Historical Thinking, Reading, and Writing Skills for AP* European History

Historical Thinking, Reading, and Writing Skills for AP* European History

Historical Thinking Skills

Skill 1: Chronological Reasoning

Skill 2: Comparison and ContextualizationDescribing the West

Skill 3: Crafting Historical Arguments from Historical Evidence

Skill 4: Historical Interpretation and Synthesis

Getting the Most Out of Reading History

Pre-reading

During Reading

Post-reading

Writing about History

Document-Based Questions

Thematic Essay Questions

Causation QuestionsTrade and Cross-Cultural Connections

Comparison Questions

1: Origins

Introduction for Chapter 1

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 1

Understanding Western History

Describing the West

What Is Civilization?

The Earliest Human Societies

From the First Hominids to the Paleolithic Era

Primary Source 1.1: Paleolithic Venus Figures

Quiz for Primary Source 1.1: Paleolithic Venus Figures

Planting Crops

Implications of Agriculture

Trade and Cross-Cultural Connections

Living in the Past: The Iceman

Quiz for Living in the Past: The Iceman

Civilization in Mesopotamia

Environment and Mesopotamian Development

The Invention of Writing and the First Schools

Religion in Mesopotamia

Primary Source 1.2: Gilgamesh’s Quest for Immortality

Quiz for Primary Source 1.2: Gilgamesh’s Quest for Immortality

Sumerian Politics and Society

Empires in Mesopotamia

The Akkadians and the Babylonians

Primary Source 1.3: Enheduana’s “Exaltation of Inanna”

Quiz for Primary Source 1.3: Enheduana’s “Exaltation of Inanna”

Life Under Hammurabi

Cultural Exchange in the Fertile Crescent

The Egyptians

The Nile and the God-King

Egyptian Religion

Primary Source 1.4: Morality in the Egyptian Book of the Dead

Quiz for Primary Source 1.4: Morality in the Egyptian Book of the Dead

Egyptian Society and Work

Egyptian Family Life

Primary Source 1.5: Egyptian Home Life

Quiz for Primary Source 1.5: Egyptian Home Life

The Hyksos and New Kingdom Revival

Mapping the Past for Chapter 1

Individuals in Society: Hatshepsut and Nefertiti

Conflict and Cooperation with the Hittites

Looking Back Looking Ahead

Review and Explore

Identify Key Terms

Review the Main Ideas

Make Connections

Suggested Reading and Media Resources

Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 1

Introduction to the Documents

Document 1-1: The Battle Between Marduk and Tiamat (ca. 2000–1000 B.C.E.)

Document 1-2: The Epic of Gilgamesh (ca. 2750 B.C.E.)

Document 1-3: The Code of Hammurabi (ca. 1780 B.C.E.)

Document 1-4: The Egyptian Book of the Dead (ca. 2100–1800 B.C.E.)

Document 1-5: Letters Between a Sumerian King and His Prime Minister (ca. 2000–1700 B.C.E.)

Sources in Conversation: The Great and Terrible Power of the Gods

Document 1-6: Akhenaten, The Hymn to Aton (ca. 1350 B.C.E.)

Document 1-7: Lamentation Over the Destruction of Sumer and Ur (ca. 2000–1700 B.C.E.)

