
World Civilizations: The Global Experience, Combined Volume
by Stearns, Peter N.; Adas, Michael; Schwartz, Stuart B.; Gilbert, Marc Jason-
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Summary
Table of Contents
Maps | p. xiii |
Preface | p. xv |
Supplements | p. xx |
About the Authors | p. xxiii |
Prologue | p. xxiv |
From Hunting and Gathering to Civilizations, 2.5 million-1000 B.C.E.: Origins | p. 2 |
The Neolithic Revolution and the Birth of Civilization | p. 8 |
Human Life in the Era of Hunters and Gatherers | p. 9 |
Document: Tales of the Hunt: Paleolithic Cave Paintings as History | p. 13 |
Agriculture and the Origins of Civilization: The Neolithic Revolution | p. 15 |
Visualizing the Past: Representations of Women in Early Art | p. 19 |
The First Towns: Seedbeds of Civilization | p. 20 |
In Depth: The Idea of Civilization in World Historical Perspective | p. 22 |
Global Connections: The Neolithic Revolution as the Basis for World History | p. 24 |
Further Readings | p. 24 |
On the Web | p. 24 |
The Rise of Civilization in the Middle East and Africa | p. 26 |
Civilization in Mesopotamia | p. 27 |
Visualizing the Past: Mesopotamia in Maps | p. 32 |
Document: Hammurabi's Law Code | p. 34 |
Ancient Egypt | p. 35 |
In Depth: Women in Patriarchal Societies | p. 38 |
Egypt and Mesopotamia Compared | p. 39 |
Civilization Centers in Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean | p. 40 |
The Issue of Heritage | p. 43 |
Global Connections: The Early Civilizations and the World | p. 44 |
Further Readings | p. 44 |
On the Web | p. 44 |
Asia's First Civilizations: India and China | p. 46 |
The Indus Valley and the Birth of South Asian Civilization | p. 49 |
Aryan Incursions and Early Aryan Society in India | p. 52 |
Document: Aryan Poetry in Praise of a War Horse | p. 54 |
A Bend in the River and the Beginnings of China | p. 55 |
The Decline of the Shang and the Era of Zhou Dominance | p. 59 |
In Depth: The Legacy of Asia's First Civilizations | p. 60 |
Visualizing the Past: Mapping the Rise of Civilizations | p. 63 |
Global Connections: Contrasting Legacies: Harappan and Early Chinese Civilizations | p. 64 |
Further Readings | p. 65 |
On the Web | p. 65 |
The Classical Period, 1000 B.C.E.-500 C.E.: Uniting Large Regions | p. 68 |
Unification and the Consolidation of Civilization in China | p. 74 |
Philosophical Remedies for the Prolonged Crisis of the Later Zhou | p. 76 |
Document: Teachings of the Rival Chinese Schools | p. 80 |
The Triumph of the Qin and Imperial Unity | p. 80 |
The Han Dynasty and the Foundations of China's Classical Age | p. 83 |
In Depth: Sunzi and the Shift from Ritual Combat to "Real" War | p. 84 |
Visualizing the Past: Capital Designs and Patterns of Political Power | p. 90 |
Global Connections: Classical China and the World | p. 92 |
Further Readings | p. 93 |
On the Web | p. 93 |
Classical Civilization in the Eastern Mediterranean: Persia and Greece | p. 94 |
The Persian Empire: Parallel Power in the Middle East | p. 96 |
The Political Character of Classical Greece | p. 97 |
The Hellenistic Period | p. 102 |
Creativity in Greek and Hellenistic Culture | p. 104 |
In Depth: Defining Social History | p. 106 |
Document: The Power of Greek Drama | p. 108 |
Patterns of Greek and Hellenistic Society | p. 110 |
Visualizing the Past: Commerce and Society | p. 112 |
Global Connections: Persia, Greece, and the World | p. 114 |
Further Readings | p. 114 |
On the Web | p. 114 |
Religious Rivalries and India's Golden Age | p. 116 |
The Age of Brahman Dominance | p. 118 |
In Depth: Inequality as the Social Norm | p. 122 |
Religious Ferment and the Rise of Buddhism | p. 125 |
Visualizing the Past: The Pattern of Trade in the Ancient Eurasian World | p. 130 |
Brahmanical Recovery and the Splendors of the Gupta Age | p. 130 |
Document: A Guardian's Farewell Speech to a Young Woman About to Be Married | p. 135 |
Global Connections: India and the Wider World | p. 137 |
Further Readings | p. 138 |
On the Web | p. 138 |
