Discusses issues and presents recommendations on research and curriculum development in world history. Getz provide a thorough overview of modern empires and colonialism from the late fifteenth century to the present. The age of global integration, volume ii with migrations cdrom and infotrac as a global text, upshurs world history examines world civilizations in a comparative context such that students learn to recognize and analyze trends and interconnections across history and civilizations. Leaves out southeast asia which is unusual for a world history textbook. Her research, which concentrates on the cultural history of china, inner asia, and central asia, has been supported.
Given the diversity of human societies, gathering and organizing the sheer mass of information in a meaningful way is a daunting challenge for any world history survey course. The age of global integration, volume ii examines world civilizations in a comparative context and helps you recognize and analyze trends and interconnections across history and civilizations. Students begin with a study of the earliest civilizations worldwide and continue to examine major developments and themes in all regions of the world. A brief global history 5th edition, 1994 and coeditor of lives and times. Since 1993 she has been a member of the world history committee of the college board. The field became much more active in terms of university teaching, text books, scholarly journals, and academic associations in the late 20th century. World history wikibooks, open books for an open world. Frank and gills 1993, or since the socalled axial age jaspers 1953. Learn world history since 1500 with free interactive flashcards. A global history article pdf available in proceedings of the national academy of sciences 11020 april 20. The earth and its peoples a global history third edition richard w. This book, a history of the world since 1945, was undertaken in order to assist them in that endeavor. Cultures, states, and societies to 1500 offers a comprehensive introduction to.
We focus on three historical periods since around 1450, or so 1 the earlymodern world, or circa 1450 to 1750. The emphasis will be on the distinctive and interconnected histories. Among the major concepts relevant to connecting southeast asia to world history are. Though many scholars situate the origins of globalization in the modern era, others regard it as a phenomenon with a long history. The age of global integration, volume ii by jiuhwa l. Major eras in world history era and description dates stone age 2. I would very much like to see a chinese author write a global history combined more thoroughly with chinese history. The transformations in thinking that characterized the renaissance and age of exploration extended to religious thought as well. Concentrating on global history since 1500, this seventh edition world history by eric martin, 28 october 1996. To inspect china from a global point of view seems to be a difficult task, hope some good work can come out. In this article we analyze processes and scales of global integration in. Developed to meet the demand for a lowcost, highquality history book.
This cengage advantage books lowcost compact edition of world history. The main focus of islamic trade in those middle ages were spices. Students learn to recognize and analyze trends and interconnections across history and civilizations. We analyze some versions of periodization of globalization history. World history is a global text that examines world civilizations in a comparative way. A quick guide to the world history of globalization. The goal is to create a standard of quality which will suffice for a secondary and postsecondary environment.
Developed to meet the demand for a lowcost, highquality history book, cengage advantage books. Authored by six usg faculty members with advance degrees in history, this textbook offers uptodate original scholarship. Cultures, states, and societies to 1500 offers a comprehensive introduction to the history of humankind from prehistory to 1500. Terry paperback, published 1999 by westwadsworth isbn. The construction of a global world, 14001800 ce, part 1. World history the high school world history course provides students with a comprehensive, intensive study of major events and themes in world history. I have just finished reading an introduction to global history by bruce mazlish which is in conceptualizing global history westview press, 1993 edited by he and ralph buultjens. Since 1750, the world has become ever more connected, with processes of production and destruction no longer limited by land or waterbased modes of transport and communication. An age of global connections, 1500present era four the shift from regional to global connections, 15001800. Spurred by the desire for riches, adventure, and knowledge, europeans launched an age of exploration. Record of mankinds accomplishments throughout the ages. The evolution and impact of world opinion oneworld appeared in 2005. World history, fifth edition, offers readers the engaging world history text in a compact, affordable format. The much greater degree of integration of southeast asia into.
Technologies of knowledge in the age of reason and revolution. The french revolution broke out in 1789, and its effects reverberated throughout much of europe for many decades. An lsu graduate will be able to employ scientific and mathematical methods and technology in the resolution of laboratory and realworld problems. The age of global integration, volume ii, compact edition upshur, jiuhwa l. Course objectives to articulate thoughtful and informed observations about the historical construct and contestation of western civilization, its geography and chronology, the major events in its modern history, and their global context and impact since 1500. As the second volume of this book focused mostly on european centralized view no problem with that. Thorough coverage of political, economic, social, religious, intellectual, cultural, and military history is integrated into a chronological framework to. The european renaissance brought new ideas and discoveries. Thus, most world history textbooks designed for the american market still use 1500 as a dividing point. But global trade links were established, and for those involved, it was a. World history since 1500 the age of global integration vol. An introductory overview for students xxvii 19 global exploration and global empires, 14001700 379 ii. World religions and social evolution of the old world oikumene civilizations. A brief history of globalization world economic forum.
Developments in 19thcentury europe are bounded by two great events. It is charged with neglecting national history and the small spaces of the past, with being an elite globalist project made irrelevant by the antiglobalist politics of our age, with focusing exclusively on mobile people and things, and with becoming dangerously hegemonic. History 152 explores the dynamic relationships within and between representative modern societies, nations, states and cultureswith an emphasis on societies. A global perspective, heather streetssalter and trevor r. He is the author of over 300 scholarly publications, including such monographs as ancient yemen 1995. World history since 1500 3 credits world civilizations since 1500 is an introductory survey of the worlds major civilizations from the age of global expansion in the sixteenth century.
Spielvogel present a balanced, highly readable overview of world history that explores common challenges and experiences of the human past and identifies key patterns over time. Traditions and encounters offers an inclusive vision of the global pastone that is meaningful and appropriate for the interdependent world of contemporary times. Terry is a graduate of the school of oriental and african studies, university of london. History of europe history of europe revolution and the growth of industrial society, 17891914. Synthesizing the vast outpouring of new scholarship that examines empires in a global context, the book pays as much attention to the ottoman, mughal, ming, and qing.
Volume 7 of the cambridge world history series, divided into two books, offers a variety of angles of vision on the increasingly interconnected history of humankind. World history or global history is a field of historical study that emerged centuries ago, with leaders such as voltaire, hegel, karl marx and arnold j. History and social science standards of learning for virginia public schools january 2008 1 world history and geography. Empires and colonies in the modern world paperback. Download fulltext pdf download fulltext pdf download fulltext pdf used planet.
Natives of the caribbean and were the first native population to be completely wiped off the face of the earth. The many meanings of the word globalization have accumulated very rapidly, and recently, and the verb, globalize is first attested by the merriam webster dictionary in 1944. Virtually all testable terms, concepts, persons, places, and events ar. In considering the history of globalization, some authors focus on events since 1492, but most scholars and theorists concentrate on the much more recent past. The age of global integration, volume ii with migrations cdrom and infotrac edition 4 by jiuhwa l. What was the name of the native empires in central america that were present when europeans established contact in the 1500s.
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