Comparative and Discussion Questions

Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 1

2: Small Kingdoms and Mighty Empires in the Near East

Introduction for Chapter 2

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 2

Iron and the Emergence of New States

Iron Technology

The Decline of Egypt and the Emergence of Kush

The Rise of Phoenicia

Primary Source 2.1: The Report of Wenamun

Quiz for Primary Source 2.1: The Report of Wenamun

The Hebrews

The Hebrew State

The Jewish Religion

Primary Source 2.2: The Covenant Between Yahweh and the Hebrews

Quiz for Primary Source 2.2: The Covenant Between Yahweh and the Hebrews

Hebrew Family and Society

Primary Source 2.3: A Jewish Family Contract

Quiz for Primary Source 2.3: A Jewish Family Contract

Assyria, the Military Monarchy

Assyria’s Long Road to Power

Mapping the Past for Chapter 2

Assyrian Rule and Culture

Primary Source 2.4: Assyrians Besiege a City

Quiz for Primary Source 2.4: Assyrians Besiege a City

Living in the Past: Assyrian Palace Life and Power

Quiz for Living in the Past: Assyrian Palace Life and Power

The Neo-Babylonian Empire

The Empire of the Persian Kings

Consolidation of the Persian Empire

Individuals in Society: Cyrus the Great

Persian Religion

Primary Source 2.5: Zoroaster’s Teachings in the Avesta

Quiz for Primary Source 2.5: Zoroaster’s Teachings in the Avesta

Persian Art and Culture

Looking Back Looking Ahead

Review and Explore

Identify Key Terms

Review the Main Ideas

Make Connections

Suggested Reading and Media Resources

Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 2

Introduction to the Documents

Document 2-1: Book of Genesis (ca. 950–450 B.C.E.)

Document 2-2: Exodus and Deuteronomy (ca. 950–450 B.C.E.)

Document 2-3: Assyrian Kings Proclaim Their Greatness (ca. 1220–1070 B.C.E.)

Sources in Conversation: The Legacy of Cyrus

Document 2-4: Cyrus Of Persia, Ruling an Empire (ca. 550 B.C.E.)

Document 2-5: Book of Isaiah: Blessings for Cyrus (ca. 550 B.C.E.)

Document 2-6: Zoroaster, Gatha 30: Good Thoughts, Good Words, Good Deeds (ca. 600 B.C.E.)

Comparative and Discussion Questions

Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 2

3: The Development of Greek Society and Culture

Introduction for Chapter 3

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 3

Greece in the Bronze Age

Geography and Settlement

The Minoans

The Mycenaeans

Homer, Hesiod, and the Epic

Primary Source 3.1: Hesiod, Works and Days

Quiz for Primary Source 3.1: Hesiod, Works and Days

The Development of the Polis in the Archaic Age

Organization of the Polis

Governing Structures

Overseas Expansion

The Growth of Sparta

The Evolution of Athens

War and Turmoil in the Classical Period

The Persian Wars

Living in the Past: Triremes and Their Crews

Quiz for Living in the Past: Triremes and Their Crews

Growth of the Athenian Empire

The Peloponnesian War

Mapping the Past for Chapter 3

Primary Source 3.2: Thucydides on the Great Plague at Athens

Quiz for Primary Source 3.2: Thucydides on the Great Plague at Athens

The Struggle for Dominance

Philip II and Macedonian Supremacy

Classical Greek Life and Culture

Athenian Arts in the Age of Pericles

Primary Source 3.3: The Acropolis of Athens

Quiz for Primary Source 3.3: The Acropolis of Athens

Primary Source 3.4: Sophocles, Antigone

Quiz for Primary Source 3.4: Sophocles, Antigone

Households and Work

Primary Source 3.5: Aristotle on Slavery

Quiz for Primary Source 3.5: Aristotle on Slavery

Gender and Sexuality

Individuals in Society: Aspasia

Public and Personal Religion

The Flowering of Philosophy

Looking Back Looking Ahead

Review and Explore

Identify Key Terms

Review the Main Ideas

Make Connections

Suggested Reading and Media Resources

Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 3

Introduction to the Documents

Document 3-1: Homer, The Odyssey: Odysseus and the Sirens (ca. 800 B.C.E.)

Document 3-2: Hesiod, Works and Days (ca. 800 B.C.E.)

Document 3-3: Sophocles, Antigone (441 B.C.E.)

Sources in Conversation: Political Philosophy

Document 3-4: Thucydides, The History of the Peloponnesian War: Pericles’s Funeral Oration (ca. 400 B.C.E.)

Document 3-5: Plato, The Republic: The Allegory of the Cave (ca. 360 B.C.E.)

Document 3-6: Aristotle, Politics: Democracy (ca. 340 B.C.E.)

