{"product_id":"world-history-9781118532720","title":"World History","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWorld History: A Concise Thematic Analysis\u003c\/i\u003e presents the highly anticipated second edition of the most affordable and accessible survey of world history designed for use at the college level. This text offers a comparative analysis of great civilizations of Eurasia, Africa, and the Americas in an engaging narrative that contextualizes history instead of drowning students in a sea of facts. Themes addressed include population dynamics, food production challenges, disease history, warfare, and others. Instructor resources are available online for this text.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis new edition of \u003ci\u003eWorld History: A Concise Thematic Analysis\u003c\/i\u003e features a newly-designed interior organization to enhance navigation and comprehension of the material. An instructors'' test bank is available online.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnit Three: The Modern World\u003c\/b\u003e 371\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThemes:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModernization\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlobalization\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe differential of power\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpontaneous European Modernization: Phase One\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Process of Change Begins 375\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSimultaneous Revolutions: Phase I, New Trade Routes 376\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSimultaneous Revolutions: Phase II, Biology and Europe 377\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSimultaneous Revolutions: Phase III, Warfare, Politics, and Religion 380\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSimultaneous Revolutions: Phase IV, Commerce 386\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSimultaneous Revolutions: Phase V, the State 402\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpecial topic \u003c\/b\u003eThe Elizabethan Era 406\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggested Reading 413\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Differential of Power: Phase One\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Americas and Africa 415\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShip Technology in 1500 416\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpain’s Rapid Success in the Americas after a Slow Start 422\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpecial topic \u003c\/b\u003eNew Spain 422\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Hidden Agent in the Differential of Power: Disease 423\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNative American Vulnerability 427\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Aztecs 429\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Incas 432\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBrazil 433\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfrica’s Indigenous Slave Tradition 435\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpecial topic \u003c\/b\u003eThe Middle Passage: The Transport of Slaves on the Trans-Atlantic Trip 436\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Arrival of Europe 439\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Sale of Slaves 441\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConsequences of the Slave Trade 442\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggested Reading 446\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpontaneous European Modernization: Phase Two\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Origins of Public Opinion, the Concept of Culture, and the Nation-State 447\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScience, Knowledge, and Faith 447\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Scientific Revolution 449\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLocke’s Philosophy and the Idea of Public Opinion 452\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Enlightenment 458\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Nation-State 470\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Ideology of Revolution 472\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe French Revolution 474\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGreat Britain 478\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggested Reading 482\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Nation-State\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiffusion of the French-British Model 484\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Central European Experience 485\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCentral Europeans and Internal Coherence 487\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggested Reading 495\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Differential of Power, Phase Two\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIdeology, Medicine, and Technology Redefine Global Power 497\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe New Teleology 499\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNation-States and Industry 510\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggested Reading 514\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNation-State Formation Outside Europe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe United States and Japan 515\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe United States 516\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJapan 525\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggested Reading 533\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInternal Divisions and Contradictions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRussia and Latin America 534\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRussia 534\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLatin America 550\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggested Reading 556\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn The Crosshairs of Modernity\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndia and China 557\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndia 557\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLate Imperial China: The Ming and Qing Dynasties 564\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggested Reading 583\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTargets of Imperialism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfrica and the Middle East 585\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfrica 586\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Middle East 596\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggested Reading 605\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnit Four: Global Violence and the Postmodern Era\u003c\/b\u003e 607\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTHEMES:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePostmodern Era\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDecolonization\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlobalization\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWorld War I\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Consequences of Power 611\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Illusion of Progress 612\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Quest for Empire and the Habits of Violence 613\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDanger Signs in the Short-War Phenomenon 615\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMisunderstanding the Short-War Phenomenon 617\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorld War I: Total War, the Geographic Arena of Combat, Victory, and Defeat 618\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggested Reading 623\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTotalitarianism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Soviet Union and Nazi Germany 624\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTotalitarianism 625\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Soviet Union 625\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpecial topic \u003c\/b\u003eAbandoned Marxism 631\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpecial topic \u003c\/b\u003eThe Versailles Treaty 634\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNazi Germany 634\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggested Reading 641\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Inheritors of Power\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe United States and Japan 642\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe United States 642\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJapan 647\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggested Reading 655\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDecolonization\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhase One 656\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChina’s Republican Revolution 656\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndia 663\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Middle East 665\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLatin America 670\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggested Reading 674\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWorld War II and the Beginning of the Cold War\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExpanding the Potential of Self-Destruction 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