Rome and Its Empire | p. 140 |
The Development of Rome's Republic | p. 142 |
Roman Culture | p. 146 |
Document: Rome and a Values Crisis | p. 147 |
The Institutions of Empire | p. 148 |
The Evolution of Rome's Economic and Social Structure | p. 150 |
Visualizing the Past: Religions in Rome | p. 151 |
In Depth: The Classical Civilizations in Comparative Perspective | p. 153 |
The Origins of Christianity | p. 154 |
The Decline of Rome | p. 156 |
Global Connections: Rome and the World | p. 156 |
Further Readings | p. 156 |
On the Web | p. 157 |
The Peoples and Civilizations of the Americas | p. 158 |
Origins of American Societies | p. 161 |
Spread of Civilization in Mesoamerica | p. 165 |
Document: Deciphering the Maya Glyphs | p. 169 |
The Peoples to the North | p. 171 |
In Depth: Different Times for Different Peoples | p. 172 |
The Andean World | p. 175 |
Visualizing the Past: Ancient Agriculture | p. 177 |
Global Connections: American Civilizations and the World | p. 180 |
Further Readings | p. 180 |
On the Web | p. 180 |
The Spread of Civilizations and the Movement of Peoples | p. 182 |
The Spread of Civilization in Africa | p. 185 |
Document: Myths of Origin | p. 190 |
In Depth: Language as a Historical Source | p. 194 |
Nomadic Societies and Indo-European Migrations | p. 195 |
Visualizing the Past: Varieties of Human Adaptation and the Potential for Civilization | p. 200 |
The Spread of Chinese Civilization to Japan | p. 200 |
The Scattered Societies of Polynesia | p. 206 |
Global Connections: The Emerging Cultures | p. 209 |
Further Readings | p. 210 |
On the Web | p. 210 |
The End of the Classical Era: World History in Transition, 200-700 C.E. | p. 212 |
Upheavals in Eastern and Southern Asia | p. 214 |
Document: The Popularization of Buddhism | p. 216 |
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire | p. 218 |
In Depth: The Problem of Decline and Fall | p. 222 |
The Development and Spread of World Religions | p. 222 |
Visualizing the Past: Religious Geography | p. 226 |
Global Connections: The Late Classical Period and the World | p. 227 |
Further Readings | p. 227 |
On the Web | p. 227 |
The Postclassical Period, 500-1450: New Faith and New Commerce | p. 230 |
The First Global Civilization: The Rise and Spread of Islam | p. 236 |
Desert and Town: The Pre-Islamic Arabian World | p. 238 |
The Life of Muhammad and the Genesis of Islam | p. 242 |
The Arab Empire of the Umayyads | p. 246 |
In Depth: Civilization and Gender Relationships | p. 250 |
From Arab to Islamic Empire: The Early Abbasid Era | p. 253 |
Document: The Thousand and One Nights as a Mirror of Elite Society in the Abbasid Era | p. 255 |
Visualizing the Past: The Mosque as a Symbol of Islamic Civilization | p. 256 |
Global Connections: Early Islam and the World | p. 258 |
Further Readings | p. 258 |
On the Web | p. 259 |
Abbasid Decline and the Spread of Islamic Civilization to South and Southeast Asia | p. 260 |
The Islamic Heartlands in the Middle and Late Abbasid Eras | p. 262 |
Document: Ibn Khaldun on the Rise and Decline of Empires | p. 266 |
An Age of Learning and Artistic Refinements | p. 267 |
The Coming of Islam to South Asia | p. 270 |
Visualizing the Past: The Patterns of Islam's Global Expansions | p. 271 |
The Spread of Islam to Southeast Asia | p. 277 |
In Depth: Conversion and Accommodation in the Spread of World Religions | p. 278 |
Global Connections: Islam: A Bridge Between Worlds | p. 280 |
Further Readings | p. 280 |
On the Web | p. 281 |
African Civilizations and the Spread of Islam | p. 282 |
African Societies: Diversity and Similarities | p. 284 |
Kingdoms of the Grasslands | p. 287 |
Document: The Great Oral Tradition and the Epic of Sundiata | p. 290 |
Visualizing the Past: The Architecture of Faith | p. 293 |
The Swahili Coast of East Africa | p. 294 |
Peoples of the Forest and Plains | p. 295 |
In Depth: Two Transitions in the History of World Population | p. 296 |
Global Connections: Internal Development and Global Contacts | p. 301 |
