A History of World Societies, Combined Volume

by McKay, John P.; Hill, Bennett D.; Buckler, John; Beck, Roger B.; Crowston, Clare Haru; Buckley Ebrey, Patricia; Wiesner-Hanks, Merry E.

• ISBN13: 9780312682934
• ISBN10: 031268293X
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-10-10
• Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's

Summary

More than any other text,A History of World Societiesuses vibrant social history to introduce students to the global past. The text's highly teachable organization uses a regional and comparative approach to provide a manageable global perspective. Attention to non-Western topics is strengthened in the new edition with fresh scholarship and perspectives, including more on gender and cultural history contributed by authors Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks and Clare Haru Crowston, who join the book's team of experienced area specialists and teachers. Shortened for greater accessibility and enhanced by a new design, maps, and pedagogy, this best-selling text is now even easier to learn and teach from.

Author Biography

John P. McKay, Professor of History at the University of Illinois, received his Ph.D. from the University of Columbia, Berkeley in 1968. Author of three books, he won the Herbert Baxter Adams Award from the American Historical Association with his Pioneers for Profit. He is a Senior Fulbright Fellow and recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship.
Bennett D. Hill (deceased), a former Chairman and Professor of History at the University of Illinois, received his Ph.D. from Princeton in 1963. He taught at the University of Maryland and was most recently a visiting professor at Georgetown University. He published two books and many journal articles.
John Buckler, a Professor of History at the University of Illinois, earned his doctorate at Harvard University in 1973. He has published numerous journal articles and written a monograph, The Theban Hegemony, published by Harvard University Press.
Patricia B. Ebrey, Professor with Joint Appointment: Early Imperial China, Song Dynasty, at the University of Washington in Seattle, received her Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1975. She has published numerous journal articles and published The Cambridge Illustrated History of China (Cambridge University Press, 1996), as well as numerous monographs. Merry Wiesner-Hanks, UWM Distinguished Professor at University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, earned her B.A. from Grinnell College in 1973 and her Ph.D. in 1979 at University of Wisconsin – Madison. She is the co-editor of the Sixteenth Century Journal and the author or editor of nineteen books and many articles that have appeared in many languages. She is currently the Chief Reader for Advanced Placement World History.
Clare H. Crowston, Associate Professor of History at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, earned her B.A. in 1985 from McGill University and her Ph.D. in 1996 from Cornell University. The author of many articles, she has also written Fabricating Women: The Seamstresses of Old Regime France, 1675-1791 (Duke University Press, 2001), which won two awards, the Berkshire Prize and the Hagley Prize. She is a past-President of the Society for French Historical Studies and a former chair of the Pinkney Prize Committee.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Early Civilizations of the Near East, to 464 B.C.E

Birth and Growth of Mesopotamian Civilization

  (ca 3000-2331 B.C.E.)

        The Invention of Writing and Intellectual Advances

          (ca 3000-2331 B.C.E.)

        Sumerian Thought and Religion

        Sumerian Society

        The Triumph of Babylon and the Spread of Mesopotamian

          Civilization (2331-ca 1595 B.C.E.)

Egypt, the Land of the Pharaohs (3100-1200 B.C.E.)

        The God-King of Egypt

        The Pharaoh’s People

        The Hyksos in Egypt (1640-1570 B.C.E)

        The New Kingdom: Revival and Empire (1570-1075 B.C.E)

                 Individuals in Society: Nefertiti

The Rise of the Hittites

        A Shattered Egypt and a Rising Phoenicia

The Children of Isreal

        Daily Life in Israel

Assyria, the Military Monarchy (859-612 B.C.E)

The Empire of the Persian Kings (ca 1000-464 B.C.E)

        The Creation of the Persian Empire (550-464 B.C.E)

        The Religion of Zoroaster

        The Span of the Persian Empire

Chapter 2: The Foundation of Indian Society, to 300 C.E.

The Land and Its First Settlers (ca3000-1500 B.C.E)

The Aryans and the Vedic Age (ca 1500-500 B.C.E)

        Early Indian Society, 1000-500 B.C.E.

