The Essential World History, Volume II: Since 1500
by William J. Duiker, Jackson J. Spielvogel
9th Edition
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Book Details
| Print ISBN | 9780357391839 |
| eText ISBN | 9780357390375 |
| Publisher | Cengage Learning |
| Publishing Year | 2020 |
| Edition | 9th Edition |
| Language | English |
The Essential World History, Volume II: Since 1500, 9th Edition, provides an overview of modern global developments by examining shared human experiences alongside regional patterns. The textbook pairs chapters focused on individual geographical regions with comparative and thematic studies to highlight long-term global connections.
Coverage spans the emergence of worldwide markets and early modern state building through nineteenth-century industrialization, imperialism, global conflicts, and the post-1945 international order.
Instructional tools include primary source analysis activities and cinematic analyses that evaluate how popular films represent and misrepresent historical events.
Table of Contents
Part III: THE EMERGENCE OF NEW WORLD PATTERNS (1500 – 1800)
Chapter 14: New Encounters: The Creation of a World Market
Chapter 15: Europe Transformed: Reform and State Building
Chapter 16: The Muslim Empires
Chapter 17: The East Asian World
Chapter 18: The West on the Eve of a New World Order
Part IV: MODERN PATTERNS OF WORLD HISTORY (1800 – 1945)
Chapter 19: The Beginnings of Modernization: Industrialization and Nationalism in the Nineteenth Century
Chapter 20: The Americas and Society and Culture in the West
Chapter 21: The High Tide of Imperialism
Chapter 22: Shadows over the Pacific: East Asia Under Challenge
Chapter 23: The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution
Chapter 24: Nationalism, Revolution, and Dictatorship: Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America from 1919 to 1939
Chapter 25: The Crisis Deepens: World War II
Part V: TOWARD A GLOBAL CIVILIZATION? THE WORLD SINCE 1945
Chapter 26: East and West in the Grip of the Cold War
Chapter 27: Brave New World: Communism on Trial
Chapter 28: Europe and the Western Hemisphere Since 1945
Chapter 29: Challenges of Nation Building in Africa and the Middle East
Chapter 30: Toward the Pacific Century?
Chapter Epilogue: Epilogue
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