Events That Formed the Modern World
From the European Renaissance through the War on Terror [5 volumes]
Published on 31. May 2012
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978-1-59884-901-1 (ISBN)
Description
This comprehensive five-volume set contains readable essays that describe and interpret the most important global events since the European Renaissance, some accompanied by related document excerpts and primary source materials.
What were the effects of the Age of Exploration on today's ethnic groups and social structure? How did the development of moveable type pave the way for Facebook and Twitter? Why is the Reformation so critical for understanding today's religious controversies? This set will help readers answer these questions by exploring the most significant historical events of the modern world.
This five-volume set covers times from the Renaissance to the present. Each volume focuses on a specific historic period and examines 12 events within those time frames that changed the world. Each entry provides an introduction that lays out factual material in a chronological manner, an in-depth essay interpreting the event's significance, and an annotated bibliography of the most important current works on the topic. Select entries are followed by primary sources pertaining to the event under consideration, such as diary entries. Targeted to both general readers as well as entry-level university students, this book also directly supports high school and undergraduate curricula, allowing students to identify and contextualize events in order to think critically about their causes, aftermath, and legacy.
What were the effects of the Age of Exploration on today's ethnic groups and social structure? How did the development of moveable type pave the way for Facebook and Twitter? Why is the Reformation so critical for understanding today's religious controversies? This set will help readers answer these questions by exploring the most significant historical events of the modern world.
This five-volume set covers times from the Renaissance to the present. Each volume focuses on a specific historic period and examines 12 events within those time frames that changed the world. Each entry provides an introduction that lays out factual material in a chronological manner, an in-depth essay interpreting the event's significance, and an annotated bibliography of the most important current works on the topic. Select entries are followed by primary sources pertaining to the event under consideration, such as diary entries. Targeted to both general readers as well as entry-level university students, this book also directly supports high school and undergraduate curricula, allowing students to identify and contextualize events in order to think critically about their causes, aftermath, and legacy.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Interest Age: From 7 to 17 years
Illustrations
165 bw illus
Weight
4990 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59884-901-1 (9781598849011)
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Frank W. Thackeray | John E. Findling
Events That Formed the Modern World
From the European Renaissance Through the War on Terror [5 Volumes]
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05/2012
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Persons
Frank W. Thackeray is professor emeritus of history at Indiana University Southeast, New Albany.
John E. Findling is professor emeritus of history at Indiana University Southeast, New Albany.
John E. Findling is professor emeritus of history at Indiana University Southeast, New Albany.
Content
1. The Chinese Revolution, 1911-1949
Introduction
Interpretive Essay by Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom
Chiang Kai-shek (1887-1975)
Mao Zedong (1893-1976)
Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925)
Zhou Enlai (1898-1976)
Document: Excerpt from Quotations from Chairman Mao Zedong (1964)
2. World War I, 1914-1918
Introduction
Interpretive Essay by Marilyn Shevin-Coetzee and Frans Coetzee
Battle of Amiens (1918)
Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria (1863-1914)
Joseph Joffre (1852-1931)
T. E. Lawrence (1888-1935)
Erich Ludendorff (1865-1937)
Document: Schlieffen Plan (1905)
Document: Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points (1918)
3. The Russian Revolution, 1917-1921
Introduction
Interpretive Essay by Bruce F. Adams
Aleksandr Kerensky (1881-1970)