Comparative and Discussion Questions

Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 3

4: Life in the Hellenistic World

Introduction for Chapter 4

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 4

Alexander’s Conquests and Their Political Legacy

Military Campaigns

Primary Source 4.1: Arrian on Alexander the Great

Quiz for Primary Source 4.1: Arrian on Alexander the Great

The Political Legacy

Building a Hellenized Society

Urban Life

Mapping the Past for Chapter 4

Greeks in Hellenistic Cities

Greeks and Non-Greeks

Primary Source 4.2: Theocritus, 102Idyll 15, “The Women at the Adonis Festival”

Quiz for Primary Source 4.2: Theocritus, Idyll 15, “The Women at the Adonis Festival”

The Economy of the Hellenistic World

Agriculture and Industry

Living in the Past: Farming in the Hellenistic World

Quiz for Living in the Past: Farming in the Hellenistic World

Commerce

The Past Living Now: Container Shipping

Quiz for the Past Living Now: Container Shipping

Religion and Philosophy in the Hellenistic World

Religion and Magic

Primary Source 4.3: A Hellenistic Spell of Attraction

Quiz for Primary Source 4.3: A Hellenistic Spell of Attraction

Hellenism and the Jews

Philosophy and the People

Hellenistic Science and Medicine

Science

Individuals in Society: Archimedes, Scientist and Inventor

Primary Source 4.4: The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea

Quiz for Primary Source 4.4: The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea

Medicine

Primary Source 4.5: Physician with Young Patient

Quiz for Primary Source 4.5: Physician with Young Patient

Looking Back Looking Ahead

Review and Explore

Identify Key Terms

Review the Main Ideas

Make Connections

Suggested Reading and Media Resources

Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 4

Introduction to the Documents

Document 4-1: Ephippus Of Olynthus, On the Burial of Alexander and Hephaestion : Ephippus of Olynthus Remembers Alexander the Great (ca. 323 B.C.E.)

Document 4-2: Plutarch, Life of Cleomenes III (75 C.E.)

Sources in Conversation: Living the Good Life

Document 4-3: Diogenes Laertius, The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers: Diogenes of Sinope, the Cynic (ca. 300–200 B.C.E.)

Document 4-4: Epicurus, The Principal Doctrines of Epicureanism (ca. 306 B.C.E.)

Document 4-5: Epictetus, Encheiridion, or The Manual (ca. 100 C.E.)

Document 4-6: Polybius, A Greek Historian Describes Byzantium’s Contribution to Regional Trade (ca. 170–118 B.C.E.)

Comparative and Discussion Questions

Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 4

5: The Rise of Rome

Introduction for Chapter 5

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 5

Rome’s Rise to Power

The Geography of Italy

The Etruscans

The Founding of Rome

The Roman Conquest of Italy

Primary Source 5.1: The Temple of Hercules Victor

Quiz for Primary Source 5.1: The Temple of Hercules Victor

The Roman Republic

The Roman State

Social Conflict in Rome

Roman Expansion

The Punic Wars

Primary Source 5.2: Polybius on the Roman Division of Spoils in the Punic Wars

Quiz for Primary Source 5.2: Polybius on the Roman Division of Spoils in the Punic Wars

Mapping the Past for Chapter 5

Rome Turns East

Roman Society

Roman Families

Primary Source 5.3: A Woman’s Actions in the Turia Inscription

Quiz for Primary Source 5.3: A Woman’s Actions in the Turia Inscription

Greek Influence on Roman Culture

Living in the Past: Roman Table Manners

Quiz for Living in the Past: Roman Table Manners

Opposing Views: Cato the Elder and Scipio Aemilianus

The Late Republic

Reforms for Poor and Landless Citizens

Primary Source 5.4: Plutarch on the Reforms of Gaius Gracchus

Quiz for Primary Source 5.4: Plutarch on the Reforms of Gaius Gracchus

Political Violence

Civil War

Individuals in Society: Queen Cleopatra

Primary Source 5.5: Cicero and the Plot to Kill Caesar

Quiz for Primary Source 5.5: Cicero and the Plot to Kill Caesar

Looking Back Looking Ahead

Review and Explore

Identify Key Terms

Review the Main Ideas

Make Connections

Suggested Reading and Media Resources

Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 5

Introduction to the Documents

Document 5-1: Livy, The Rape of Lucretia (ca. 27–25 B.C.E.)

