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World History: Modern Times (California Edition 2006) – Interactive Student Edition
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Glencoe World History: Modern Times draws on the features of Glencoe World History to motivate students, help them understand the connections between recent world events and issues, and give them an appreciation for the interconnectedness of the world's regions and peoples. "World History: Modern Times" provides students with a consistently riveting narrative flow in a textbook written by an unparalleled author team that includes the world-renowned National Geographic. It enhances reading skills with a program that contains more reading support than any other world history program.
CONTENTS
California Standards Standards Practice Previewing Your Textbook What Is History? Reading for Information Reading Skills Handbook Geography’s Impact on History Reference Atlas Geography Handbook
UNIT 1 The World Before Modern Times, 3000 B.C. – 1800 CHAPTER 1 The Legacy of the Ancient World SPECIAL FEATURE World Religions CHAPTER 2 Revolution and Enlightenment SPECIAL FEATURE World Languages CHAPTER 3 The French Revolution and Napoleon
UNIT 2 An Era of European Imperialism, 1800 –1914 CHAPTER 4 Industrialization and Nationalism, 1800 – 1870 CHAPTER 5 Mass Society and Democracy, 1870 – 1914 CHAPTER 6 The Height of Imperialism, 1800 – 1914 CHAPTER 7 East Asia Under Challenge, 1800 – 1914
UNIT 3 The Twentieth Century CHAPTER 8 War and Revolution, 1914 – 1919 CHAPTER 9 The West Between the Wars, 1919 – 1939 CHAPTER 10 Nationalism Around the World, 1919 – 1939 CHAPTER 11 World War II, 1939 – 1945
UNIT 4 Toward a Global Civilization
CHAPTER 12 Cold War and Postwar Changes, 1945 – 1970 CHAPTER 13 The Contemporary Western World, 1970 – Present CHAPTER 14 Latin America, 1945 – Present CHAPTER 15 Africa and the Middle East, 1945 – Present CHAPTER 16 Asia and the Pacific, 1945 – Present CHAPTER 17 Challenges and Hopes for the Future
Appendix Mini Almanac Primary Sources Library Skillbuilder Handbook Glossary Spanish Glossary Index Acknowledgements
About the author Jackson J. Spielvogel is associate professor emeritus of history at The Pennsylvania State University. He received his Ph.D. from The Ohio State University, where he specialized in Reformation history under Harold J. Grimm. His articles and reviews have appeared in such journals as Moreana, Journal of General Education, Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte, and American Historical Review. He has also contributed chapters or articles to The Social History of the Reformation, The Holy Roman Empire: A Dictionary Handbook, Simon Wiesenthal Center Annual of Holocaust Studies, and Utopian Studies. Professor Spielvogel has won five major university-wide teaching awards, and in 1997, he became the first winner of the Schreyer Institute’s Student Choice Award for innovative and inspiring teaching.
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