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Index
Cover
Half Title page
Title page
Copyright page
Introduction
Unit Three: The Modern World
Chapter 18: Spontaneous European Modernization: Phase One
Simultaneous Revolutions: Phase I, New Trade Routes
Simultaneous Revolutions, Phase II: Biology and Europe
Simultaneous Revolutions: Phase III, Warfare, Politics, and Religion
Simultaneous Revolutions: Phase IV, Commerce
Simultaneous Revolutions: Phase V, the State
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Chapter 19: The Differential of Power: Phase One
Ship Technology in 1500
Spain’s Rapid Success in the Americas after a Slow Start
A Hidden Agent in the Differential of Power: Disease
Native American Vulnerability
The Aztecs
The Incas
Brazil
Africa’s Indigenous Slave Tradition
The Arrival of Europe
The Sale of Slaves
Consequences of the Slave Trade
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Chapter 20: Spontaneous European Modernization: Phase Two
Science, Knowledge, and Faith
The Scientific Revolution
Locke’s Philosophy and the Idea of Public Opinion
The Enlightenment
The Nation-State
The Ideology of Revolution
The French Revolution
Great Britain
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Chapter 21: The Nation-State
The Central European Experience
Central Europeans and Internal Coherence
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Chapter 22: The Differential of Power: Phase Two
The New Teleology
Nation-States and Industry
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Chapter 23: Nation-State Formation outside Europe
The United States
Japan
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Chapter 24: Internal Divisions and Contradictions
Russia
Latin America
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Chapter 25: In the Crosshairs of Modernity
India
Late Imperial China: The Ming and Qing Dynasties
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Chapter 26: Targets of Imperialism
Africa
The Middle East
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Unit Four: Global Violence and the Postmodern Era
Chapter 27: World War I
The Illusion of Progress
The Quest for Empire and the Habits of Violence
Danger Signs in the Short-War Phenomenon
Misunderstanding the Short-War Phenomenon
World War I: Total War, the Geographic Arena of Combat, Victory, and Defeat
Suggested Reading
Chapter 28: Totalitarianism
Totalitarianism
The Soviet Union
Nazi Germany
Suggested Reading
Chapter 29: The Inheritors of Power
The United States
Japan
Suggested Reading
Chapter 30: Decolonization
China’s Republican Revolution
India
The Middle East
Latin America
Suggested Reading
Chapter 31: World War II and the Beginning of the Cold War
World War II
Mass Murder: A New Dimension to Global Warfare
The Cold War: Redefining World Power after 1945
Suggested Reading
Chapter 32: Global Decolonization
China
Japan
India
Africa
The Middle East
Latin America
Suggested Reading
Chapter 33: The End of the Cold War and the Contemporary World
The End of the Cold War
The Contemporary World
Status, Freedom, and Equality
Population Dynamics
Suggested Reading
Credits
Index
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