Document 5-2: A Roman Wedding (ca. 160 C.E.)

Document 5-3: The Law of the Twelve Tables (449 B.C.E.)

Document 5-4: Seneca, The Sounds of a Roman Bath (ca. 50 C.E.)

Sources in Conversation: Political Unrest in Rome

Document 5-5: Appian Of Alexandria, The Civil Wars (ca. 100 C.E.)

Document 5-6: Plutarch, On Julius Caesar, a Man of Unlimited Ambition (ca. 44 B.C.E.)

Comparative and Discussion Questions

Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 5

6: The Roman Empire

Introduction for Chapter 6

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 6

Augustus’s Reign

The Principate

Roman Expansion

Primary Source 6.1: Augustus, Res Gestae

Quiz for Primary Source 6.1: Augustus, Res Gestae

The Flowering of Latin Literature

Primary Source 6.2: Ovid, The Art of Love

Quiz for Primary Source 6.2: Ovid, The Art of Love

Marriage and Morality

Primary Source 6.3: Ara Pacis

Quiz for Primary Source 6.3: Ara Pacis

Augustus’s Successors

The Julio-Claudians and the Flavians

Primary Source 6.4: Pliny the Younger, Letter About the Destruction of Pompeii

Quiz for Primary Source 6.4: Pliny the Younger, Letter About the Destruction of Pompeii

The Age of the “Five Good Emperors”

Individuals in Society: Bithus, a Soldier in the Roman Army

Rome and the Provinces

Life in Imperial Rome

Primary Source 6.5: Quintilian, Institutes of Oratory

Quiz for Primary Source 6.5: Quintilian, Institutes of Oratory

Approaches to Urban Problems

Popular Entertainment

Living in the Past: Roman Epitaphs: Death Remembers Life

Quiz for Living in the Past: Roman Epitaphs: Death Remembers Life

Prosperity in the Roman Provinces

Mapping the Past for Chapter 6

Trade and Commerce

The Coming of Christianity

Factors Behind the Rise of Christianity

The Life and Teachings of Jesus

The Spread of Christianity

The Growing Acceptance and Evolution of Christianity

The Empire in Disarray

Civil Wars and Military Commanders

Turmoil in Economic Life

Looking Back Looking Ahead

Review and Explore

Identify Key Terms

Review the Main Ideas

Make Connections

Suggested Reading and Media Resources

Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 6

Introduction to the Documents

Document 6-1: Tacitus, Germania (ca. 100 C.E.)

Document 6-2: Apuleius, The Golden Ass: The Veneration of Isis (ca. 170 C.E.)

Sources in Conversation: Jews, Christians, and the Hebrew Law

Document 6-3: The Gospel According to Matthew: The Sermon on the Mount (28 C.E.)

Document 6-4: Paul Of Tarsus, Epistle to the Galatians (ca. 50–60 C.E.)

Document 6-5: The Alexamenos Graffito (ca. 100 C.E.)