        Brahmanism

India’s Great Religions

        Jainism

                Individuals in Society: Gosala

        Siddhartha Gautama and Buddhism

        Hinduism

India and the West (ca 513-298 B.C.E)

The Mauryan Empire (ca 322-185 B.C.E)

        The Reign of Ashoka (ca 269-232 B.C.E)

Small States and the Trading Networks (200 B.C.E. -300 C.E.

 

Chapter 3: China’s Classical Age, to 256 B.C.E.

The Emergence of Civilization in China

        The Neolithic Age

        The Shang Dynasty (ca 1500-ca1050 B.C.E)

The Early Zhou Dynasty (ca 1050-500 BCE)

        Zhou Politics

        Zhou Society

The Warring States Period (500-221 BCE)

Confucius and His Followers

        Individuals in Society: Guan Zhong

Daoism, Legalism, and Other Schools of Thought

        Daoism

        Legalism

        Yin and Yang

 

Chapter 4: The Greek Experience (ca 3500-146 B.C.E)

The Polis (ca 800 B.C.E)

The Archaic Age (ca 800-500 B.C.E)

        Overseas Expansion

        The Growth of Sparta

        The Evolution of Athens

The Classical Period (500-338 B.C.E)

        The Deadly Conflicts (499-404 B.C.E)

        Athenian Arts in the Age of Pericles

        Aspects of Social Life in Athens

        Greek Religion

        The Flowering of Philosophy

        From Polis to Monarchy (404-323 B.C.E)

The Spread of Hellenism

        Cities and Kingdoms

        Building a Shared Society

The Economic Scope of the Hellenistic World

Hellenistic Intellectual Advances

        Religion in the Hellenistic World

        Philosophy and the People

        Hellenistic Science

                Individuals in Society: Archimedes

        Hellenistic Medicine

 

Chapter 5: The World of Rome (753 B.C.E- 479 C.E.)

The Etruscans and Rome (ca 750-290 B.C.E)

        The Etruscans and the Roman Settlement of Italy

          (ca 750-509 B.C.E)

        The Roman Conquest of Italy (509-209 B.C.E)

The Roman Republic

        Social Conflict in Rome

Roman Expansion and Its Repercussions (282-27 B.C.E)

        The Age of Overseas Conquest (282-45 B.C.E)

        Old Values and Greek Culture

        The Late Republic (133-31 B.C.E)

The Pax Romana

        Augustus’s Settlement (31 B.C.E-14 C.E)

        Administration and Expansion under Augustus

The Coming of Christianity

        Unrest in Judaea

        The Life and Teachings of Jesus

        The Spread of Christianity

        The Appeal of Christianity

The "Golden" Age

                Individuals in Society: Plutarch of Chaironeia

        Life in the Golden Age

Rome and the East (235-284 C.E.)

        Conflict and Commerce between Rome and Parthia

        Contacts Between Rome and China

The Empire from crisis to Triumph (284-337 C.E.)

        Reconstruction under Diocletian and Constantine

          (284-337 C.E.)

        The Acceptance of Christianity

        The Construction of Constantinople

        From the Classical World to Late Antiquity

 

Chapter 6: East Asia and the Spread of Buddhism,

  256 B.C.E.–800 C.E.

The Age of Empire in China

        The Qin Unification (256-206 BCE)

        The Han Dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE)

        Inner Asia and the Silk Road

        Han Intellectual and Cultural Life

        Economy and Society in Han China

                Individuals in Society: The Ban Family

        China and Rome

        The Fall of the Han and the Age of Division

The Spread of Buddhism Out of India

The Chinese Empire Re-created: Sui (581–618) and

  Tang (618–907)

        The Tang Dynasty (618-907)

        Tang Culture

The East Asian Cultural Sphere

        Vietnam

        Korea

        Japan

 