Further Readings | p. 302 |
On the Web | p. 302 |
Civilization in Eastern Europe: Byzantium and Orthodox Europe | p. 304 |
The Byzantine Empire | p. 307 |
Visualizing the Past: Women and Power in Byzantium | p. 311 |
The Spread of Civilization in Eastern Europe | p. 313 |
Document: Russia Turns to Christianity | p. 316 |
In Depth: Eastern and Western Europe: The Problem of Boundaries | p. 318 |
Global Connections: Eastern Europe and the World | p. 318 |
Further Readings | p. 319 |
On the Web | p. 319 |
A New Civilization Emerges in Western Europe | p. 320 |
Stages of Postclassical Development | p. 323 |
Western Culture in the Postclassical Era | p. 331 |
Changing Economic and Social Forms in the Postclassical Centuries | p. 334 |
Visualizing the Past: Peasant Labor | p. 335 |
Document: Changing Roles for Women | p. 338 |
The Decline of the Medieval Synthesis | p. 339 |
In Depth: Western Civilization | p. 341 |
Global Connections: Medieval Europe and the World | p. 342 |
Further Readings | p. 342 |
On the Web | p. 342 |
The Americas on the Eve of Invasion | p. 344 |
Postclassic Mesoamerica, 1000-1500 C.E. | p. 346 |
Aztec Society in Transition | p. 351 |
Document: Aztec Women and Men | p. 354 |
Twantinsuyu: World of the Incas | p. 354 |
Visualizing the Past: Archeological Evidence of Political Practices | p. 357 |
In Depth: The "Troubling" Civilizations of the Americas | p. 360 |
The Other Peoples of the Americas | p. 362 |
Global Connections: The Americas and the World | p. 364 |
Further Readings | p. 364 |
On the Web | p. 365 |
Reunification and Renaissance in Chinese Civilization: The Era of the Tang and Song Dynasties | p. 366 |
Rebuilding the Imperial Edifice in the Sui-Tang Era | p. 367 |
Document: Ties That Bind: Paths to Power | p. 371 |
Tang Decline and the Rise of the Song | p. 373 |
Tang and Song Prosperity: The Basis of a Golden Age | p. 377 |
Visualizing the Past: The Great Ships of the Tang and Song Eras | p. 380 |
In Depth: Artistic Expression and Social Values | p. 383 |
Global Connections: China's World Role | p. 386 |
Further Readings | p. 386 |
On the Web | p. 387 |
The Spread of Chinese Civilization: Japan, Korea, and Vietnam | p. 388 |
Japan: The Imperial Age | p. 390 |
The Era of Warrior Dominance | p. 395 |
In Depth: Comparing Feudalisms | p. 396 |
Korea: Between China and Japan | p. 400 |
Between China and Southeast Asia: The Making of Vietnam | p. 403 |
Visualizing the Past: What Their Portraits Tell Us: Gatekeeper Elites and the Persistence of Civilizations | p. 406 |
Document: Literature as a Mirror of the Exchanges Between Civilized Centers | p. 409 |
Global Connections: In the Orbit of China: The East Asian Corner of the Global System | p. 410 |
Further Readings | p. 410 |
On the Web | p. 411 |
The Last Great Nomadic Challenges: From Chinggis Khan to Timur | p. 412 |
The Mongol Empire of Chinggis Khan | p. 415 |
Document: A European Assessment of the Virtues and Vices of the Mongols | p. 419 |
The Mongol Drive to the West | p. 420 |
Visualizing the Past: The Mongol Empire as a Bridge Between Civilizations | p. 422 |
The Mongol Interlude in Chinese History | p. 425 |
In Depth: The Eclipse of the Nomadic War Machine | p. 428 |
Global Connections: The Mongol Linkages | p. 431 |
Further Readings | p. 432 |
On the Web | p. 432 |
The West and the Changing Balance of World Power | p. 434 |
The Decline of the Old Order | p. 436 |
The Rise of the West | p. 438 |
Visualizing the Past: Population Trends | p. 439 |
Document: Italian Renaissance Culture | p. 441 |
Western Expansion: The Experimental Phase | p. 442 |
Outside the World Network | p. 445 |
In Depth: The Problem of Ethnocentrism | p. 446 |
Global Connections: 1450 and the World | p. 447 |
Further Readings | p. 448 |
On the Web | p. 448 |
The Early Modern Period, 1450-1750: The World Shrinks | p. 452 |
The World Economy | p. 458 |
The West's First Outreach: Maritime Power | p. 460 |
In Depth: Causation and the West's Expansion | p. 464 |
Toward a World Economy | p. 465 |
