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Two-thirds the length of the complete Fourth Edition, this Brief version of The Earth and Its Peoples: A Global History retains its major themes and its truly global perspective on world history. This text focuses on the interaction of human beings and their environment, using this central theme to compare different times, places, and societies. Special emphasis is given to technology and how technological development underlies all human activity.Ideal for one-semester survey courses or courses using several primary sources, this text has been carefully abbreviated to maintain the essential narrative of world history. Key pedagogical elements have been retained and further emphasized.
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Synopsis
Readable and concise, this Brief Edition of THE EARTH AND ITS PEOPLES: A GLOBAL HISTORY VOLUME II provides the essential narrative of world history in an abbreviated format. This global text for the world history survey course employs fundamental themes of "environment and technology" and "diversity and dominance" to explore patterns of human interaction with their surroundings and with each other. The authors' approach reveals how humanity continues to shape and be shaped by our environments and how dominant structures and traditions are balanced and challenged by alternate beliefs.
About the Author
Richard W. Bulliet (PhD, Harvard University) is Professor of Middle Eastern History at Columbia University. He has written scholarly works on a number of topics: the social and economic history of medieval Iran (THE PATRICIANS OF NISHAPUR and COTTON, CLIMATE, AND CAMELS IN EARLY ISLAMIC IRAN), the history of human-animal relations (THE CAMEL AND THE WHEEL and HUNTERS, HERDERS, AND HAMBURGERS), the process of conversion to Islam (CONVERSION TO ISLAM IN THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD), and the overall course of Islamic social history (ISLAM: THE VIEW FROM THE EDGE and THE CASE FOR ISLAMO-CHRISTIAN CIVILIZATION). He is the editor of the COLUMBIA HISTORY OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. He has published four novels, coedited THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST, and hosted an educational television series on the Middle East. He was awarded a fellowship by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and was named a Carnegie Corporation Scholar. Pamela Kyle Crossley received her Ph.D. in Modern Chinese History from Yale University. She is currently the Robert and Barbara Black Professor of History at Dartmouth College. Her books include THE WOBBLING PIVOT: AN INTERPRETIVE HISTORY OF CHINA SINCE 1800; WHAT IS GLOBAL HISTORY?; A TRANSLUCENT MIRROR: HISTORY AND IDENTITY IN QING IMPERIAL IDEOLOGY; THE MANCHUS; ORPHAN WARRIORS: THREE MANCHU GENERATIONS AND THE END OF THE QING WORLD; and (with Lynn Hollen Lees and John W. Servos) GLOBAL SOCIETY: THE WORLD SINCE 1900. Daniel R. Headrick received his Ph.D. in History from Princeton University. Professor of History and Social Science, Emeritus, at Roosevelt University in Chicago, he is the author of several books on the history of technology, imperialism, and international relations, including THE TOOLS OF EMPIRE: TECHNOLOGY AND EUROPEAN IMPERIALISM IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY; THE TENTACLES OF PROGRESS: TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER IN THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM; THE INVISIBLE WEAPON: TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICS; TECHNOLOGY: A WORLD HISTORY; POWER OVER PEOPLES: TECHNOLOGY, ENVIRONMENTS AND WESTERN IMPERIALISM, 1400 TO THE PRESENT; and WHEN INFORMATION CAME OF AGE: TECHNOLOGIES OF KNOWLEDGE IN THE AGE OF REASON AND REVOLUTION, 1700-1850. His articles have appeared in the JOURNAL OF WORLD HISTORY and the JOURNAL OF MODERN HISTORY, and he has been awarded fellowships by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Steven W. Hirsch holds a Ph.D. in Classics from Stanford University and is currently Associate Professor of Classics and History at Tufts University. He has received grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Massachusetts Foundation for Humanities and Public Policy. His research and publications include THE FRIENDSHIP OF THE BARBARIANS: XENOPHON AND THE PERSIAN EMPIRE, as well as articles and reviews in the CLASSICAL JOURNAL, the AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHILOLOGY, and the JOURNAL OF INTERDISCIPLINARY HISTORY. He is currently working on a comparative study of ancient Mediterranean and Chinese civilizations. Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Lyman L. Johnson earned his Ph.D. in Latin American History from the University of Connecticut. A two-time Senior Fulbright-Hays Lecturer, he also has received fellowships from the Tinker Foundation, the Social Science Research Council, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the American Philosophical Society. His recent books include DEATH, DISMEMBERMENT, AND MEMORY; THE FACES OF HONOR (with Sonya Lipsett-Rivera); THE PROBLEM OF ORDER IN CHANGING SOCIETIES; ESSAYS ON THE PRICE HISTORY OF EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY LATIN AMERICA (with Enrique Tandeter); and COLONIAL LATIN AMERICA (with Mark A. Burkholder). He also has published in journals, including the HISPANIC AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW, the JOURNAL OF LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES, the INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF SOCIAL HISTORY, SOCIAL HISTORY, and DESARROLLO ECONOMICO. He recently served as president of the Conference on Latin American History.
