1200 Update Ways of the World with Sources for the AP® Modern Course
Fourth Edition ©2020 Robert W. Strayer; Eric W. Nelson
Authors
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Robert W. Strayer
Robert W. Strayer (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin) brings wide experience in world history to the writing of Ways of the World. His teaching career began in Ethiopia where he taught high school world history for two years as part of the Peace Corps. At the university level, he taught African, Soviet, and world history for many years at the State University of New York-College at Brockport, where he received Chancellors Awards for Excellence in Teaching and for Excellence in Scholarship. In 1998 he was visiting professor of world and Soviet history at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. Since moving to California in 2002, he has taught world history at the University of California, Santa Cruz; California State University, Monterey Bay; and Cabrillo College. He is a long-time member of the World History Association and served on its Executive Committee. He has also participated in various AP® World History gatherings, including two years as a reader. His publications include Kenya: Focus on Nationalism, The Making of Mission Communities in East Africa, The Making of the Modern World, Why Did the Soviet Union Collapse?, and The Communist Experiment.
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Eric W. Nelson
Eric W. Nelson (D.Phil., Oxford University) is a professor of history at Missouri State University. He is an experienced teacher who has won a number of awards, including the Governor’s Award for Teaching Excellence in 2011 and the CASE and Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Professor of the Year Award for Missouri in 2012. He is currently Faculty Fellow for Engaged Learning, developing new ways to integrate in-class and online teaching environments. His publications include The Legacy of Iconoclasm: Religious War and the Relic Landscape of Tours, Blois and Vendôme, and The Jesuits and the Monarchy: Catholic Reform and Political Authority in France.
Table of Contents
Prologue: From Cosmic History to Human History
PART ONE Diversity and Interaction in The World of 1200 to 1450
1. Before 1200: Patterns in World History
2. Varieties of Civilizations: Eurasia and the Americas, 1200-1450
3. Connections and Interactions, 1200-1450
4. The Mongol Moment and the Remaking of Eurasia, 1200-1450
PART TWO The Early Modern World, 1450–1750
5. Political Transformations: Empires and Encounters, 1450–1750
6. Economic Transformations: Commerce and Consequence, 1450–1750
7. Cultural Transformations: Religion and Science, 1450–1750
PART THREE The European Moment in World History, 1750–1900
8. Atlantic Revolutions, Global Echoes, 1750–1900
9. Revolutions of Industrialization, 1750–1900
10. Colonial Encounters in Asia, Africa, and Oceania, 1750–1950
11. Empires in Collision: Europe, the Middle East, and East Asia, 1800–1900
PART FOUR The Most Recent Century, 1900–PRESENT
12. Milestones of the Past Century: War and Revolution, 1900–1950
13. Milestones of the Past Century: A Changing Global Landscape 1950-PRESENT
14. Global Processes: Technology, Economy, and Society 1900–PRESENT
15. Global Processes: Demography, Culture, and the Environment 1900–PRESENT
Notes
Acknowledgments
Glossary/Glosario of Historical Terms
Glossary/Glosario of Academic Terms
Index
Product Updates
Authors
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Robert W. Strayer
Robert W. Strayer (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin) brings wide experience in world history to the writing of Ways of the World. His teaching career began in Ethiopia where he taught high school world history for two years as part of the Peace Corps. At the university level, he taught African, Soviet, and world history for many years at the State University of New York-College at Brockport, where he received Chancellors Awards for Excellence in Teaching and for Excellence in Scholarship. In 1998 he was visiting professor of world and Soviet history at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. Since moving to California in 2002, he has taught world history at the University of California, Santa Cruz; California State University, Monterey Bay; and Cabrillo College. He is a long-time member of the World History Association and served on its Executive Committee. He has also participated in various AP® World History gatherings, including two years as a reader. His publications include Kenya: Focus on Nationalism, The Making of Mission Communities in East Africa, The Making of the Modern World, Why Did the Soviet Union Collapse?, and The Communist Experiment.
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Eric W. Nelson
Eric W. Nelson (D.Phil., Oxford University) is a professor of history at Missouri State University. He is an experienced teacher who has won a number of awards, including the Governor’s Award for Teaching Excellence in 2011 and the CASE and Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Professor of the Year Award for Missouri in 2012. He is currently Faculty Fellow for Engaged Learning, developing new ways to integrate in-class and online teaching environments. His publications include The Legacy of Iconoclasm: Religious War and the Relic Landscape of Tours, Blois and Vendôme, and The Jesuits and the Monarchy: Catholic Reform and Political Authority in France.
Table of Contents
Prologue: From Cosmic History to Human History
PART ONE Diversity and Interaction in The World of 1200 to 1450
1. Before 1200: Patterns in World History
2. Varieties of Civilizations: Eurasia and the Americas, 1200-1450
3. Connections and Interactions, 1200-1450
4. The Mongol Moment and the Remaking of Eurasia, 1200-1450
PART TWO The Early Modern World, 1450–1750
5. Political Transformations: Empires and Encounters, 1450–1750
6. Economic Transformations: Commerce and Consequence, 1450–1750
7. Cultural Transformations: Religion and Science, 1450–1750
PART THREE The European Moment in World History, 1750–1900
8. Atlantic Revolutions, Global Echoes, 1750–1900
9. Revolutions of Industrialization, 1750–1900
10. Colonial Encounters in Asia, Africa, and Oceania, 1750–1950
11. Empires in Collision: Europe, the Middle East, and East Asia, 1800–1900
PART FOUR The Most Recent Century, 1900–PRESENT
12. Milestones of the Past Century: War and Revolution, 1900–1950
13. Milestones of the Past Century: A Changing Global Landscape 1950-PRESENT
14. Global Processes: Technology, Economy, and Society 1900–PRESENT
15. Global Processes: Demography, Culture, and the Environment 1900–PRESENT
Notes
Acknowledgments
Glossary/Glosario of Historical Terms
Glossary/Glosario of Academic Terms
Index
Product Updates
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