Chapter 7: Europe and Western Asia, ca 350-850

The Byzantine Empire

        Sources of Byzantine Strength

        The Sasanid Kingdom of Persia and Byzantium

                Individuals in Society: Theodora of Constantinople

        The Law Code of Justinian

        Byzantine Intellectual Life

        Constantinople: The Second Rome

The Growth of the Christian Church

        The Church and its Leaders

        The Western Church and the Eastern Church

        The Iconoclastic Controversy

        Christian Monasticism

Christian Ideas and Practices

        Adjustment to Classical Culture

        Saint Augustine

        Missionary Activity

        Conversion and Assimilation

Migrating Peoples

        Celts, Huns, and Germans

        Barbarian Society

        Social and Economic Structures

        The Frankish Kingdom

        Charlemagne

 

Chapter 8: The Islamic World, ca 600-1400

The Origins of Islam

        Muhammad

        The Islamic Faith

Islamic States and Their Expansion

        Reasons for the Spread of Islam

        The Caliphate

        The Abbasid Caliphate

        Administration of the Islamic Territories

Fragmentation and Military Challenges (900-1400)

        The Ascendancy of the Turks

        The Mongols Invasions

Muslim Society: The Life of the People

        The Classes of Society

        Slavery

        Women in Classical Islamic Society

Trade and Commerce

Cultural Developments

        Individuals in Society: Abu ‘Abdallah Ibn Battuta

        Education and Intellectual Life

        Sufism

        Muslim-Christian Encounters.

 

Chapter 9: African Societies and Kingdoms, ca 400-1450

The Land and Peoples of Africa

        Egypt, Africa, and Race

        Early African Societies

        Bantu Migrations

        Kingdoms of the Western Sudan, ca 1000 BCE-1500 CE

        The Trans-Saharan Trade

African Kingdoms and Empires (ca 800-1450)

        The Kingdom of Ghana (ca 900-1100)

        The Kingdom of Mali (ca1200-1450)

        Ethiopia: the Christian Kingdom of Axum

                Individuals in Society: Amda Siyon

        The East African City-States

        Southern Africa

 

Chapter 10: Civilizations of the Americas, 2500 BCE- 1500 CE

The Early Peoples of the Americas

        Settling the Americas

        The Development of Agriculture

Early Civilizations

        Mounds, Towns, and Trade in North and South America

        The Olmecs

Classical Era Mesoamerica and North America

        Maya Technology and Trade

        Maya Science and Religion

        Teotihuacán and the Toltecs

        Hohokam, Hopewell, and Mississippian

The Aztecs

        Religion and War in Aztec Society

                Individuals in Society: Tlacaélel

        The Life of the People

        The Cities of the Aztecs

The Incas

        Earlier Peruvian Cultures

        Inca Imperialism

        Inca Society

 

Chapter 11: Central and Southern Asia, to 1400

Central Asian Nomads

        The Turks

        The Mongols

        Daily Life

Chinggis Khan and the Mongol Empire

        Chinggis’s Successors

        The Mongols as Rulers

East-West Communication During the Mongol Era

India, 300-1400

        The Gupta Empire (ca 320-480)

        India’s Medieval Age (ca 500-1400) and the

          First Encounter with Islam

                Individuals in Society: Bhaskara the Teacher

        Daily Life in Medieval India

        Southeast Asia, to 1400

        The Spread of Indian Culture in Comparative Perspective

 

Chapter 12: East Asia, ca 800-1400

        The Medieval Chinese Economic Revolution (800-1100)

China During the Song Dynasty (960-1279)

        The Scholar-Officials and New-Confucianism

                Individuals in Society: Shen Gua

        Women’s Lives

Japan’s Heian Period (794-1185)

        Fujiwara Rule

        Aristocratic Culture

The Samurai and The Kamakura Shogunate (1185-1333)

        Military Rule

        Cultural Trends

 

Chapter 13: Europe in the Middle Ages, 850-1400

Political Developments

        Feudalism and Manorialism

        Invasions and Migrations

        The Restoration of Order

        Law and Justice

Revival and Reform in the Christian Church

        Monastic Reforms

                Individuals in Society: Hildegard of Bingen

        Papal Reforms

        Popular Religion

The Expansion of Latin Christendom

        Toward a Christian Society

The Crusades

        Background of the Crusades

        The Course of the Crusades

        Consequences

The Changing Life of the People

        Those Who Work

        Those Who Fight

        Towns and Cities

        The Expansion of Long-Distance Trade

The Culture of the Middle Ages

        Universities and Scholasticism

        Cathedrals

        Troubadour Poetry

Crises of the Later Middle Ages

        The Great Famine and the Black Death

        The Hundred Years’ War

        Challenges to the Church

        Peasant and Urban Revolts

 