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924)
Nicholas II, Tsar of Russia (1868-1918)
Grigori Rasputin (1871-1916)
Document: Nicholas II's Abdication Proclamation (1917)
Document: Lenin's Declaration of the Rights of the Toiling and Exploited Peoples (1918)
4. The Rise of Fascism, 1919-1945
Introduction
Interpretive Essay by George P. Blum
Neville Chamberlain (1869-1940)
Francisco Franco (1892-1975)
Sir Oswald Mosley (1896-1980)
Benito Mussolini (1883-1945)
Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)
Document: Mussolini's Definition of Fascism (1932)
Document: Munich Pact (1938)
5. The Great Depression, 1929-c. 1939
Introduction
Interpretive Essay by Lowell J. Satre
Credit-Anstalt Failure (1931)
Woody Guthrie (1912-1967)
Herbert Hoover (1874-1964)
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945)
Stock Market Crash (1929)
Document: John Maynard Keynes's "The Economic Consequences of the Peace" (1919)
6. World War II, 1939-1945
Introduction
Interpretive Essay by Larry Thornton
Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
Adolf Hitler (1889-1945)
Joseph Stalin (1879-1953)
Document: Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact (1939)
7. The End of Colonialism, c. 1945-Present
Introduction
Interpretive Essay by Marijan Salopek
Bandung Conference (1955)
Frantz Fanon (1925-1961)
Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948)
Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969)
Mau Mau Revolt (1950s)
Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972)
Document: Excerpt from Kwame Nkrumah's I Speak of Freedom (1961)
8. The Cold War, c. 1946-1991
Introduction
Interpretive Essay by Thomas Philip Wolf
John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)
Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971)
Document: Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" Speech (1946)
Document: Marshall Plan (1947)
Document: Fidel Castro's Second Declaration of Havana (1962)
9. European Unification, c. 1947-Present
Introduction
Interpretive Essay by Richard A. Leiby
Konrad Adenauer (1876-1967)
Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970)
Jean Monnet (1888-1979)
Robert Schuman (1886-1963)
Margaret Thatcher (1925-)
Document: Elysee Treaty (1963)
10. The Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1948-Present
Introduction
Interpretive Essay by Timothy K. Welliver
Menachem Begin (1913-1992)
Muhammad Dahlan (1961-)
Levi Eshkol (1895-1969)
Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918-1970)
Abd al-Aziz Rantisi (1947-2004)
Yom Kippur War (1973)
Document: Camp David Peace Treaty (1979)
11. Computers and the Age of Hi-Tech, 1976-Present
Introduction
Interpretive Essay by Mark Rice
Apple Computer
Tim Berners-Lee (1955-)
Bill Gates (1955-)
Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (1815-1852)
Alan Turing (1912-1954)
12. China's Rise to Global Importance, 1978-Present
Introduction
Interpretive Essay by Yuxin Ma
Deng Xiaoping (1904-1997)
Hu Yaobang (1915-1989)
Jiang Zemin (1926-)
Li Peng (1928-)
Zhao Ziyang (1919-2005)
Document: "The Truth about the Beijing Turmoil" (1990)
13. The Collapse of the Soviet Union, 1985-1991
Introduction
Interpretive Essay by Charles E. Ziegler
Yuri Andropov (1914-1984)
Mikhail Gorbachev (1931-)
Governors Island Meeting (1988)
Vladimir Putin (1952-)
Soviet Coup of 1991
Boris Yeltsin (1931-2007)
Document: Boris Yeltsin's Speech Following a Hard-Line Revolt (1993)
14. September 11 and the War on Terror, 2001-Present
Introduction
Interpretive Essay by Clifford L. Staten
Al-Qaeda
Osama bin Laden (1957-2011)
George W. Bush (1946-)
Iraq War (2003)
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (1966-2006)
Document: President Barack Obama Announces the Death of Osama bin Laden (2011)
Appendix A: Glossary of Terms and People
Appendix B: Timeline
Appendix C: Population of Selected Countries (in Millions)
Appendix D: Member States of the United Nations
Appendix E: Member States of the European Union
Appendix F: Member States of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
About the Editors and Contributors
Index
Introduction
Interpretive Essay by Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom
Chiang Kai-shek (1887-1975)
Mao Zedong (1893-1976)
Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925)
Zhou Enlai (1898-1976)
Document: Excerpt from Quotations from Chairman Mao Zedong (1964)
2. World War I, 1914-1918
Introduction
Interpretive Essay by Marilyn Shevin-Coetzee and Frans Coetzee