Comparative and Discussion Questions

Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 6

7: Late Antiquity

Introduction for Chapter 7

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 7

Reconstruction Under Diocletian and Constantine

Political Measures

Primary Source 7.1: Recruiting and Training Soldiers in the Roman Army

Quiz for Primary Source 7.1: Recruiting and Training Soldiers in the Roman Army

Economic Issues

The Acceptance of Christianity

The Growth of the Christian Church

The Church and Its Leaders

The Development of Christian Monasticism

Monastery Life

Christianity and Classical Culture

Christian Notions of Gender and Sexuality

Saint Augustine on Human Nature, Will, and Sin

Barbarian Society

Village and Family Life

Primary Source 7.2: Tacitus on Germanic Society

Quiz for Primary Source 7.2: Tacitus on Germanic Society

Tribes and Hierarchies

Customary and Written Law

Celtic and Germanic Religion

Migration, Assimilation, and Conflict

Mapping the Past for Chapter 7

Celtic and Germanic People in Gaul and Britain

Visigoths and Huns

Primary Source 7.3: Battle Between Romans and Goths

Quiz for Primary Source 7.3: Battle Between Romans and Goths

Germanic Kingdoms and the End of the Roman Empire

Living in the Past: The Horses of Spain

Quiz for Living in the Past: The Horses of Spain

Christian Missionaries and Conversion

Missionaries’ Actions

The Process of Conversion

Primary Source 7.4: Gregory of Tours on the Veneration of Relics

Quiz for Primary Source 7.4: Gregory of Tours on the Veneration of Relics

The Byzantine Empire

Sources of Byzantine Strength

The Law Code of Justinian

Primary Source 7.5: Slavery in Justinian’s Law Code

Quiz for Primary Source 7.5: Slavery in Justinian’s Law Code

Byzantine Intellectual Life

Individuals in Society: Theodora of Constantinople

The Orthodox Church

Looking Back Looking Ahead

Review and Explore

Identify Key Terms

Review the Main Ideas

Make Connections

Suggested Reading and Media Resources

Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 7

Introduction to the Documents

Document 7-1: Saint Ambrose Of Milan, Emperor Theodosius Brought to Heel (390)

Document 7-2: Saint Benedict Of Nursia, The Rule of Saint Benedict (529)

Document 7-3: Saint Augustine, City of God: The Two Cities (413–426)

Document 7-4: The Law of the Salian Franks (ca. 500–600)

Sources in Conversation: The Rebirth of the Roman Empire in the East

Document 7-5: Emperor Justinian, The Institutes of Justinian (529–533)

Document 7-6: Procopius Of Caesarea, The Secret History (ca. 550)

Comparative and Discussion Questions

Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 7

8: Europe in the Early Middle Ages

Introduction for Chapter 8

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 8

The Spread of Islam

The Arabs

The Prophet Muhammad

The Teachings and Expansion of Islam

Sunni and Shi’a Divisions

Life in Muslim Spain

Primary Source 8.1: The Muslim Conquest of Spain

Quiz for Primary Source 8.1: The Muslim Conquest of Spain

Living in the Past: Muslim Technology: Advances in Papermaking

Quiz for Living in the Past: Muslim Technology: Advances in Papermaking

Muslim-Christian Relations

Cross-Cultural Influences in Science and Medicine

Frankish Rulers and Their Territories

The Merovingians

The Rise of the Carolingians

The Warrior-Ruler Charlemagne

Carolingian Government and Society

Primary Source 8.2: The Capitulary de Villis

Quiz for Primary Source 8.2: The Capitulary de Villis

Primary Source 8.3: Charlemagne and His Wife

Quiz for Primary Source 8.3: Charlemagne and His Wife

The Imperial Coronation of Charlemagne

Early Medieval Culture

The Carolingian Renaissance

Northumbrian Learning and Writing

Primary Source 8.4: The Death of Beowulf

Quiz for Primary Source 8.4: The Death of Beowulf

Individuals in Society: The Venerable Bede

Invasions and Migrations

Mapping the Past for Chapter 8

Vikings in Western Europe

Primary Source 8.5: Eirik’s Saga

Quiz for Primary Source 8.5: Eirik’s Saga

Slavs and Vikings in Eastern Europe

Magyars and Muslims

Political and Economic Decentralization

Decentralization and the Origins of “Feudalism”

Manorialism, Serfdom, and the Slave Trade

Looking Back Looking Ahead

Review and Explore

Identify Key Terms

Review the Main Ideas

Make Connections

Suggested Reading and Media Resources

Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 8

Introduction to the Documents

Document 8-1: Ibn Abd-El-Hakem, The Conquest of Spain (ca. 870)

Sources in Conversation: Conquest and Conversion

Document 8-2: Willibald, Saint Boniface Destroys the Oak of Thor (ca. 750)

Document 8-3: Charlemagne, Capitulary for Saxony (ca. 775–790)

Document 8-4: Charlemagne, General Capitulary for the Missi (802)

Document 8-5: The Song of Roland (ca. 1100–1300)

