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Steven Wallech is the senior Professor of World History at Long Beach City College. He developed the world history program there, and integrated the world history curriculum with community colleges and universities throughout California.
Craig Hendricks is Emeritus Professor of History at Long Beach City College. He has written on Latin America for history journals and edited four books of American social history readings.
Touraj Daryaee is theHoward C. Baskerville Professor of Iran and the Persianate World and the Associate Director of the Dr. Samuel Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture at the University of California, Irvine. He is editor of the Name-ye-Iran-e Bastan: The International Journal of Ancient Iranian Studies and the creator of Sasanika: The Late Antique Near East Project.
Anne Lynne Negus received her Ph.D. in Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, specializing in Egyptology. Currently she is Professor of History at Fullerton College and Co-Coordinator of the Honors Program.
Peter P. Wan received his B.A. from East China Normal University and taught American literature in China until he came to the United States on a Harvard-Yanching fellowship. He received his Ph.D. in the History of American Civilization from Harvard University. His major interests are American history, East Asian history, and U.S.-China relations.
Gordon Morris Bakken earned his degrees at the University of Wisconsin and joined the faculty of California State University, Fullerton, in 1969. He teaches courses on American legal history, women in American history, westward movement, and American military heritage.
Volume 2Introduction xUnit three The Modern World 371Themes: Modernization GlobalizationThe differential of powerChapter 18: Spontaneous European Modernization: Phase OneThe Process of Change Begins 375Simultaneous Revolutions: Phase I, New Trade Routes / 376Simultaneous Revolutions: Phase II, Biology and Europe / 377Simultaneous Revolutions: Phase III, Warfare, Politics, and Religion / 380Simultaneous Revolutions: Phase IV, Commerce / 386Simultaneous Revolutions: Phase V, the State / 402special topic The Elizabethan Era / 406Suggested Reading / 413
Chapter 19: The Differential of Power: Phase OneThe Americas and Africa 415Ship Technology in 1500 / 416Spain’s Rapid Success in the Americas after a Slow Start / 422special topic New Spain / 422A Hidden Agent in the Differential of Power: Disease / 423Native American Vulnerability / 427The Aztecs / 429The Incas / 432Brazil / 433Africa’s Indigenous Slave Tradition / 435special topic The Middle Passage: The Transport of Slaves on the Trans-Atlantic Trip / 436The Arrival of Europe / 439The Sale of Slaves / 441Consequences of the Slave Trade / 442Suggested Reading / 446
Chapter 20: Spontaneous European Modernization: Phase TwoThe Origins of Public Opinion, the Concept of Culture, and the Nation-State 447Science, Knowledge, and Faith / 447The Scientific Revolution / 449Locke’s Philosophy and the Idea of Public Opinion / 452The Enlightenment / 458The Nation-State / 470The Ideology of Revolution / 472The French Revolution / 474Great Britain / 478Suggested Reading / 482
Chapter 21: The Nation-StateDiffusion of the French-British Model 484The Central European Experience / 485Central Europeans and Internal Coherence / 487Suggested Reading / 495
Chapter 22: The Differential of Power, Phase TwoIdeology, Medicine, and Technology Redefine Global Power 497The New Teleology / 499Nation-States and Industry / 510Suggested Reading / 514
Chapter 23: Nation-State Formation outside EuropeThe United States and Japan 515The United States / 516Japan / 525Suggested Reading / 533
Chapter 24: Internal Divisions and ContradictionsRussia and Latin America 534Russia / 534Latin America / 550Suggested Reading / 556
Chapter 25: In the Crosshairs of ModernityIndia and China 557India / 557Late Imperial China: The Ming and Qing Dynasties / 564Suggested Reading / 583
Chapter 26: Targets of ImperialismAfrica and the Middle East 585Africa / 586The Middle East / 596Suggested Reading / 605
Unit four Global Violence and the Postmodern Era 607Themes:Postmodern EraDecolonizationGlobalization
Chapter 27: World War IThe Consequences of Power 611The Illusion of Progress / 612The Quest for Empire and the Habits of Violence / 613Danger Signs in the Short-War Phenomenon / 615Misunderstanding the Short-War Phenomenon / 617World War I: Total War, the Geographic Arena of Combat, Victory, and Defeat / 618Suggested Reading / 623
Chapter 28: TotalitarianismThe Soviet Union and Nazi Germany 624Totalitarianism / 625The Soviet Union / 625special topic Abandoned Marxism / 631special topic The Versailles Treaty / 634Nazi Germany / 634Suggested Reading / 641
Chapter 29: The Inheritors of PowerThe United States and Japan 642The United States / 642Japan / 647Suggested Reading / 655
Chapter 30: DecolonizationPhase One 656China’s Republican Revolution / 656India / 663The Middle East / 665Latin America / 670Suggested Reading / 674
Chapter 31: World War II and the Beginning of the Cold WarExpanding the Potential of Self-Destruction 676World War II / 676special topic Mussolini’s Italy / 681Mass Murder: A New Dimension to Global Warfare / 686The Cold War: Redefining World Power after 1945 / 690Suggested Reading / 695
Chapter 32: Global DecolonizationPhase Two 696China / 696Japan / 705India / 711Africa / 714special topic AIDS / 721The Middle East / 722Latin America / 728Suggested Reading / 737
Chapter 33: The End of the Cold War and the Contemporary WorldThe Complex Problems Facing a Multicultural Era 739The End of the Cold War / 739special topic The Legacy of Vietnam / 743The Contemporary World / 745Status, Freedom, and Equality / 751Population Dynamics / 757Suggested Reading / 760
Credits / C-1Index / I-1
MAPSThe Columbian Exchange and the Slave Trade / 374 The World Between World War I and II / 610The Imperial Era (1850–1914) / 584 1945 to the Present / 740
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