Chapter 14: Europe in the Renaissance and Reformation,

  1350-1600

Renaissance Culture

        Economic and Political Context

        Intellectual Change

                Individuals in Society: Leonardo Da Vinci

        Secularism

        Christian Humanism

        The Printed Word

        Art and the Artist

Social Hierarchies

        Race

        Class

        Gender

Politics and the State in the Renaissance (ca 1450–1521)

        France

        England

        Spain

        The Habsburgs

The Protestant Reformation

        Criticism of the Church

        Martin Luther

        Protestant Thought and Its Appeal

        The Radical Reformation and the German Peasants’ War

        The Reformation and Marriage

        The Reformation and German Politics

        The Spread of the Protestant Reformation

        Calvinism

The Catholic Reformation

        The Reformed Papacy and the Council of Trent

        New Religious Orders

Religious Violence

        French Religious Wars

        The Netherlands Under Charles V

        The Great European Witch-Hunt

 

Chapter 15: The Acceleration of Global Contact

The Indian Ocean: Hub of an Afro-Eurasian Trading World

        People and Cultures

        Religious Revolutions

        Trade and Commerce

European Discovery, Reconnaissance, and Expansion

        Causes of European Expanision

        Technological Stimuli to Exploration

        The Portuguese Overseas Empire

                Individuals in Society: Zheng He

        The Problem of Christopher Columbus

        New World Conquest

The Impact of Contact

        Colonial Administration

        The Columbian Exchange

        Spanish Settlement and Indigenous Population Decline

        Sugar and Slavery

Global Trade Networks

The Chinese and Japanese Discovery of the West

The World-Wide Economic Effects of Spanish Silver

 

Chapter 16: Absolutism and Constitutionalism in

  Europe, ca 1589-1725

Seventeenth-Century Crisis and Rebuilding

Economic and Demographic Crisis

The Return of Serfdom in the East

The Thirty Years’ War

        Seventeenth-Century State-Building: Common

          Obstacles and Achievements

Absolutism in France and Spain

        The Foundations of Absolutism: Henry IV, Sully, and Richelieu

        Louis XIV and Absolutism

        Financial and Economic Management Under Louis XIV: Colbert

        Louis XIV’s Wars

        The Decline of Absolutist Spain in the Seventeenth Century

Absolutism in Eastern Europe: Austria, Prussia, and Russia

        The Austrian Habsburgs

        Prussia in the Seventeenth Century

        The Consolidation of Prussian Absolutism

        The Mongol Yoke and the Rise of Moscow

        Tsar and People to 1689

        The Reforms of Peter the Great

Constitutionalism

Absolutist Claims in England (1603-1649)

        Religious Divides

        Puritanical Absolutism in England: Cromwell

          and the Protectorate

        The Restoration of the English Monarchy

        The Triumph of England’s Parliament: Constitutional

          Monarchy and Cabinet Government

The Dutch Republic in the Seventeenth Century

        Individuals in Society: Glückel of Hameln

 

Chapter 17: Toward a New Worldview in the West

The Scientific Revolution

        Scientific Thought in 1500

        The Copernican Hypothesis

        From Brahe to Galileo

        Newton’s Synthesis

        Causes of the Scientific Revolution

        Science and Society

The Enlightenment

        The Emergence of the Enlightenment

        The Philosophes and the Public

        Urban Culture and the Public Sphere

        Late Enlightenment

        Race and the Enlightenment

The Enlightenment and Absolutism

        Frederick the Great of Prussia

                Individuals in Society: Moses Mendelssohn

                  and the Jewish Enlightenment

        Catherine the Great of Russia

        The Austrian Habsburgs

 

