Traditions & Encounters A Global Perspectiveon the Past from 1750 to the Present

List of Maps Preface A Brief Note on Usage Acknowledgements Part VI: AN AGE OF REVOLUTION, INDUSTRY AND EMPIRE, 1750-1914 Chapter 30: REVOLUTIONS AND NATIONAL STATES IN THE ATLANTIC WORLD Popular Sovereignty and Political Upheaval Enlightened and Revolutionary Ideas/The American Revolution/The French Revolution/The Reign of Napoleon The Influence of Revolution The Haitian Revolution/Wars of Independence in Latin America/The Emergence of Ideologies: Conservatism and Liberalism/Testing the Limits of Revolutionary Ideals: Slavery/Testing the Limits of Revolutionary Ideals: Women's Rights The Consolidation of National States in Europe Nations and Nationalism/The Emergence of National Communities/The Unification of Italy and Germany Chapter 31: THE MAKING OF INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY Patterns of Industrialization Foundations of Industrialization/The Factory System/The Early Spread of Industrialization/Industrial Capitalism Industrial Society The Fruits of Industry/Urbanization and Migration/Industry and Society/The Socialist Challenge Global Effects of Industrialization The Continuing Spread of Industrialization/The International Division of Labor Chapter 32: THE AMERICAS IN THE AGE OF INDEPENDENCE The Building of American States The United States: Westward Expansion and Civil War/The Canadian Dominion: Independence Without War/Latin America: Fragmentation and Political Experimentation American Economic Development Migration to the Americas/Economic Expansion in the United States/Canadian Prosperity/Latin American Dependence American Cultural and Social Diversity Multicultural Society in the United States/Canadian Cultural Contrasts/Ethnicity, Identity, and Gender in Latin America Chapter 33: SOCIETIES AT CROSSROADS The Ottoman Empire in Decline The Nature of Decline/Reform and Reorganization/The Young Turk Era The Russian Empire Under Pressure Military Defeat and Social Reform/Industrialization/Repression and Revolution The Chinese Empire Under Siege The Opium War and the Unequal Treaties/The Taiping Rebellion/Reform Frustrated/The Transformation of Japan/From Tokugawa to Meiji/Meiji Reforms Chapter 34: THE BUILDING OF GLOBAL EMPIRES Foundations of Empire Motives of Imperialism/Tools of Empire European Imperialism The British Empire in India/Imperialism in Central Asia and Southeast Asia/The Scramble for Africa/European Imperialism in the Pacific The Emergence of New Imperial Powers U.S. Imperialism in Latin America and the Pacific/Imperial Japan Legacies of Imperialism Empire and Economy/Labor Migrations/Empire and Society/Nationalism and Anticolonial Movements PART VII: CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL REALIGNMENTS Chapter 35: THE GREAT WAR: THE WORLD IN UPHEAVAL The Drift Toward War Nationalist Aspirations/National Rivalries/Understandings and Alliances Global War The Guns of August/Mutual Butchery/Total War: The Home Front/Conflict in East Asia and the Pacific/Battles in Africa and Southwest Asia The End of the War Revolution in Russia/U.S. Intervention and Collapse of the Central Powers/The Paris Peace Conference/Challenges to European Preeminence Chapter 36: AN AGE OF ANXIETY Probing Cultural Frontiers Postwar Pessimism/Revolutions in Physics and Psychology/Experimentation in Art and Architecture Global Depression The Great Depression/Despair and Government Action/Economic Experimentation Challenges to the Liberal Order Communism in Russia/The Fascist Alternative/Italian Fascism/German National Socialism/Struggles for National Identity in Asia/India's Quest for Independence/China's Search for Order/Imperial Japan Chapter 37: NEW CONFLAGRATIONS: WORLD WAR II Origins of World War II Japan's War in China/European Aggression Total War: The World Under Fire Blitzkrieg: Germany Conquers Europe/The German Invasion of the Soviet Union/Battles in Asia and the Pacific/Defeat of the Axis Powers Life During Wartime Occupation, Collaboration, and Resistance/The Holocaust/Women and the War Neither Peace Nor War Postwar Settlements and Cold War/Global Reconstruction and the United Nations Chapter 38: THE BIPOLAR WORLD The Formation of a Bipolar World The Cold War in Europe/Confrontations in Korea and Cuba/Cold War Societies/Challenges to Superpower Hegemony/The People's Republic of China/Detente and the Decline of Superpower Influence The End of the Cold War Revolutions in Eastern and Central Europe/The Collapse of the Soviet Union/Toward an Uncertain Future Chapter 39: THE RETREAT FROM EMPIRE Independence in Asia India's "Vivisection": Partitioned Independence/Nationalist Struggles in Vietnam/Arab National States and the Problem of Palestine Decolonization in Africa Forcing the French out of North Africa/Black African Nationalism and Independence/Freedom and Conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa After Independence: Long-term Struggles in the Post-Colonial Era Communism and Democracy in Asia/Islamic Resurgence in Southwest Asia and North Africa/Politics and Economics in Latin America/War and Peace in Sub-Saharan Africa Chapter 40: A WORLD WITHOUT BORDERS Economic Growth in Asia/Trading Blocks Cross-Cultural Exchanges and Global Communications Global Barbie/Consumption and Cultural Interaction/The Age of Access Global Problems Population Pressures and Environmental Degradation/Economic Inequities and Labor Servitude/Global Diseases/International Organizations Crossing Boundaries Women's Traditions and Feminist Challenges/Migration/Cross-Cultural TravelersBentley, Jerry is the author of 'Traditions & Encounters A Global Perspectiveon the Past from 1750 to the Present', published 2002 under ISBN 9780072565034 and ISBN 0072565039.