Documents in World History, Volume 2

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Offers a range of documents that illustrates civilizations from key stages in world history, with special attention to comparing major societies.
Documents in World History is a thematically organized, authoritative collection of original sources that highlight political, social, cultural and economic issues in world history. The text also provides documents on the hot topics of gender and cultural history. Revised and updated with over a quarter of the documents new, the sixth edition retains its global emphasis. Standard selections and political coverage have been improved, and attention to Islam and Christianity as well as South Asia have been expanded. Note: MySearchLab does not come automatically packaged with this text. To purchase MySearchLab at no extra charge, please visit www.mysearchlab.com or use ISBN: 9780205007059.

Offers a range of documents that illustrates civilizations from key stages in world history, with special attention to comparing major societies.

For introductory courses in world history.

Documents in World History is a thematically organized, authoritative collection of original sources that highlight political, social, cultural and economic issues in world history. The text also provides documents on the hot topics of gender and cultural history. Revised and updated with over a quarter of the documents new, this edition retains its global emphasis. Standard selections and political coverage have been improved, and attention to Islam and Christianity as well as South Asia have been expanded.

Found in this Section

1.Overview of Changes

2.New Documents and Chapter Changes

1.Overview of Changes

Offers a Range of Documents that Illustrates Civilizations From Key Stages in World History, with Special Attention to Comparing Major Societies

• Introductions to the readings have been revised to place the developments in clearer global context. Other revisions to the introductions focus simply on greater clarity and explanatory power. (ex. p. 143)
• Many of the readings, both new and old, have been reorganized, particularly to highlight connections and contacts. (ex. p. 42-46)
• In response to comments from reviewers, coverage in several places has been streamlined to make room for new documents as well as to make the text more manageable for students. (ex. p. 32-37)
• For the sixth edition, the authors welcome Allison Scardino Belzer, who teaches a wide variety of courses at Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah, Georgia. In teaching both halves of world civilization, she focuses on assigning texts that spark a positive response in students – texts that offer concrete knowledge while also inspiring questions. She developed her interest in history at Vassar College and received her Ph.D at Emory University. Her book Women and the Great War: Femininity Under Fire in Italy (2010) reflects her research interest in gender and cultural history and the history of war.

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For over 10 years, instructors and students have reported achieving better results and better grades when a Pearson MyLab™ has been integrated into the course. MySearchLab provides engaging experiences that personalize learning and comes from a trusted partner with educational expertise and a deep commitment to helping students and instructors achieve their goals.

• Writing & Research– A wide range of writing, grammar and research tools and access to a variety of academic journals, census data, Associated Press newsfeeds, and discipline-specific readings help you hone your writing and research skills.

Improve Critical Thinking

• The authors have reviewed all of the analytical questions with clarity and global connections in mind.

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• ClassPrep– This feature collects the very best class presentation resources in one convenient online destination and includes PowerPoint slides, streaming audio and video, audio clips for class tests and quizzes and all of the book’s illustrations for creation of interactive lectures.

2. New Documents and Chapter Changes

• The following documents are new to the sixth edition: Niccolo Machiavelli’s The Prince, Thomas More’s Utopia, Veronica Franco’s Letter on Courtesans, Elizabeth I of England’s Tilbury Speech, Anna Bijns’ poem Unyoked is Best!, Immanuel Kant’s What is Enlightenment?, Mussolini’s Fascism, Soldier’s account of D-Day (Harold Baumgarten) and Manifesto of Jewish Resistance in Vilna. (ex. p. 32-37)
• The chapters Women in Early Modern Europe, Fascism and Soldiers and Civilians in World War II are new to the sixth edition. (ex. p. 42-46)
• The chapters Renaissance Europe and Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment have been thoroughly revised. (ex. p. 32-37).
• The authors have restructured the 20^th – 21^st century section to highlight major developments, such as the World Wars. (ex. p. 218-226)

Peter N. Stearns is a professor of history at George Mason University, where he is currently provost (since January 1, 2000) with almost 40 years of experience as a teacher and administrator. Stearns was the chair of the Department of History at Carnegie Mellon University and also served as the dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. In addition, he founded and continues to edit the Journal of Social History. Also while at Carnegie Mellon he developed a pioneering approach to teaching world history to undergraduates in addition to mentoring hundreds of graduate students. Besides his long career as a historian, he is active in historical groups such as the American Historical Society, the Society of French Historical Studies, the Social Science History Association and the International Society for Research on Emotion. He attended Harvard College and later received his Ph.D. from Harvard University. In his prolific career as an author and editor, he has written or edited over 110 works of literature. Stearns currently serves as chair of the Advanced Placement World History committee. Stephen S. Gosch is a professor emeritus of history at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Gosch began by teaching western civilization courses at UW-Eau Claire, but his scholarship evolved over the years to a broader comparative scholarship in world history, which he introduced to UW-Eau Claire classrooms in 1982. He also taught courses in the history of Japan, 19th and 20th century Europe and Marco Polo’s world, as well as a popular team-taught interdisciplinary course on the Vietnam War, which he developed with a colleague in political science. He has published numerous articles and co-authored several books, including the recent Pre-modern Travel in World History. Gosch earned his bachelor’s degree from Boston University and his master’s and doctoral degrees from Rutgers University. Erwin P. Grieshaber currently teaches world history, history of Latin America and history of 20th century war and peace at Minnesota State University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina in 1977. Allison Scardino Belzer teaches a wide variety of courses at Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah, Georgia. In teaching both halves of world civilization, she focuses on assigning texts that spark a positive response in students – texts that offer concrete knowledge while also inspiring questions. She developed her interest in history at Vassar College and received her Ph.D at Emory University. Her book Women and the Great War: Femininity Under Fire in Italy (2010) reflects her research interest in gender and cultural history and the history of war.