Chapter 18: Africa and the World, ca 1400–1800

Senegambia and Benin

        Women, Marriage, and Work

        Trade and Industry

The Sudan: Songhay, Kanem-Bornu, and Hausaland

Ethiopia

The Swahili City-States

The African Slave Trade

        The Atlantic Slave Trade

                Individuals in Society: Olaudah Equiano

        Consequences Within Africa

 

Chapter 19: The Islamic World Powers, ca 1400-1800

The Three Turkish Ruling Houses: The Ottomans,

  Safavids, and Mughals

        The Ottoman Turkish Empire

                Individuals in Society: Hürrem

        The Safavid Theoracy in Persia

        The Mughal Empire in India

Cultural Flowering

        City and Palace Building

        Intellectual and Religious Trends

        Coffee Houses

Non-Muslims Under Muslim Rule

Shifting Trade Routes and European Penetration

        European Rivalry for the Indian Trade

        Factory-Fort Societies

        The Rise of the British East India Company

Dynastic Decline

 

Chapter 20: Continuity and Change in East Asia,

  ca 1400–1800

Ming China, 1368-1644

        Problems with the Imperial Institution

        The Mongols and the Great Wall

        The Examination Life

        Life of the People

                Individuals in Society: Tan Yunxian, Woman Doctor

        Ming Decline

The Manchus and Qing China, 1644–1800

        Competent and Long-Lived Emperors

        Imperial Expansion

Japan’s Middle Ages

        Muromachi Culture

        Civil War

        The Victors: Nobunaga and Hideyoshi

The Tokugawa Shogunate

        Commercialization

        The Life of the People in the Edo Period

East Asian Maritime Trade and Piracy

        Zheng He’s Voyages

        Piracy and Japan’s Overseas Adventures

        Europeans Enter the Scene

        Missionaries

        Learning from the West

        British Efforts to Expand Trade with China

          in the Eighteenth Century

 

Chapter 21:The Revolution in Politics, 1775-1815

Background to Revolution

        Legal Orders and Social Change

        The Crisis of Political Legitimacy

        The Impact of the American Revolution

        Financial Crisis

Revolution in Metropole and Colony, 1789-1791

        The Formation of the National Assembly

        The Revolt of the Poor and the Oppressed

        A Limited Monarchy

        Revolutionary Aspirations in Saint-Domingue

World War and Republican France, 1791-1799

        Foreign Reactions and the Beginning of War

        The Second Revolution

        Total War and the Terror

        Revolution in Saint-Domingue

        The Thermidorian Reaction and the Directory, 1794-1799

The Napoleonic Era, 1799-1815

        Napoleon’s Rule of France

        Napoleon’s Expansion in Europe

        The War of Haitian Independence

        The Grand Empire and Its End

 

Chapter 22: The Industrial Revolution in Europe, ca 1780-1860

The Initial Breakthrough in England

        Eighteenth-Century Origins

        The Agricultural Revolution

        The Growth of Foreign Trade

        The First Factories

Energy and Transportation

        The Problem of Energy

        The Steam Engine Breakthrough

        The Coming of the Railroads

        Industry and Population

Industrialization in Continental Europe

        National Variations

        The Challenge of Industrialization

        Agents of Industrialization

Capital and Labor

        The New Class of Factory Owners

        The New Factory Workers

                Individuals in Society: The Strutt Family

        Conditions of Work

        The Sexual Division of Labor

        The Early Labor Movement

 

Chapter 23: The Triumph of Nationalism in Europe, 1815-1914

Peace, Radical Ideas, and Romanticism

        The Peace Settlement

        Liberalism

        Nationalism

        Socialism

        Romanticism

Reforms and Revolutions, 1815-1850

        Liberal Reform in Great Britain

        Revolutions in France

        The Revolutions of 1848 in Central Europe

Nation Building in Italy, Germany, and Russia

        Cavour, Garibaldi, and the Unification of Italy

        Bismarck and German Unification

                Individuals in Society: Giuseppe Garibaldi

        The Modernization of Russia

Life in Urban Society

        Taming the City

        Social Structure and The Middle Classes

        The Working Classes

        The Changing Family

        Science and Culture

The Responsive National State, 1871-1914

        The German Empire

        Republican France

        Great Britain and the Austro-Hungarian Empire

        Jewish Emancipation and Modern Anti-Semitism

        The Socialist Movement

 

