industrial Revolution in Africa and Britain
Exploring Pathways to Revolution and Reform in Asia
Conclusion ?
Debating the New Imperialism, 1850-1914
Strategic Explanations
Economic Explanations
Moral and Cultural Explanations
Technological Explanations
The Answer is in the Periphery Unit Three: Conclusion ?
Debating Global Wars, 1914-1945
The lsquo;Long fuse' of the First World War
The Joyful Leap to War
The Rise of Fascism and Militarism
Appeasement and Isolationism
The Holocaust Unit Four: Conclusion ?
Debating Globalization, Nationalism, and Modernity, 1945
Perspectives on Decolonization
Perspectives on the Cold War
Perspectives on Globalization
Perspectives on Civilization and Struggles
Conclusion ?
Terms to Know
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