World History, A Concise Thematic Analysis Book

Volume 2

Introduction x

Unit Three: The Modern World 371

Themes:

Modernization Globalization The differential of power

Chapter 18: 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

Chapter 19: 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 35
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

Chapter 20: 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

Chapter 21: The Nation-State

Diffusion of the French-British Model 484

The Central European Experience 485
Central Europeans and Internal Coherence 487
Suggested Reading 495

Chapter 22: 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

Chapter 23: Nation-State Formation outside Europe

The United States and Japan 515

The United States 516
Japan 525
Suggested Reading 533

Chapter 24: Internal Divisions and Contradictions

Russia and Latin America 534

Russia 534
Latin America 550
Suggested Reading 556

Chapter 25: In the Crosshairs of Modernity

India and China 557

India 557
Late Imperial China: The Ming and Qing Dynasties 564
Suggested Reading 583

Chapter 26: 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

Chapter 27: 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

Chapter 28: 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

Chapter 29: The Inheritors of Power

The United States and Japan 642

The United States 642
Japan 647
Suggested Reading 655

Chapter 30: Decolonization

Phase One 656

China's Republican Revolution 656
India 663
The Middle East 665
Latin America 670
Suggested Reading 674

Chapter 31: 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

Chapter 32: 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

Chapter 33: 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
Index I-1

MAPS

The Columbian Exchange and the Slave Trade 374
The World Between World War I and II 610
The Imperial Era (1850–1914) 584
1945 to the Present 740