Chapter 24: Africa, Southwest Asia, and Western

  Imperialism, 1800-1914

Industrialization and the World Economy

        The Rise of Global Inequality

        The World Market

        The Great Migration

Western Imperialism, 1880-1914

        Causes of the New Imperialism

        Western Critics of Imperialism

        African and Asian Resistance

The Islamic Heartland Under Pressure

        Decline and Reform in the Ottoman Empire

        Egypt: From Reform to British Occupation

Sub-Saharan Africa: From the Slave Trade to European Rule

        African Trade and Social Change (1800-1880)

        Islamic Revival and Expansion

        The Seizure of Africa (1880-1902)

        Southern Africa in the Nineteenth Century

        The Imperial System (1900-1930)

 

Chapter 25: Asia in the Era of Imperialism, 1800-1914

India and the British Empire in Asia

Competition for Southeast Asia

        The Dutch East Indies

        Mainland Southeast Asia

        The Philippines

China Under Pressure

        The Opium War

        Internal Problems

        The Self-Strengthening Movement

        The End of the Monarchy in China

Japan’s Rapid Transformation

        The Opening of Japan

        The Meiji Restoration

        Industrialization

        Japan as an Imperial Power

The Movement of Peoples

        Westerners to Asia

        Asian Emigration

                Individuals in Society: Jose Rizal

 

Chapter 26: Nation Building in the Western

  Hemisphere and Australia

Latin America, 1800-1929

        The Origins of the Revolutions

        Resistance and Rebellion

        Independence

Neocolonialism

The Impact of Immigration

The United States, 1789-1929

        Manifest Destiny

Black Slavery in the South

                Individuals in Society: Crazy Horse

        The Civil War

        Industrialization and Immigration

Canada, from French Colony to Nation

Australia, from Penal Colony to Nation

The New Countries in Comparative Perspective

 

Chapter 27: The Great Break: War and Revolution

The First World War

        The Bismarckian System of Alliances

        The Rival Blocs

        The Outbreak of War

        Stalemate and Slaughter

        The Widening War

The Home Front

        Mobilizing for Total War

        The Social Impact

        Growing Political Tensions

                Individuals in Society: Vera Brittain

The Russian Revolution

        The Fall of Imperial Russia

        The Provisional Government

        Lenin and the Bolshevik Revolution

        Dictatorship and Civil War

The Peace Settlement

        The End of the War

        The Treaty of Versailles

        American Rejection of the Versailles Treaty

 

Chapter 28: Nationalism in Asia, 1914-1939

The First World War and Western Imperialism

The Middle East

        The First World War and the Arab Revolt

        The Turkish Revolution

        Iran and Afghanistan

        The Arab States and Palestine

Toward Self-Rule in India

        Promises and Repression (1914-1919)

        The Roots of Militant Nonviolence

        Gandhi Leads the Way

Turmoil in East Asia

        The Rise of Nationalist China

        China’s Intellectual Revolution

        From Liberalism to Ultranationalism in Japan

                Individuals in Society: Ning Lao

        Japan Against China

        Southeast Asia

 

Chapter 29: The Age of Anxiety in the West

Uncertainty in Modern Thought

        Modern Philosophy

        The Revival of Christianity

        The New Physics

        Freudian Psychology

        Twentieth-Century Literature

Modern Art and Music

        Architecture and Design

        Modern Painting and Music

Movies and Radio

The Search for Peace and Political Stability

        Germany and the Western Powers

        Hope in Foreign Affairs (1924-1929)

                Individuals in Society: Gustav Stresemann

The Great Depression (1929-1939)

        The Economic Crisis

        Mass Unemployment

        The New Deal in the United States

        The Scandinavian Response to the Depression

        Recovery and Reform in Britain and France

 

