Voyages in World History, International Edition - Softcover

Curtis, Ken

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1133608590 ISBN 13: 9781133608592

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc, 2013

Synopsis

The authors of VOYAGES IN WORLD HISTORY, 2E, International Edition never forget that history is made up of the stories of people. Each chapter of the text centers on a story_a traveler's account that highlights the book's main theme, the constant movement of people, goods, and ideas. The travelers include merchants, poets, rulers, explorers, soldiers, missionaries, and scholars, and their voyages provide a framework for each chapter that will draw you into the stories of world history. For the second edition of this text, the authors added broad global connections to every chapter, which will help you understand events in a larger context. VOYAGES IN WORLD HISTORY, 2E, International Edition helps you make sense of the range of people, places, and events crucial to comprehension of world history.

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About the Author:

Valerie Hansen received her Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1987. She is Professor of History at Yale University, where she teaches courses in East Asian history, especially pre-modern China. Her many scholarly publications include CHANGING GODS IN MEDIEVAL CHINA, 1127?1276 (Princeton UP, 1990) and NEGOTIATING DAILY LIFE IN TRADITIONAL CHINA: HOW ORDINARY PEOPLE USED CONTRACTS, 600-1400 (Yale UP, 1995). She is also author of THE OPEN EMPIRE: A HISTORY OF CHINA TO 1600 (WW Norton, 2000) and THE SILK ROAD: A NEW HISTORY (Oxford UP, 2012). As co-author of the Cengage Learning text VOYAGES IN WORLD HISTORY, she contributes Chapters 1-15. Kenneth R. Curtis received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in African and Comparative World History. His research focuses on colonial to postcolonial transitions in East Africa, with a particular focus on the coffee economy of Tanzania. He is Professor of History and Liberal Studies at California State University Long Beach, where he has taught world history at the introductory level, in special courses designed for future middle and high school teachers, and in graduate seminars. He has worked to advance the teaching of world history at the collegiate and secondary levels in collaboration with the World History Association, the California History/Social Science Project, and the College Board's Advanced Placement World History course.

Review:

1. The Peopling of the World, to 4000 B.C.E. 2. The First Complex Societies in the Eastern Mediterranean, ca. 4000-550 B.C.E. 3. Ancient India and the Rise of Buddhism, 2600 B.C.E.-100 C.E. 4. Blueprint for Empire: China, 1200 B.C.E.-220 C.E. 5. The Americas and the Islands of the Pacific, to 1200 C.E. 6. New Empires in Iran and Greece, 2000 B.C.E.-651 C.E. 7. The Roman Empire and the Rise of Christianity, 509 B.C.E.-476 C.E. 8. Hindu and Buddhist States and Societies in Asia, 100-1000. 9. Islamic Empires of Western Asia and Africa, 600-1258. 10. The Multiple Centers of Europe, 500-1000. 11. Expanding Trade Networks in Africa and India, 1000-1500. 12. China's Commercial Revolution, ca. 900-1276. 13. Europe's Commercial Revolution, 1000-1400. 14. The Mongols and Their Successors, 1200-1500. 15. Maritime Expansion in the Atlantic World, 1400-1600. 16. Maritime Expansion in Afro-Eurasia, 1500-1700. 17. Religion, Politics, and the Balance of Power in Western Eurasia, 1500-1750. 18. Empires, Colonies, and Peoples of the Americas, 1600-1750. 19. The Atlantic System: Africa, the Americas, and Europe, 1550-1807. 20. Empires in Early Modern Asia, 1650-1818. 21. European Science and the Foundations of Modern Imperialism, 1600-1820. 22. Revolutions in the West, 1750-1830. 23. The Industrial Revolution and European Politics, 1765-1880. 24. The Challenge of Modernity in China, Japan, and India, 1800-1910. 25. State Building and Social Change in the Americas, 1830-1895. 26. The New Imperialism in Africa and Southeast Asia, 1830-1914. 27. War, Revolution, and Global Uncertainty, 1905-1928. 28. Responses to Global Crisis, 1920-1939. 29. The Second World War and the Origins of the Cold War, 1939-1949. 30. The Cold War and Decolonization, 1949-1975. 31. Toward a New World Order, 1975-2000. 32. Voyage into the Twenty-First Century.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1133608590
• ISBN 13: 9781133608592
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 1056