Contemporary World History

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Author by William J. Duiker
Genre : History
Publisher : Cengage Learning
ISBN : 9780357364901
Type : PDF & Epub
Views : 482 Page
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Comprehensive, balanced and updated with new research, Duiker's CONTEMPORARY WORLD HISTORY, 7th Edition, equips you with the context to interpret events in today's news. You'll view history from the broader global perspective, while also gaining insight into the distinct character of individual civilizations and regions. Integrating political, economic, social and cultural history into a smoothly written narrative, the author illuminates the most decisive moments in recent times -- helping you understand the causes of events and place them in a bigger context. Insightful timelines contrast different cultures and nations. Detailed maps show the importance of geography in history, while spot maps zoom in to provide critical details. Historians Debate sections explain the various ways historians examine events, and Opposing Viewpoints provide primary source excerpts you can analyze. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.


A Dictionary Of Contemporary World History

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Author by Christopher Riches
Genre : Political Science
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN : 9780191060762
Type : PDF & Epub
Views : 2496 Page
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This authoritative dictionary provides informative and analytical entries on the most important people, organizations, events, movements, and ideas that have shaped the world we live in. Covering the period from 1900 to the present day, this fully revised and updated new edition presents a global perspective on recent history, with a wide range of new entries from Tony Abbott, the European migration crisis and ISIL to Narendra Modi, Hassan Rouhani, and the Lisbon Treaty. All existing entries have been brought up to date. Handy tables include lists of office-holders for countries and organizations and winners of the Nobel Peace Prize. This accessible dictionary will be revised on a regular basis following the publication of this edition, as will A Guide to Countries of the World, ensuring that coverage of current affairs is up to date. This dictionary is a reliable resource for students of history, politics, and international relations as well as for journalists, policy-makers, and general readers interested in the modern world.


A Contemporary World History 1917 1945

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Author by Vladimir Viktorovich Aleksandrov
Genre : Asia
Publisher : Moscow : Progress Publishers
ISBN : UOM:39015014745254
Type : PDF & Epub
Views : 728 Page
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Teaching History For The Contemporary World

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Author by Adele Nye
Genre : Education
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN : 9789811602474
Type : PDF & Epub
Views : 254 Page
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This book brings together history educators from Australia and around the world to tell their own personal stories and how they approach teaching history in the context of contemporary tensions in the classroom. It encourages historians to think actively about how history in the classroom can play a role in helping students to make sense of their world and to act honourably within it. The contributors come from diverse backgrounds and include experienced history educators and early career academics. They showcase both a mix of approaches and democratize and decolonize the academy. The book blends theory and practice. It reflects on what is happening in the classroom and supports the discipline to understanding itself better, to improve upon its practices and to engage in academic discussion about the responsibility of teaching in the contemporary world.


A Dictionary Of Contemporary World History

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Author by Jan Palmowski
Genre : History, Modern
Publisher :
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131686862
Type : PDF & Epub
Views : 1312 Page
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The Patchwork Of World History In Texas High Schools

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Author by Stephen Jackson
Genre : Education
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN : 9781000785098
Type : PDF & Epub
Views : 255 Page
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This book traces the historical development of the World History course as it has been taught in high school classrooms in Texas, a populous and nationally influential state, over the last hundred years. The author argues that the course has dynamically evolved to reflect a patchwork of competing visions that have intersected over the past century, with each new framework partially but never completely erasing or replacing those that came before. The first part of the book presents an overview of the World History course supported by a numerical analysis of textbook content and public documents, whilst the second focuses on the depiction of non-Western peoples, and persistent narratives of Eurocentrism, imperialism, and nationalism. It ultimately concludes that a more global, accurate, and balanced curriculum is possible, despite the tension between the ideas of professional world historians, who often de-center the nation-state in their quest for a truly global approach to the subject, and the historical core rationale of state-sponsored education in the United States: to produce loyal citizens. Offering a new, conceptual understanding of how colonial themes in world history curriculum have been dealt with in the past and are now engaged with in contemporary times, it provides essential context for scholars and educators with interests in the history of education, curriculum studies, and the teaching of World History in the United States.


Europe In The Contemporary World 1900 To The Present

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Author by Bonnie G. Smith
Genre : History
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN : 9781350029576
Type : PDF & Epub
Views : 624 Page
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This newly updated and improved edition of Bonnie G. Smith's classic textbook provides the most authoritative history available of Europe in a global context during the 20th and 21st centuries. It cleverly incorporates elements of political, social, cultural, economic and intellectual history and presents an integrated history with detailed coverage right across the continent. Including 131 images and 23 maps, Europe in the Contemporary World: 1900 to the Present is organized around key themes within a chronological chapter structure that is easy to follow. Smith's balanced treatment of the subject allows for a comprehensive assessment of the positive and negative developments in European history over the period, as well as the wider impact of this in the world at large. The book also includes picture essays and document sections, which provide variety and foreground the importance of primary sources, and useful end-of-chapter further readings for students who wish to investigate specific topics in greater depth. The enhanced 2nd edition contains: * A new chapter on the 21st-century issues that have challenged and continue to challenge Europe * More material on globalization, the end of the Cold War, European countercultures and various other topics * Historiographic updates throughout Europe in the Contemporary World: 1900 to the Present is the definitive guide to Europe and its place in the world since 1900 for students and scholars alike.


Internationalism Imperialism And The Formation Of The Contemporary World

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Author by Miguel Bandeira Jerónimo
Genre : History
Publisher : Springer
ISBN : 9783319606934
Type : PDF & Epub
Views : 365 Page
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This volume offers innovative insights into and approaches to the multiple historical intersections between distinct modalities of internationalism and imperialism during the twentieth century, across a range of contexts. Bringing together scholars from diverse theoretical, methodological and geographical backgrounds, the book explores an array of fundamental actors, institutions and processes that have decisively shaped contemporary history and the present. Among other crucial topics, it considers the expansion in the number and scope of activities of international organizations and its impact on formal and informal imperial polities, as well as the propagation of developmentalist ethos and discourses, relating them to major historical processes such as the growing institutionalization of international scrutiny in the interwar years or, later, the emerging global Cold War.


World History Teaching In Asia

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Author by Shingo Minamizuka
Genre : History
Publisher : Berkshire Publishing Group
ISBN : 9781614728214
Type : PDF & Epub
Views : 226 Page
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World History Teaching in Asia is the first broad survey of the content and approaches used to teach world history in secondary schools and colleges in Asia. The collection has been crafted by scholars and educators whose goal was to shed light on the importance of history education and to foster understanding of and between Asian countries. These essays show how the teaching of world history in Asian countries has developed since World War II, with many interesting parallels, including the issue of Eurocentrism, but also distinctive national trends, and considerable changes over time. At a time when many Asian countries are making great strides in education, this study of history education in Asia will be of real interest to educators, history scholars, and policy-makers worldwide.


World History The Basics

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Author by Peter N. Stearns
Genre : Education
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN : 9781136888175
Type : PDF & Epub
Views : 209 Page
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World History has rapidly grown to become one of the most popular and talked about approaches to the study of history. World History: The Basics introduces this fast-growing field and addresses key questions such as:What is world history?How do we study a subject with such a broad geographic and chronological range?Why has world history been controversial?Written by one of the founders of the field and addressing all of the major issues including time, place, civilizations, contact, themes and mo.