Table of Contents
14. The Maritime Revolution, to 1550 Global Maritime Expansion Before Iberian Expansion, 1400-1550 Encounters with Europe, 1450-1550 Comparative Perspectives Environment and Technology: Vasco da Gama's Fleet Issues in World History: Climate and Population, to 1500 V. The Globe Encompassed, 1500-1800 15. Transformations in Europe, 1500-1750 Culture and Ideas Social and Economic Life Political Innovations Comparative Perspectives Diversity and Dominance: Political Craft and Craftiness 16. The Americas, The Atlantic, and Africa, 1530-1770 Spanish America and Brazil English and French Colonies in North America Plantations in the West Indies Creating the Atlantic Economy Colonial Expansion and Conflict Africa and the Atlantic The Columbian Exchange Comparative Perspectives Diversity and Dominance: Race and Ethnicity in the Spanish Colonies: Negotiating Hierarchy 17. Southwest Asia and the Indian Ocean, 1500-1750 The Ottoman Empire The Safavid Empire The Mughal Empire The Maritime Worlds of Islam, 1500-1750 Environment and Technology: Tobacco and Waterpipes 18. Northern Eurasia, 1500-1800 Japanese Reunification The Later Ming and Early Qing Empires The Russian Empire Comparative Perspectives Diversity and Dominance: Gendered Violence: The Yangzhou Massacre Issues in World History: The Little Ice Age VI. Revolutions Reshape the World, 1750-1870 19. Revolutionary Changes in the Atlantic World, 1750-1850 Prelude to Revolution: War and the Enlightenment The American Revolution The French Revolution Revolution in Haiti and Latin America Economic and Social Liberation Movements Comparative Perspectives Environment and Technology: The Guillotine 20. The Early Industrial Revolution, 1760-1851 Causes of the Industrial Revolution The Technological Revolution The Impact of the Industrial Revolution New Economic and Political Ideas The Limits of Industrialization Outside the West Environment and Technology: Gas Lighting 21. Land Empires in the Age of Imperialism, 1800-1870 The Ottoman Empire The Russian Empire The Qing Empire Comparative Perspectives Diversity and Dominance: Chinese Responses to Imperialism Issues in World History: State Power, the Census, and the Question of Identity 22. Africa, India, and the New British Empire, 1750-1870 Changes and Exchanges in Africa India Under British Rule Britain's Eastern Empire Comparative Perspectives Diversity and Dominance: Ceremonials of Imperial Dominance VII. Global Dominance and Diversity, 1850-1949 23. The New Power Balance, 1850-1900 New Technologies and the World Economy Social Changes Socialism and Labor Movements Nationalism and the Rise of Italy, Germany, and Japan The Great Powers of Europe, 1871-1900 China, Japan, and the Western Powers Environment and Technology: Railroads and Immigration Material Culture: Cotton Clothing 24. The New Imperialism, 1869-1914 The New Imperialism: Motives and Methods The Scramble for Africa Imperialism in Asia and the Pacific Imperialism in Latin America The World Economy and the Global Environment Environment and Technology: Imperialism and Tropical Ecology 25. The Crisis of the Imperial Order, 1900-1929 Origins of the Crisis in Europe and the Middle East The "Great War" and the Russian Revolutions Peace and Dislocation in Europe China and Japan: Contrasting Destinies The New Middle East Society, Culture, and Technology in the Industrialized World Comparative Perspectives Diversity and Dominance: The Middle East After World War I 26. The Collapse of the Old Order, 1929-1949 Stalin's Revolution The Depression The Rise of Fascism East Asia, 1931-1945 The Second World War The Character of Warfare Environment and Technology: The Enigma Machine 27. Striving for Independence: India, Africa, and Latin America, 1900-1949 The Indian Independence Movement, 1905-1947 Sub-Saharan Africa, 1900-1945 Mexico, Argentina, and Brazil, 1900-1949 Comparative Perspectives Diversity and Dominance: A Vietnamese Nationalist Denounces French Colonialism Issues in World History: Famines and Politics VIII. The Perils and Promises of a Global Community, 1945 to the Present 28. The Cold War and Decolonization, 1945-1975 The Cold War Decolonization and Nation Building Beyond a Bipolar World Comparative Perspectives Environment and Technology: The Green Revolution 29. Crisis, Realignment, and the Dawn of the Post-Cold War World, 1975-1991 Postcolonial Crises and Asian Economic Expansion, 1975-1991 The End of the Bipolar World, 1989-1991 The Challenge of Population Growth Unequal Development and the Movement of Peoples Technological and Environmental Change Diversity and Dominance: The Struggle for Women's Rights in an Era of Global Political and Economic Change 30. Globalization in the New Millennium Global Economic and Political Currents Trends and Visions Global Culture Environment and Technology: Global Warming Material Culture: Fast Food