Comparative and Discussion Questions

Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 8

9: State and Church in the High Middle Ages

Introduction for Chapter 9

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 9

Political Revival and the Origins of the Modern State

England

Primary Source 9.1: Marriage and Wardship in the Norman Exchequer

Quiz for Primary Source 9.1: Marriage and Wardship in the Norman Exchequer

France

Central Europe

Italy

The Iberian Peninsula

Law and Justice

Local Laws and Royal Courts

The Magna Carta

Law in Everyday Life

Nobles

Origins and Status of the Nobility

Training, Marriage, and Inheritance

Power and Responsibility

Living in the Past: Life in an English Castle

Quiz for Living in the Past: Life in an English Castle

The Papacy

The Gregorian Reforms

Emperor Versus Pope

Criticism and Heresy

The Popes and Church Law

Primary Source 9.2: Pope Boniface VIII, Unam Sanctam

Quiz for Primary Source 9.2: Pope Boniface VIII, Unam Sanctam

Monks, Nuns, and Friars

Monastic Revival

Life in Convents and Monasteries

Individuals in Society: Hildegard of Bingen

The Friars

Primary Source 9.3: Brother Henry as Composer and Singer

Quiz for Primary Source 9.3: Brother Henry as Composer and Singer

The Crusades and the Expansion of Christianity

Background and Motives of the Crusades

Mapping the Past for Chapter 9

The Course of the Crusades

Primary Source 9.4: An Arab View of the Crusades

Quiz for Primary Source 9.4: An Arab View of the Crusades

Primary Source 9.5: The Capture of Jerusalem in 1099

Quiz for Primary Source 9.5: The Capture of Jerusalem in 1099

Consequences of the Crusades

The Expansion of Christianity

Christendom

Looking Back Looking Ahead

Review and Explore

Identify Key Terms

Review the Main Ideas

Make Connections

Suggested Reading and Media Resources

Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 9

Introduction to the Documents

Document 9-1: Duke William Of Aquitaine, On the Foundation of Cluny (909)

Document 9-2: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: William the Conqueror and the Domesday Book (1086)

Document 9-3: King John Of England, From Magna Carta: The Great Charter of Liberties (1215)

Document 9-4: Pope Gregory VII And Emperor Henry Iv, Mutual Recriminations: The Investiture Controversy Begins (1076)

Document 9-5: Robert The Monk Of Rheims, Urban II at the Council of Clermont (ca. 1120)

Sources in Conversation: The Response to Urban II’s Call for Holy War

Document 9-6: Guibert Of Nogent/Anna Comnena, Peter the Hermit and the “People’s Crusade” (ca. 1108–1148)

Document 9-7: Anonymous Of Mainz, The Slaughter of the Jews (ca. 1096)

Comparative and Discussion Questions

Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 9

10: Life in Villages and Cities of the High Middle Ages

Introduction for Chapter 10

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 10

Village Life

Slavery, Serfdom, and Upward Mobility

The Manor

Work

Home Life

Childbirth and Child Abandonment

Living in the Past: Child’s Play

Quiz for Living in the Past: Child’s Play

Popular Religion

Christian Life in Medieval Villages

Saints and Sacraments

Muslims and Jews

Rituals of Marriage and Birth

Death and the Afterlife

Primary Source 10.1: The Pilgrim’s Guide to Santiago de Compostela

Quiz for Primary Source 10.1: The Pilgrim’s Guide to Santiago de Compostela

Towns and Economic Revival

The Rise of Towns

Mapping the Past for Chapter 10

Merchant and Craft Guilds

The Revival of Long-Distance Trade

Business Procedures

Primary Source 10.2: Contract for a Trading Venture

Quiz for Primary Source 10.2: Contract for a Trading Venture

The Commercial Revolution

Individuals in Society: Francesco Datini

Urban Life

City Life

Servants and the Poor

Popular Entertainment

Medieval Universities

Origins

Legal and Medical Training

Primary Source 10.3: Healthy Living

Quiz for Primary Source 10.3: Healthy Living

Theology and Philosophy

Primary Source 10.4: Thomas Aquinas on Reason and Faith

Quiz for Primary Source 10.4: Thomas Aquinas on Reason and Faith

University Students

The Past Living Now: University Life

Quiz for the Past Living Now: University Life

Literature and Architecture

Vernacular Literature and Drama

Primary Source 10.5: Courtly Love Poetry

Quiz for Primary Source 10.5: Courtly Love Poetry

Churches and Cathedrals

Looking Back Looking Ahead

Review and Explore

Identify Key Terms

Review the Main Ideas

Make Connections

Suggested Reading and Media Resources

Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 10

Introduction to the Documents

Document 10-1: Manorial Records of Bernehorne (1307)

