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Modern World History: New Perspectives

This is a collaborative project involving many authors who look at the history of the modern world through the lens of anti-racism, equity, and social justice. We offer some suggestions for a better way forward for teaching, writing, and thinking about our collective human past. This book represents a start of a complex process of reckoning that history as a discipline must undergo.

HistoryHumanities
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Open Education Resource Initative
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Contents· 127 sections
  1. 01: Introduction
  2. 1.01: History Involves Choices
  3. 1.02: Anti-Racism Equity and History
  4. 1.03: History and Social Justice
  5. 1.04: History and Power
  6. 1.05: A Better Way
  7. 1.06: Suggested Readings and Works Cited
  8. 02: Global Interactions - 1450-1650
  9. 2.01: Early Modern Globalization
  10. 2.02: State Building in West Africa
  11. 2.03: Trade and Interaction in the Indian Ocean
  12. 2.04: Arrival of Europeans in the Indian Ocean
  13. 2.05: China in the Gloal Economy
  14. 2.06: Silver and the Ming Dynasty
  15. 2.07: Empires and Globalization
  16. 2.08: Chapter Summary and Key Terms
  17. 2.09: Suggested Readings and Works Cited
  18. 03: Expansive Cultures - 1500-1650
  19. 3.01: Gunpowder Empires- Introduction and Ottomans
  20. 3.02: Gunpowder Empires- Safavids
  21. 3.03: Gunpowder Empires- Mughals
  22. 3.04: Women Slaves and Eunuchs in the Dar al Islam
  23. 3.05: Ming and Qing Chinese Society and Culture
  24. 3.06: Society and Culture of Tokugawa Japan
  25. 3.07: Empire of Mali
  26. 3.08: American Discovery
  27. 3.09: Chapter Summary and Key Terms
  28. 3.10: Suggested Readings and Works Cited
  29. 04: A Revolutionary New World - 1600-1850
  30. 4.01: Absolutist States
  31. 4.02: Age of Enlightenment in Europe
  32. 4.03: Atlantic Revolutions
  33. 4.04: Sugar and the Haitian Revolution
  34. 4.05: Chapter Summary and Key Terms
  35. 4.06: Further Reading and Works Cited
  36. 05: Economic Transformation and Nation-Building - 1800-1900
  37. 5.01: The First and Second Industrial Revolutions
  38. 5.02: Cultural and Political Effects of the Industrial Revolution in the Industrialized World
  39. 5.03: The Effects of the Industrial Revolution on Africa (1800-1850)
  40. 5.04: The Industrial Revolution and Nation - Building in the Americas - The USA as an Emerging Power
  41. 5.05: The Industrial Revolution and Nation-Building in the Americas - Mexico in Crisis
  42. 5.06: The Industrial Revolution and Nation-Building in the Americas - The South American Model Republic Falters
  43. 5.07: Illiberal Modernization - Germany
  44. 5.08: Illiberal Modernizers - Japan
  45. 5.09: Effects of the Industrial Revolution on India
  46. 5.10: Chapter Summary and Key Terms
  47. 5.11: Suggested Readings and Works Cited
  48. 06: Imperialism - 1800-1900
  49. 6.01: Decline of the Land-Based Empires
  50. 6.02: The British Commonwealth and the Spread of the British Empire
  51. 6.03: China and Japan
  52. 6.04: The United States Civil War and United States Imperialism
  53. 6.05: Latin America and Neoliberalism
  54. 6.06: The European Scramble for Africa
  55. 6.07: The Role of Military Technology in Colonial Domination
  56. 6.08: Chapter Summary and Key Terms
  57. 6.09: Suggested Readings and Works Cited
  58. 07: The Great War - 1914-1919
  59. 7.01: The Coming of War
  60. 7.02: The Western Front
  61. 7.03: Beyond the Western Front
  62. 7.04: The World at War
  63. 7.05: The Russians Exit the United States Enters
  64. 7.06: Political Dissent on the Homefront
  65. 7.07: The Costs of War
  66. 7.08: Envisioning a Post-War World
  67. 7.09: The Post-War Middle East
  68. 7.10: Racism and the Red Scare
  69. 7.11: Chapter Summary and Key Terms
  70. 7.12: Suggested Readings and Works Cited
  71. 08: Causes and Consequences of the Great Depression - 1920-1938
  72. 8.01: Causes of the Great Depression in Europe and the United States
  73. 8.02: Democratic Reformers in the Americas - A New Deal for Who
  74. 8.03: The Popular Front Comes to the Americas - The Oligarchy Remains
  75. 8.04: The Politics of Inclusion and Exclusion in the Americas - Forging the Cosmic Race
  76. 8.05: Africa during the Great Depression - Emerging Nationalism
  77. 8.06: Scientific Racism - Germany
  78. 8.07: Scientific Racism - Japan
  79. 8.08: The Great Depression - Asia
  80. 8.09: Communism in the USSR and China
  81. 8.10: Chapter Summary and Key Terms
  82. 8.11: Suggested Readings and Works Cited
  83. 09: World War II - 1939-1945
  84. 9.01: The Road to War in Asia
  85. 9.02: The Road to War in Europe
  86. 9.03: The Road to Victory
  87. 9.04: Important Battles and Conferences
  88. 9.05: Human Costs of the War
  89. 9.06: US Industry and the Home Front
  90. 9.07: Chapter Summary and Key Terms
  91. 9.08: Suggested Readings and Works Cited
  92. 10: A World of New Nations- 1945-1970
  93. 10.01: The United Nations
  94. 10.02: The New Nations of Asia
  95. 10.03: The New Nations of the Middle East
  96. 10.04: International Crisis
  97. 10.05: War and Peace
  98. 10.06: The New Nations of Africa
  99. 10.07: Chapter Summary and Key Terms
  100. 10.08: Suggested Readings and Works Cited
  101. 11: Cold War and the Politics of Race- 1950-2000
  102. 11.01: Geopolitical Strategies- USSR and US
  103. 11.02: Korean War- 1950-53
  104. 11.03: Vietnam Conflict- 1955-75
  105. 11.04: Afghan-Soviet War- 1979-89
  106. 11.05: Civil War in El Salvador- 1979-92
  107. 11.06: Cuban Revolution- 1959
  108. 11.07: Argentina's Dirty War- 1976-83
  109. 11.08: Angolan Civil War- 1975-2002
  110. 11.09: Chapter Summary and Key Terms
  111. 11.10: Suggested Readings and Works Cited
  112. 12: Optimism and Unease- 1970-2000
  113. 12.01: Democracy Thwarted in the Middle East - Iran in the 1970s
  114. 12.02: The Spread of Extremist Religious Movements in the Middle East
  115. 12.03: Religious Resurgence in the USA - Evangelical Protestantism
  116. 12.04: Religious Conflict Erupts in the Middle East
  117. 12.05: The Soviet Union on the Brink of Collapse
  118. 12.06: The Collapse of the Soviet Union
  119. 12.07: Third Wave Democratization - Latin America
  120. 12.08: Third Wave Democratization - Africa
  121. 12.09: Chapter Summary and Key Terms
  122. 12.10: Suggested Readings and Works Cited
  123. 13: Epilogue- Charting A Course towards Equity
  124. 13.01: The Limitations of Western Civ. Courses
  125. 13.02: Expanding Horizons- Methods in World History
  126. 13.03: Decentering Historical Narratives
  127. 13.04: A Commitment to Anti-Racism