Geographical Contents: The Major Societies

Topical Contents

Preface

Introduction

Section 1: The Early Modern Period, Centuries of Dramatic Change: 1400s-1700s

Introduction

The New Global Contacts

1 A New Maritime Network

Columbus and Others

2 The Columbian Exchange in the Early Modern Period

The Migration of Food and Diseases

Visual Source The Potato Eaters

3 Africa and the Slave Trade

Western Civilization and Europe

4 The Italian Renaissance

The Letters of Petrarch

5 The Protestant Reformation

Works of Martin Luther

6 Women in Early Modern Europe

Women’s Roles in SocietyWomen

7 The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment

From the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment

8 Peter the Great

Peter the Great

Asia: The Middle East, India, and East Asia

9 The Rise of the Ottoman Empire

The Reign of Suleyman

Visual Source The Suleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul

10 Conquering and Ruling India: Babur and Akbar

Mughal Documents

Visual Source Portrait of Babur

11 Confucianism and Popular Protest in China

Ming and Qing Documents

Visual Source Confucian Architecture

12 Early Modern Japan

Tokugáwa Documents

Visual Source The Art of the “Floating World”

Latin American Civilization

13 Economy and Society in Latin America

Latin American Working Conditions

Visual Source Silver Mine at Potosí

14 Baroque Culture in Latin America

Samplings of Baroque Culture in Latin America

Visual Source Baroque Church

15 East Africa and Portugal

Gaspar de Santo Bernadino’s Itinerario da India

Section 2: The Long 19th Century: 1750-1914

Introduction

Western Civilization And Europe

16 The French Revolution and Its Aftermath

Classic Documents of the Revolution

17 Work and Workers in the Industrial Revolution

Industrial Revolution Documents

18 Russian Peasants: Serfdom and Emancipation

Russian Documents

Global Contacts New Patterns of Human Movement and Imperialism

19 World Migrations in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries

20 European Imperialism

Documents by Lugard, Ferry, and Kipling

Sub-Saharan Africa

21 The Decades of Imperialism in Africa

Asia and the Middle East

22 The Opium War: China and the West

Correspondence Between China and England

Visual Source Chinese and British Images of Lin Zexu

23 Heavenly Kingdom or Reform?: China’s Descent

Taiping and Reform Documents

24 The Meiji Restoration in Japan

Meiji Documents

Visual Source Photographs of the Meiji Emperor

25 The 1857 Uprising in India

British and Indian Documents

Visual Source British Images of the Indian Uprising

26 Asian Responses to the Great Divergence

Middle Eastern Documents

Latin America

27 Independence and Consolidation of New States (1791—1910

Documents by Jean Jacques Dessallines, Simón Bolivar, and Porfirio Diaz

28 Economy and Society of Latin America

Plantation Life in Cuba and Yucatan

Global Contacts New Connections and Tensions

29 Racism in World History: Gandhi and Du Bois

Mohandas K. Gandhi and W. E. B. Du Bois

Section 3: The 20th and Early 21st Centuries

Frameworks for the Contemporary World

Introduction

30 The Experience of World War

Four Weeks in the Trenches All Quiet on the Western Front

31 Soldiers and Civilians in World War II

World War II Documents

32 The Cold War

Cold War Documents

Europe and The Soviet Union

33 Fascism and Nazism

Mussolini and Hitler

34 Lenin, Stalin, and Russian Communist Society

Lenin’s Writings, Stalin, and A Bitter Legacy

35 Consumerism

Weimar Articles

Asia and The Middle East

Introduction

36 The Making of Modern Turkey

Turkish Documents

37 Israelis and Palestinians in Conflict

Zionist, Israeli, and Palestinian Documents

Visual Source The Cartography of Conflict A

38 The Renewal of Islam

Islamic Documents

Visual Source Egyptian Pilgrim Murals East Asia

39 Chinese Revolutionaries: Sun Yatsen and Mao Zedong

Two Revolutionary Leaders

40 Communist Rule in China: Two Views

Wang Fucheng and Fang Lizhi

41 Corporate Management and Gender in Japan: Two Views

Morita Akio and Matsui Yayori

42 Spinning Wheels, Black Flags, and a “Tryst with Destiny”: India Wins Independence

Nationalist Documents

Visual Source Responses to the Amritsar Massacre

43 Untouchability in Modern India

Joothan, the Memoir of Omprakash Valmiki

Latin America

44 20th-Century Latin American Politics: The Revolutionary Challenge and the Turn Toward Democracy

Latin American Revolutionary Documents

45 Searching for the Soul of the Latin American Experience

Latin American Identity

46 Latin America’s Social Crisis in the 20th Century

Latin American Struggles

Sub-Saharan Africa

47 African Nationalism

African Nationalism Documents

48 African Politics

Charter of the Organization of African Unity; Nelson Mandela; F.W. deKlerk; Yacouba Siabaton

49 Changes in African Culture and Society

African Voices

Globalization and New Forces Of Change

50 The End of the Cold War and Collapse of the Soviet Union

Gorbachev

51 Globalization

Global Attitudes; Global Youth Voices; Women Workers

52 Globalization and the Environment

Addressing Global Warming

The People’s Ratification of the Kyoto Protocol

53 Global Politics and Disease Management

Severe Acute Respiratory Disease Syndrome (SARS) Epidemic