Document 10-2: On Laborers: A Dialogue Between Teacher and Student (ca. 1000)

Sources in Conversation: Living and Working in a Medieval City

Document 10-3: The Charter of the Laon Commune (ca. 1100–1120)

Document 10-4: The Ordinances of London’s Leatherworkers (1346)

Document 10-5: The Commune Of Florence, A Sumptuary Law: Restrictions on Dress (1373)

Document 10-6: Saint Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica: Proof of the Existence of God (1268)

Document 10-7: Jacques De VItry, The Virgin Mary Saves a Monk and His Lover (ca. 1200)

Comparative and Discussion Questions

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11: The Later Middle Ages

Introduction for Chapter 11

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 11

Prelude to Disaster

Climate Change and Famine

Social Consequences

The Black Death

Pathology

Spread of the Disease

Mapping the Past for Chapter 11

Care of the Sick

Living in the Past: Treating the Plague

Quiz for Living in the Past: Treating the Plague

Economic, Religious, and Cultural Effects

Primary Source 11.1: Dance of Death

Quiz for Primary Source 11.1: Dance of Death

The Hundred Years’ War

Causes

English Successes

Joan of Arc and France’s Victory

Primary Source 11.2: The Trial of Joan of Arc

Quiz for Primary Source 11.2: The Trial of Joan of Arc

Aftermath

Challenges to the Church

The Babylonian Captivity and Great Schism

Primary Source 11.3: Raimon de Cornet on the Avignon Papacy

Quiz for Primary Source 11.3: Raimon de Cornet on the Avignon Papacy

Critiques, Divisions, and Councils

Lay Piety and Mysticism

Individuals in Society: Meister Eckhart

Social Unrest in a Changing Society

Peasant Revolts

Primary Source 11.4: The Statute of Laborers

Quiz for Primary Source 11.4: The Statute of Laborers

Urban Conflicts

Primary Source 11.5: Christine de Pizan, Advice to the Wives of Artisans

Quiz for Primary Source 11.5: Christine de Pizan, Advice to the Wives of Artisans

Sex in the City

Fur-Collar Crime

Ethnic Tensions and Restrictions

Literacy and Vernacular Literature

Looking Back Looking Ahead

Review and Explore

Identify Key Terms

Review the Main Ideas

Make Connections

Suggested Reading and Media Resources

Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 11

Introduction to the Documents

Document 11-1: Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron: The Plague Hits Florence (ca. 1350)

Document 11-2: Angelo Di Tura, Sienese Chronicle (1348–1351)

Document 11-3: The Anonimalle Chronicle: The English Peasants’ Revolt (1381)

Document 11-4: Petrarca-Meister, The Social Order (ca. 1515)

Sources in Conversation: Women and Power

Document 11-5: Catherine Of Siena, Letter to Gregory XI (1372)

Document 11-6: The Debate Over Joan of Arc’s Clothes (1429)

Comparative and Discussion Questions

Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 11

12: European Society in the Age of the Renaissance

Introduction for Chapter 12

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 12

Wealth and Power in Renaissance Italy

Trade and Prosperity

Communes and Republics of Northern Italy

City-States and the Balance of Power

Primary Source 12.1: A Sermon of Savonarola

Quiz for Primary Source 12.1: A Sermon of Savonarola

Intellectual Change

Humanism

Primary Source 12.2: Cassandra Fedele on Humanist Learning

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Primary Source 12.3: Pico della Mirandola, “On the Dignity of Man”

Quiz for Primary Source 12.3: Pico della Mirandola, “On the Dignity of Man”