Battle of Amiens (1918)
Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria (1863-1914)
Joseph Joffre (1852-1931)
T. E. Lawrence (1888-1935)
Erich Ludendorff (1865-1937)
Document: Schlieffen Plan (1905)
Document: Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points (1918)
3. The Russian Revolution, 1917-1921
Introduction
Interpretive Essay by Bruce F. Adams
Aleksandr Kerensky (1881-1970)
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924)
Nicholas II, Tsar of Russia (1868-1918)
Grigori Rasputin (1871-1916)
Document: Nicholas II's Abdication Proclamation (1917)
Document: Lenin's Declaration of the Rights of the Toiling and Exploited Peoples (1918)
4. The Rise of Fascism, 1919-1945
Introduction
Interpretive Essay by George P. Blum
Neville Chamberlain (1869-1940)
Francisco Franco (1892-1975)
Sir Oswald Mosley (1896-1980)
Benito Mussolini (1883-1945)
Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)
Document: Mussolini's Definition of Fascism (1932)
Document: Munich Pact (1938)
5. The Great Depression, 1929-c. 1939
Introduction
Interpretive Essay by Lowell J. Satre
Credit-Anstalt Failure (1931)
Woody Guthrie (1912-1967)
Herbert Hoover (1874-1964)
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945)
Stock Market Crash (1929)
Document: John Maynard Keynes's "The Economic Consequences of the Peace" (1919)
6. World War II, 1939-1945
Introduction
Interpretive Essay by Larry Thornton
Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
Adolf Hitler (1889-1945)
Joseph Stalin (1879-1953)
Document: Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact (1939)
7. The End of Colonialism, c. 1945-Present
Introduction
Interpretive Essay by Marijan Salopek
Bandung Conference (1955)
Frantz Fanon (1925-1961)
Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948)
Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969)
Mau Mau Revolt (1950s)
Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972)
Document: Excerpt from Kwame Nkrumah's I Speak of Freedom (1961)
8. The Cold War, c. 1946-1991
Introduction
Interpretive Essay by Thomas Philip Wolf
John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)
Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971)
Document: Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" Speech (1946)
Document: Marshall Plan (1947)
Document: Fidel Castro's Second Declaration of Havana (1962)
9. European Unification, c. 1947-Present
Introduction
Interpretive Essay by Richard A. Leiby
Konrad Adenauer (1876-1967)
Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970)
Jean Monnet (1888-1979)
Robert Schuman (1886-1963)
Margaret Thatcher (1925-)
Document: Elysee Treaty (1963)
10. The Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1948-Present
Introduction
Interpretive Essay by Timothy K. Welliver
Menachem Begin (1913-1992)
Muhammad Dahlan (1961-)
Levi Eshkol (1895-1969)
Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918-1970)
Abd al-Aziz Rantisi (1947-2004)
Yom Kippur War (1973)
Document: Camp David Peace Treaty (1979)
11. Computers and the Age of Hi-Tech, 1976-Present
Introduction
Interpretive Essay by Mark Rice
Apple Computer
Tim Berners-Lee (1955-)
Bill Gates (1955-)
Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (1815-1852)
Alan Turing (1912-1954)
12. China's Rise to Global Importance, 1978-Present
Introduction
Interpretive Essay by Yuxin Ma
Deng Xiaoping (1904-1997)
Hu Yaobang (1915-1989)
Jiang Zemin (1926-)
Li Peng (1928-)
Zhao Ziyang (1919-2005)
Document: "The Truth about the Beijing Turmoil" (1990)
13. The Collapse of the Soviet Union, 1985-1991
Introduction
Interpretive Essay by Charles E. Ziegler
Yuri Andropov (1914-1984)
Mikhail Gorbachev (1931-)
Governors Island Meeting (1988)
Vladimir Putin (1952-)
Soviet Coup of 1991
Boris Yeltsin (1931-2007)
Document: Boris Yeltsin's Speech Following a Hard-Line Revolt (1993)
14. September 11 and the War on Terror, 2001-Present
Introduction
Interpretive Essay by Clifford L. Staten
Al-Qaeda
Osama bin Laden (1957-2011)
George W. Bush (1946-)
Iraq War (2003)
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (1966-2006)
Document: President Barack Obama Announces the Death of Osama bin Laden (2011)
Appendix A: Glossary of Terms and People
Appendix B: Timeline
Appendix C: Population of Selected Countries (in Millions)
Appendix D: Member States of the United Nations
Appendix E: Member States of the European Union
Appendix F: Member States of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
About the Editors and Contributors
Index