Visualizing the Past: West Indian Slaveholding | p. 467 |
Colonial Expansion | p. 469 |
Document: Western Conquerors: Tactics and Motives | p. 470 |
Global Connections: The World Economy-And the World | p. 476 |
Further Readings | p. 476 |
On the Web | p. 477 |
The Transformation of the West, 1450-1750 | p. 478 |
The First Big Changes: Culture and Commerce, 1450-1650 | p. 480 |
Science and Politics: The Next Phase of Change | p. 486 |
Visualizing the Past: Versailles | p. 488 |
In Depth: Elites and Masses | p. 491 |
The West by 1750 | p. 491 |
Document: Controversies About Women | p. 493 |
Global Connections: Europe and the World | p. 496 |
Further Readings | p. 496 |
On the Web | p. 496 |
The Rise of Russia | p. 498 |
Russia's Expansionist Politics Under the Tsars | p. 500 |
Russia's First Westernization, 1690-1790 | p. 502 |
Document: The Nature of Westernization | p. 507 |
Themes in Early Modern Russian History | p. 508 |
Visualizing the Past: Oppressed Peasants | p. 509 |
In Depth: Multinational Empires | p. 512 |
Global Connections: Russia and the World | p. 512 |
Further Readings | p. 512 |
On the Web | p. 513 |
Early Latin America | p. 514 |
Spaniards and Portuguese: From Reconquest to Conquest | p. 517 |
Document: A Vision from the Vanquished | p. 521 |
The Destruction and Transformation of American Indian Societies | p. 523 |
In Depth: The Great Exchange | p. 526 |
Colonial Economies and Governments | p. 526 |
Brazil: The First Plantation Colony | p. 531 |
Multiracial Societies | p. 533 |
Visualizing the Past: Race or Culture? A Changing Society | p. 534 |
The 18th-Century Reforms | p. 536 |
Global Connections: Latin American Civilization and the World Context | p. 539 |
Further Readings | p. 540 |
On the Web | p. 540 |
Africa and the Africans in the Age of the Atlantic Slave Trade | p. 542 |
The Atlantic Slave Trade | p. 545 |
In Depth: Slavery and Human Society | p. 548 |
African Societies, Slavery, and the Slave Trade | p. 550 |
Visualizing the Past: Symbols of African Kingship | p. 555 |
White Settlers and Africans in Southern Africa | p. 556 |
The African Diaspora | p. 558 |
Document: An African's Description of the Middle Passage | p. 560 |
Global Connections: Africa and the African Diaspora in World Context | p. 563 |
Further Readings | p. 564 |
On the Web | p. 564 |
The Muslim Empires | p. 566 |
The Ottomans: From Frontier Warriors to Empire Builders | p. 569 |
Document: An Islamic Traveler Laments the Muslims' Indifference to Europe | p. 574 |
The Shi'a Challenge of the Safavids | p. 576 |
In Depth: The Gunpowder Empires and the Shifting Balance of Global Power | p. 578 |
The Mughals and the Apex of Muslim Civilization in India | p. 583 |
Visualizing the Past: The Basis of Imperial Power in the Rival Muslim Empires | p. 585 |
Global Connections: Gunpowder Empires and the Restoration of the Islamic Bridge Between Civilizations | p. 590 |
Further Readings | p. 590 |
On the Web | p. 591 |
Asian Transitions in an Age of Global Change | p. 592 |
The Asian Trading World and the Coming of the Europeans | p. 594 |
Visualizing the Past: Intruders: The Pattern of Early European Expansion into Asia | p. 598 |
Ming China: A Global Mission Refused | p. 601 |
Document: Exam Questions as a Mirror of Chinese Values | p. 603 |
In Depth: Means and Motives for Overseas Expansion: Europe and China Compared | p. 606 |
Fending Off the West: Japan's Reunification and the First Challenge | p. 609 |
Global Connections: An Age of Eurasian Closure | p. 612 |
Further Readings | p. 613 |
On the Web | p. 613 |
The Dawn of the Industrial Age, 1750-1914 | p. 616 |
The Emergence of Industrial Society in the West, 1750-1914 | p. 622 |
The Age of Revolution | p. 623 |
Visualizing the Past: The French Revolution in Cartoons | p. 627 |
The Consolidation of the Industrial Order, 1850-1914 | p. 631 |
Document: Women in the Industrial Revolution | p. 634 |
Cultural Transformations | p. 637 |
Western Settler Societies | p. 639 |
