World History (2^nd Ed.)
A Concise Thematic Analysis, Volume 2

World History: A Concise Thematic Analysis 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.

This new edition of World History: A Concise Thematic Analysis features a newly-designed interior organization to enhance navigation and comprehension of the material. An instructors' test bank is available online.

Introduction x

Unit Three: The Modern World 371

Themes:

Modernization

Globalization

The differential of power

Spontaneous European Modernization: Phase One

The Process of Change Begins 375

Simultaneous Revolutions: Phase I, New Trade Routes 376

Simultaneous Revolutions: Phase II, Biology and Europe 377

Simultaneous Revolutions: Phase III, Warfare, Politics, and Religion 380

Simultaneous Revolutions: Phase IV, Commerce 386

Simultaneous Revolutions: Phase V, the State 402

Special topic The Elizabethan Era 406

Suggested Reading 413

The Differential of Power: Phase One

The Americas and Africa 415

Ship Technology in 1500 416

Spain’s Rapid Success in the Americas after a Slow Start 422

Special topic New Spain 422

A Hidden Agent in the Differential of Power: Disease 423

Native American Vulnerability 427

The Aztecs 429

The Incas 432

Brazil 433

Africa’s Indigenous Slave Tradition 435

Special topic The Middle Passage: The Transport of Slaves on the Trans-Atlantic Trip 436

The Arrival of Europe 439

The Sale of Slaves 441

Consequences of the Slave Trade 442

Suggested Reading 446

Spontaneous European Modernization: Phase Two

The Origins of Public Opinion, the Concept of Culture, and the Nation-State 447

Science, Knowledge, and Faith 447

The Scientific Revolution 449

Locke’s Philosophy and the Idea of Public Opinion 452

The Enlightenment 458

The Nation-State 470

The Ideology of Revolution 472

The French Revolution 474

Great Britain 478

Suggested Reading 482

The Nation-State

Diffusion of the French-British Model 484

The Central European Experience 485

Central Europeans and Internal Coherence 487

Suggested Reading 495

The Differential of Power, Phase Two

Ideology, Medicine, and Technology Redefine Global Power 497

The New Teleology 499

Nation-States and Industry 510

Suggested Reading 514

Nation-State Formation Outside Europe

The United States and Japan 515

The United States 516

Japan 525

Suggested Reading 533

Internal Divisions and Contradictions

Russia and Latin America 534

Russia 534

Latin America 550

Suggested Reading 556

In The Crosshairs of Modernity

India and China 557

India 557

Late Imperial China: The Ming and Qing Dynasties 564

Suggested Reading 583

Targets of Imperialism

Africa and the Middle East 585

Africa 586

The Middle East 596

Suggested Reading 605

Unit Four: Global Violence and the Postmodern Era 607

THEMES:

Postmodern Era

Decolonization

Globalization

World War I

The Consequences of Power 611

The Illusion of Progress 612

The Quest for Empire and the Habits of Violence 613

Danger Signs in the Short-War Phenomenon 615

Misunderstanding the Short-War Phenomenon 617

World War I: Total War, the Geographic Arena of Combat, Victory, and Defeat 618

Suggested Reading 623

Totalitarianism

The Soviet Union and Nazi Germany 624

Totalitarianism 625

The Soviet Union 625

Special topic Abandoned Marxism 631

Special topic The Versailles Treaty 634

Nazi Germany 634

Suggested Reading 641

The Inheritors of Power

The United States and Japan 642

The United States 642

Japan 647

Suggested Reading 655

Decolonization

Phase One 656

China’s Republican Revolution 656

India 663

The Middle East 665

Latin America 670

Suggested Reading 674

World War II and the Beginning of the Cold War

Expanding the Potential of Self-Destruction 676

World War II 676

Special topic Mussolini’s Italy 681

Mass Murder: A New Dimension to Global Warfare 686

The Cold War: Redefining World Power after 1945 690

Suggested Reading 695

Global Decolonization

Phase Two 696

China 696

Japan 705

India 711

Africa 714

Special topic AIDS 721

The Middle East 722

Latin America 728

Suggested Reading 737

The End of the Cold War and the Contemporary World

The Complex Problems Facing a Multicultural Era 739

The End of the Cold War 739

Special topic The Legacy of Vietnam 743

The Contemporary World 745

Status, Freedom, and Equality 751

Population Dynamics 757

Suggested Reading 760

Credits C-1

STEVEN WALLECH is the senior Professor of History at Long Beach City College. He developed the World History program there and integrated the World History curriculum with community colleges and universities throughout California.

TOURAJ DARYAEE was born in Tehran, Iran. His elementary and secondary schooling took place in Tehran and Athens, Greece. He earned his Ph.D. in History at the University of California, Los Angeles in 1999. He is currently Howard C. Baskerville Professor in the History of Iran and the Persianate World and the Associate Director of the Dr. Samuel M. Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture at the University of California, Irvine. He is editor of the Name-ye-Iran-e Bastan: The International Journal of Ancient Iranian Studies and the creator of Sasanika: The Late Antique Near East Project.

CRAIG HENDRICKS is Professor of History, Emeritus, at Long Beach City College. He has written on Latin America for history journals and edited four books of American Social His-tory readings. He is now completing a study of urban development in southern California.

ANNE LYNNE NEGUS received a Ph.D. in Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, specializing in Egyptology. Currently she is Professor of History at Fullerton College and an active member of the American Research Center in Egypt, traveling frequently to Egypt and other Middle Eastern areas.

PETER P. WAN was born in China, where he received his B.A. from East China Normal University and taught American Literature until he came to the United States on a Harvard-Yanching fellowship. He received his Ph.D. in the History of American Civilization from Harvard University. His major interests are American and East Asian History.

GORDON MORRIS BAKKEN earned his B.S, M.S., Ph.D. and J.D. at the University of Wisconsin and joined the faculty of California State University, Fullerton, in 1969. He teaches American Legal and Constitu