Forging the Modern World A History

by Carter, James; Warren, Richard

• ISBN13: 9780197580240
• ISBN10: 0197580246
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Loose-leaf
• Copyright: 2022-05-20
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

In Forging the Modern World: A History, Third Edition, authors James Carter and Richard Warren offer an accessible explanation of key transformations in global economic, political, and ideological relationships since the fourteenth century. The book is distinct from most world history texts in three important ways. First, it explores the ways in which historians use and produce information. Each chapter delves deeply into one or two specific issues of historical inquiry related to the chapter theme, showing how new primary sources, methodologies, or intellectual trends have changed how we engage with the past. Second, it clearly explains the political, economic, and ideological concepts that students need to understand in order to compare events and trends across time and space. Finally, the chapters are organized around global historical themes, which are explored through an array of conceptual and comparative lenses. While the book chapters proceed chronologically, each chapter is written with some chronological overlap linking it to preceding and subsequent chapters. This strategy emphasizes the interconnectedness between the events and themes of one chapter and those of surrounding chapters.

Author Biography

James Carter is Professor of History at Saint Joseph's University.

Richard Warren is Professor of History at Saint Joseph's University.

Table of Contents

List of Maps
Acknowledgments
Changes to the Third Edition
About the Authors

INTRODUCTION Forging the Modern World
What's in a Title?
Sources and Methods
Practicing History with This Book
Agency and Contingency

CHAPTER 1 A World Connected 1347-1520
Political and Economic Order in Afro-Eurasia
The Great Disruptions of the Fourteenth Century
Historians Explore The Second Global Pandemic
New Structures and New Relationships
Africa
Conclusion
Exploring the Sources
A Few Good Books

CHAPTER 2 The New Global Interface 1486-1637
Encounter and Cataclysm in the Western Hemisphere
Historians Explore The Conquest Era
From Conquest to Colonialism
A World Connected
Conclusion
Exploring the Sources
A Few Good Books

CHAPTER 3 The Paradoxes of Early Modern Empire 1501-1661
The Words and Deeds of Empire Building
Tangled Loyalties and the European Wars of Religion
Collapse and Restoration of Empire in China
Historians Explore The Ming-Qing Transition
Conclusion
Exploring the Sources
A Few Good Books

CHAPTER 4 Production and Consumption in the First Global Economy 1571-1721
Agricultural Production
Global Trade Networks
Historians Explore Early Modern Textiles and Material Culture
States and Economic Activity
Conclusion
Exploring the Sources
A Few Good Books

CHAPTER 5 Global War and Imperial Reform 1655-1766
Consolidating the Center: Modernizing Monarchies
The Question of Control in the Atlantic Seaborne Empires
Historians Explore Slavery, Resistance, and Survival
World War Zero
Conclusion
Exploring the Sources
A Few Good Books

CHAPTER 6 A New Order for the Ages 1762-1839
The Reform Impulse
Revolution and Reaction
Historians Explore Haiti and the Age of Revolution
New Challenges of Political Organization
Conclusion
Exploring the Sources
A Few Good Books

CHAPTER 7 The Engines of Industrialization 1787-1868
What Is Revolutionary about Industrialization?
Historians Explore Industrialization in Comparative Perspective
Life during the Industrial Revolution
The Transformation of Global Power Relations
Conclusion
Exploring the Sources
A Few Good Books

CHAPTER 8 Modernity Organized 1840-1893
Reform versus Revolution
Nation and Citizen in the Western Hemisphere
Global Hierarchies Defined and Defied
Historians Explore Archaeology, Museums, and the Hierarchy of Nations
Conclusion
Exploring the Sources
A Few Good Books

CHAPTER 9 Globalization and Its Discontents 1869-1915
The New Imperialism and Neocolonialism
Historians Explore Solidarity and Resistance to Imperialism in Africa
Sovereignty and Conflict in East Asia
The Price of Progress in the Western Hemisphere
Migration and Work, Empire and Nation
Conclusion
Exploring the Sources
A Few Good Books

CHAPTER 10 Total War and Mass Society 1911-1933
Total War: World War I and the Russian Revolution
First Challenges of the Post-War World
Political Paths through the 1920s
Historians Explore Literature as Sources
The Global Economy from the 1920s to the Great Depression
Conclusion
Exploring the Sources
A Few Good Books

CHAPTER 11 The Ongoing Crisis of Global Order 1930-1957
The Political and Economic Experiments of the 1930s
The International Order Collapses
Historians Explore Mass Media, Propaganda, and the Modern State
Empire in the Shadow of Global War
Conclusion
Exploring the Sources
A Few Good Books

CHAPTER 12 Hot Wars, Cold Wars, and Liberation Movements 1954-1991
Economic Development: Three Worlds?
Historians Explore Identities and Protest Movements
The Late Cold War Era and Shifting Power Dynamics
Conclusion
Exploring the Sources
A Few Good Books

CHAPTER 13 The Many Worlds of the Twenty-First Century 1987-2021
The End of History and Its Quick Return
Economic Integration
Historians Explore Viral Images, Deep Fakes, and Historical Reasoning
The Realities of the Biological New Regime
Conclusion
Exploring the Sources
A Few Good Books

Epilogue
Credits
Index