In Depth: The United States in World History | p. 642 |
Diplomatic Tensions and World War I | p. 644 |
Global Connections: Industrial Europe and the World | p. 645 |
Further Readings | p. 646 |
On the Web | p. 646 |
Industrialization and Imperialism: The Making of the European Global Order | p. 648 |
The Shift to Land Empires in Asia | p. 651 |
In Depth: Western Education and the Rise of an African and Asian Middle Class | p. 656 |
Industrial Rivalries and the Partition of the World, 1870-1914 | p. 659 |
Patterns of Dominance: Continuity and Change | p. 662 |
Visualizing the Past: Capitalism and Colonialism | p. 663 |
Document: Contrary Images: The Colonizer Versus the Colonized on the "Civilizing Mission" | p. 665 |
Global Connections: A European-Dominated World Order | p. 670 |
Further Readings | p. 671 |
On the Web | p. 671 |
The Consolidation of Latin America, 1830-1920 | p. 672 |
From Colonies to Nations | p. 674 |
New Nations Confront Old and New Problems | p. 678 |
Document: Confronting the Hispanic Heritage: From Independence to Consolidation | p. 680 |
Latin American Economies and World Markets, 1820-1870 | p. 682 |
Societies in Search of Themselves | p. 689 |
In Depth: Explaining Underdevelopment | p. 692 |
Visualizing the Past Images of the Spanish-American War | p. 695 |
Global Connections: New Latin American Nations and the World | p. 697 |
Further Readings | p. 698 |
On the Web | p. 698 |
Civilizations in Crisis: The Ottoman Empire, the Islamic Heartlands, and Qing China | p. 700 |
From Empire to Nation: Ottoman Retreat and the Birth of Turkey | p. 703 |
In Depth: Western Dominance and the Decline of Civilizations | p. 706 |
Western Intrusions and the Crisis in the Arab Islamic Heartlands | p. 707 |
Visualizing the Past: Mapping the Decline of Civilizations | p. 712 |
The Last Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the Qing Empire in China | p. 714 |
Document: Building a New China | p. 721 |
Global Connections: Muslim and Chinese Decline and a Shifting Global Balance | p. 721 |
Further Readings | p. 722 |
On the Web | p. 723 |
Russia and Japan: Industrialization Outside the West | p. 724 |
Russia's Reforms and Industrial Advance | p. 727 |
Document: Conditions for Factory Workers in Russia's Industrialization | p. 731 |
Protest and Revolution in Russia | p. 732 |
Japan: Transformation Without Revolution | p. 735 |
In Depth: The Separate Paths of Japan and China | p. 737 |
Visualizing the Past: Two Faces of Western Influence | p. 740 |
Global Connections: Russia and Japan in the World | p. 742 |
Further Readings | p. 743 |
On the Web | p. 743 |
The Newest Stage of World History: 1914-Present | p. 746 |
Descent into the Abyss: World War I and the Crisis of the European Global Order | p. 754 |
The Coming of the Great War | p. 757 |
A World at War | p. 759 |
Visualizing the Past: Trench Warfare | p. 764 |
Failed Peace | p. 765 |
The Nationalist Assault on the European Colonial Order | p. 767 |
Document: Lessons for the Colonized from the Slaughter in the Trenches | p. 768 |
In Depth: Women in Asian and African Nationalist Movements | p. 776 |
Global Connections: World War and Global Upheavals | p. 779 |
Further Readings | p. 779 |
On the Web | p. 780 |
The World Between the Wars: Revolutions, Depression, and Authoritarian Response | p. 782 |
The Roaring Twenties | p. 783 |
Revolution: The First Waves | p. 789 |
In Depth: A Century of Revolutions | p. 794 |
The Global Great Depression | p. 800 |
The Authoritarian Response | p. 803 |
Visualizing the Past: Guernica and the Images of War | p. 805 |
Document: Socialist Realism | p. 810 |
Global Connections: Economic Depression, Authoritarian Response, and Democratic Retreat | p. 813 |
Further Readings | p. 813 |
On the Web | p. 814 |
A Second Global Conflict and the End of the European World Order | p. 816 |
Old and New Causes of a Second World War | p. 819 |
Unchecked Aggression and the Coming of War in Europe and the Pacific | p. 820 |
In Depth: Total War | p. 821 |
