WORLD, Student Edition

WORLD, Student Edition
by Craig A. Lockard 
Paperback: 944 pages
Published: January 1, 2010
ISBN-10: 0495802050
ISBN-13: 978-0495802051


Created through a "student-tested, faculty-approved" review process with hundreds of students and faculty, WORLD is an engaging and accessible solution to accommodate the diverse lifestyles of today’s learners at a value-based price. WORLD employs a readable magazine-like presentation plus a variety of useful pedagogical tools such as chapter review cards, critical-thinking questions, section chronologies, marginal key-term definitions, and a wealth of links to online learning materials. The innovative structure of WORLD combines the accessibility of a regional approach with the rigor of "big history" ideas to present world history in a truly global framework. WORLD’s "Societies, Networks, and Transitions" feature brings a comparative end to each Part in the book and helps students see the connections between places, times, and peoples. WORLD also has a primary source feature, "Witness to the Past", in every chapter that helps students understand and analyze historical events from a first-hand perspective. The text has a strong focus on culture and religion.

Contents:

Part I: FOUNDATIONS: ANCIENT SOCIETIES TO 600 B.C.E.
1. The Origins of Human Societies, to ca. 2000 B.C.E.
2. Ancient Societies in Mesopotamia, India, and Central Asia, 5000–600 B.C.E.
3. Ancient Societies in Africa and the Mediterranean, 5000–600 B.C.E.
4. Around the Pacific Rim: Eastern Eurasia and the Americas, 5000–600 B.C.E.
Societies, Networks, Transitions: Ancient Foundations of World History, 4000–600 B.C.E.
Part II: BLOSSOMING: THE CLASSICAL SOCIETIES AND THEIR LEGACIES, ca. 600 B.C.E.–ca. 600 C.E.
5. Eurasian Connections and New Traditions in East Asia, 600 B.C.E.–600 C.E.
6. Western Asia, the Eastern Mediterranean, and Regional Systems, 600–200 B.C.E.
7. Classical Societies in Southern and Central Asia, 600 B.C.E.–600 C.E.
8. Empires, Networks, and the Remaking of Europe, North Africa, and Western Asia, 500 B.C.E.–600 C.E.
9. Classical Societies and Regional Networks in Africa, the Americas, and Oceania, 600 B.C.E.–600 C.E.
Societies, Networks, Transitions: Classical Blossomings in World History, 600 B.C.E.–600 C.E.
Part III: EXPANDING HORIZONS: ENCOUNTERS AND TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE INTERMEDIATE ERA, ca. 600–1500.
10. The Rise, Power, and Connections of the Islamic World, 600–1500.
11. East Asian Traditions, Transformations, and Eurasian Encounters, 600–1500.
12. Expanding Horizons in Africa and the Americas, 600–1500.
13. South Asia, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, and Afro-Eurasian Connections, 600–1500.
14. Christian Societies in Medieval Europe, Byzantium, and Russia, 600–1500.
Societies, Networks, Transitions: Expanding Horizons in the Intermediate Era, ca. 600–1500.
Part IV: CONNECTING THE GLOBE: FORGING NEW NETWORKS IN THE EARLY MODERN WORLD, 1450–1750.
15. Global Connections and the Remaking of Europe, 1450–1750.
16. New Challenges for Africa and the Islamic World, 1450–1750.
17. Americans, Europeans, Africans, and New Societies in the Americas, 1450–1750.
18. South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia: Triumphs and Challenges, 1450–1750.
Societies, Networks, Transitions: Connecting the Early Modern World, 1450–1750.
Part V: GLOBAL IMBALANCES: INDUSTRY, EMPIRE, AND THE MAKING OF THE MODERN WORLD, 1750–1945.
19. Modern Transitions: Revolutions, Industries, Ideologies, Empires, 1750–1914.
20. Changing Societies in Europe, the Americas, and Oceania, 1750–1914.
21. Africa, the Middle East, and Imperialism, 1750–1914.
22. South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Colonization, 1750–1914.
23. East Asia and the Russian Empire Face New Challenges, 1750–1914.
24. World Wars, European Revolutions, and Global Depression, 1914–1945.
25. Imperialism and Nationalism in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, 1914–1945.
Societies, Networks, Transitions: Global Imbalances in the Modern World, 1750–1945.
Part VI: GLOBAL SYSTEM: INTERDEPENDENDENCE AND CONFLICT IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD, SINCE 1945.
26. The Remaking of the Global System, Since 1945.
27. East Asian Resurgence, 1945–Present.
28. Rebuilding Europe and Russia, Since 1945.
29. The Americas and the Pacific Basin: New Roles in the Contemporary World, Since 1945.
30. The Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa, and New Conflicts in the Contemporary World, 1945–Present.
31. South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Global Connections, 1945–Present.
Societies, Networks, Transitions: The Contemporary World, Since 1945.