Events that formed the modern world : from the European Renaissance through the War on Terror

Author(s)

• Thackeray, Frank W.
• Findling, John E.

Bibliographic Information

Events that formed the modern world : from the European Renaissance through the War on Terror

Frank W. Thackeray and John E. Findling, editors

ABC-CLIO, c2012

• : [set] : hardback
• v. 1
• v. 2
• v. 3
• v. 4
• v. 5

Note

Vol. 1. From the European Renaissance through the sixteenth century -- v. 2. The seventeenth century -- v. 3. The eighteenth century -- v. 4. The nineteenth century -- v. 5. From 1900 through the War on Terror

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

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.

Table of Contents

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

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Details

• NCID: BB09647089
• ISBN:
  • 9781598849011
• LCCN: 2012008325
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Santa Barbara, Calif.
• Pages/Volumes: 5 v.
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : D209
  • DC23 : 909.08
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : History, Modern -- Encyclopedias