The Conduct of a Second Global War | p. 823 |
Document: Japan and the Loss of World War II | p. 828 |
War's End and the Emergence of the Superpower Standoff | p. 829 |
Nationalism and Decolonization | p. 831 |
Visualizing the Past: On National Leadership | p. 835 |
Global Connections: Persisting Trends in a World Transformed by War | p. 839 |
Further Readings | p. 839 |
On the Web | p. 840 |
Western Society and Eastern Europe in the Decades of the Cold War | p. 842 |
After World War II: A New International Setting for the West | p. 844 |
The Resurgence of Western Europe | p. 847 |
In Depth: The United States and Western Europe: Convergence and Complexity | p. 852 |
Cold War Allies: The United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand | p. 853 |
Culture and Society in the West | p. 855 |
Visualizing the Past: Women at Work in France and the United States | p. 857 |
Eastern Europe After World War II: A Soviet Empire | p. 860 |
Soviet Culture: Promoting New Beliefs and Institutions | p. 863 |
Document: 1986: A New Wave of Soviet Reform | p. 868 |
Global Connections: The Cold War and the World | p. 869 |
Further Readings | p. 870 |
On the Web | p. 870 |
Latin America: Revolution and Reaction into the 21st Century | p. 872 |
Latin America After World War II | p. 875 |
Radical Options in the 1950s | p. 877 |
Visualizing the Past: Murals and Posters: Art and Revolution | p. 878 |
The Search for Reform and the Military Option | p. 881 |
Document: The People Speak | p. 882 |
In Depth: Human Rights in the 20th Century | p. 886 |
Societies in Search of Change | p. 888 |
Global Connections: Struggling Toward the Future in a Global Economy | p. 891 |
Further Readings | p. 892 |
On the Web | p. 892 |
Africa, the Middle East, and Asia in the Era of Independence | p. 894 |
The Challenges of Independence | p. 896 |
Document: Cultural Creativity in the Emerging Nations: Some Literary Samples | p. 903 |
In Depth: Artificial Nations and the Rising Tide of Communal Strife | p. 904 |
Paths to Economic Growth and Social Justice | p. 906 |
Visualizing the Past: Globalization and Postcolonial Societies | p. 917 |
Global Connections: Postcolonial Nations in the Cold War World Order | p. 917 |
Further Readings | p. 918 |
On the Web | p. 918 |
Rebirth and Revolution: Nation-Building in East Asia and the Pacific Rim | p. 920 |
East Asia in the Postwar Settlements | p. 922 |
Japan, Incorporated | p. 925 |
The Pacific Rim: New Japans? | p. 929 |
Visualizing the Past: Pacific Rim Growth | p. 931 |
In Depth: The Pacific Rim as a U.S. Policy Issue | p. 932 |
Mao's China and Beyond | p. 933 |
Document: Women in the Revolutionary Struggle | p. 938 |
Colonialism and Revolution in Vietnam | p. 940 |
Global Connections: East Asia and the Pacific Rim in the Contemporary World | p. 945 |
Further Readings | p. 946 |
On the Web | p. 946 |
The End of the Cold War and the Shape of a New Era: World History 1990-2006 | p. 948 |
The End of the Cold War | p. 949 |
Visualizing the Past: Symbolism in the Breakdown of the Soviet Bloc | p. 955 |
The Spread of Democracy | p. 957 |
Document: Democratic Protest and Repression in China | p. 958 |
The Great Powers and New Disputes | p. 960 |
The United States as Sole Superpower | p. 963 |
In Depth: Terrorism, Then and Now | p. 964 |
Global Connections: New Global Standards, New Divisions | p. 967 |
Further Readings | p. 967 |
On the Web | p. 968 |
Globalization and Resistance | p. 970 |
Globalization: Causes and Processes | p. 971 |
Document: Protests Against Globalization | p. 976 |
Resistance and Alternatives | p. 978 |
In Depth: How Much Historical Change? | p. 980 |
The Global Environment | p. 981 |
Visualizing the Past: Two Faces of Globalization | p. 984 |
Toward the Future | p. 985 |
Global Connections: Civilizations and Global Forces | p. 986 |
Further Readings | p. 986 |
On the Web | p. 987 |
Document Analysis Questions | p. D-1 |
Glossary | p. G-1 |
Credits | p. C-1 |
Index | p. I-1 |
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