Chapter 30: Dictatorships and the Second World War

Authoritarian States

        Conservative Authoritarianism

        Radical Totalitarian Dictatorships

Stalin’s Soviet Union

        From Lenin to Stalin

        The Five-Year Plans

        Life and Culture in Soviet Society

        Stalinist Terror and the Great Purges

Mussolini and Fascism in Italy

        The Seizure of Power

        The Regime in Action

Hitler and Nazism in Germany

        The Roots of Nazism

        Hitler’s Road to Power

        The Nazi State and Society

        Hitler’s Popularity

Aggression and Appeasement (1933-1939)

The Second World War

        Hitler’s Empire in Europe, 1939-1942

                Individuals in Society: Primo Levi

        Japan’s Asian Empire

        The Grand Alliance

        The War in Europe, 1942-1945

        The War in the Pacific, 1942-1945

 

Chapter 31:Global Recovery and Division Between

  Superpowers

The Division of Europe

        The Origins of the Cold War

        West Versus East

Renaissance and Crisis in Western Europe

        The Postwar Challenge

        "Building Europe" and Decolonization

        The Changing Class Structure

        Economic and Social Dislocation, 1970-1990

The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, 1945-1991

        Stalin’s Last Years

        Limited De-Stalinization and Stagnation

        The Gorbachev

        The Revolutions of 1989

        Cold War Finale and Soviet Disintegration

                Individuals in Society: Vaclav Havel

The United States: Confrontation and Transformation

        America’s Economic Boom and Civil Rights Revolution

        Youth and the Counterculture

        The United States in World Affairs, 1964-1991

Japan’s Resurgence as a First World Power

        Japan’s American Revolution

        "Japan, Inc"

        Japan in the Post-Cold War World

The Post-Cold War Era in Europe, 1991 to the Present

        Common Patterns and Problems

Recasting Eastern Europe and Russia Without Communism

 

Chapter 32: Latin America, Asia, and Africa in

  the Contemporary World

Latin America: Moving Toward Democracy

        Economic Nationalism in Latin America

        Authoritarianism and Democracy in Latin America

        Latin America in the 1990s

The Resurgence of East Asia

        The Communist Victory in China

        Mao’s China

        The Limits of Reform

        The Asian "Economic Tigers"

        Political and Economic Progress in Southeast Asia

        The Reunification of Vietnam

New Nations and Old Rivalries in South Asia

        The End of British India

        Pakistan and Bangladesh

        India Since Independence

The Islamic Heartland

        The Arab-Israeli Conflict

        The Development of Egypt

        Israel and the Palestinians

        Nationalism, Fundamentalism, and Competition

        Algeria and Civil War

Imperialism and Nationalism in Sub-Saharan Africa

        The Growth of African Nationalism

        Achieving Independence with New Leaders

        Ghana Shows the Way

        French-Speaking Regions

Sub-Saharan Africa Since 1960

        Striving for National Unity

        Nigeria, Africa’s Giant

                Individuals in Society: Leopold Sedar Senghor

        The Struggle in Southern Africa

        Political Reform in Africa Since 1990

Interpreting the Experiences of the Emerging World

 

Chapter 33: A New Era in World History

Global Unity or Continued Division

        Nation-States and the United Nations

        Complexity and Violence in a Multipolar World

        The Terrorist Threat

        Weapons of Mass Destruction

Global Interdependence

        Multinational Corporations

        Industrialization and Modernization

        Agriculture and the Green Revolution

        The Economics and Politics of Globalization

        Pressure on Vital Resources and Economic

          Development

The Growth of Cities, 1945 to the Present

        Rapid Urbanization

        Overcrowding and Shantytowns

        Rich and Poor

        Urban Migrations and the Family

        Urbanization and Agriculture

Science and Technology: Changes and Challenges

        The Medical Revolution

        Population Change: Balancing the Numbers

        Global Epidemics

        Environmentalism

        Mass Communication

Social Reform and Progress

        Women: The Right to Equality

        Children: The Right to Childhood

Education

                Individuals in Society: His Holiness the

                  Fourteenth Dalai Lama