Individuals in Society: Leonardo da Vinci

Education

Political Thought

Christian Humanism

Primary Source 12.4: Thomas More, Utopia

Quiz for Primary Source 12.4: Thomas More, Utopia

The Printed Word

Mapping the Past for Chapter 12

Art and the Artist

Patronage and Power

Changing Artistic Styles

The Renaissance Artist

Social Hierarchies

Race and Slavery

Wealth and the Nobility

Gender Roles

Living in the Past: Male Clothing and Masculinity

Quiz for Living in the Past: Male Clothing and Masculinity

Politics and the State in Western Europe

France

England

Spain

Primary Source 12.5: Tax Collectors

Quiz for Primary Source 12.5: Tax Collectors

Looking Back Looking Ahead

Review and Explore

Identify Key Terms

Review the Main Ideas

Make Connections

Suggested Reading and Media Resources

Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 12

Introduction to the Documents

Document 12-1: Petrarch, Letter to Livy (1350)

Document 12-2: Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince (1513)

Document 12-3: Baldassare Castiglione, The Book of the Courtier (1528)

Document 12-4: Desiderius Erasmus, The Education of a Christian Prince (1516)

Document 12-5: Christine De Pizan, The Book of the City of Ladies: Against Those Men Who Claim It Is Not Good for Women to Be Educated (1404)

Sources in Conversation: A Female Painter Tells Stories About Women

Document 12-6: Artemisia Gentileschi, Susannah and the Elders (1610)

Document 12-7: Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith and Holofernes (1610)

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13: Reformations and Religious Wars

Introduction for Chapter 13

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 13

The Early Reformation

The Christian Church in the Early Sixteenth Century

Martin Luther

Protestant Thought

Primary Source 13.1: Martin Luther, On Christian Liberty

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The Appeal of Protestant Ideas

Living in the Past: Uses of Art in the Reformation

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The Radical Reformation and the German Peasants’ War

Individuals in Society: Anna Jansz of Rotterdam

Marriage, Sexuality, and the Role of Women

Primary Source 13.2: Domestic Scene

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The Reformation and German Politics

The Rise of the Habsburg Dynasty

Religious Wars in Switzerland and Germany

The Spread of Protestant Ideas

Scandinavia

Henry VIII and the Reformation in England

Upholding Protestantism in England

Primary Source 13.3: Elizabethan Injunctions About Religion

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Calvinism

Primary Source 13.4: 1547 Ordinances in Calvin’s Geneva

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The Reformation in Eastern Europe

The Catholic Reformation

Mapping the Past for Chapter 13

Papal Reform and the Council of Trent

New and Reformed Religious Orders

Primary Source 13.5: Saint Teresa of Ávila, The Life

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Religious Violence

French Religious Wars

The Netherlands Under Charles V

The Great European Witch-Hunt

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Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 13

Introduction to the Documents

Document 13-1: Martin Luther, Ninety-five Theses on the Power of Indulgences (1517)

Document 13-2: Hans Holbein The Younger, Luther as the German Hercules (ca. 1519)

Sources in Conversation: The War on Witches

Document 13-3: Jean Bodin, On the Demon-Mania of Witches (1580)

Document 13-4: Elizabeth Francis Confesses to Witchcraft (1566)

Document 13-5: John Calvin, The Institutes of Christian Religion (1559)

Document 13-6: Ignatius Of Loyola, Rules for Right Thinking (1548)

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14: European Exploration and Conquest

Introduction for Chapter 14

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 14

World Contacts Before Columbus

The Trade World of the Indian Ocean

The Trading States of Africa

The Ottoman and Persian Empires

Genoese and Venetian Middlemen

The European Voyages of Discovery

Causes of European Expansion

Technology and the Rise of Exploration

The Portuguese Overseas Empire

Mapping the Past for Chapter 14

Primary Source 14.1: A Portuguese Traveler Describes Swahili City-States of East Africa

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The Problem of Christopher Columbus

Primary Source 14.2: Columbus Describes His First Voyage

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Later Explorers

Spanish Conquest in the New World

Primary Source 14.3: Doña Marina Translating for Hernando Cortés During His Meeting with Montezuma

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Early French and English Settlement in the New World

Primary Source 14.4: Interpreting the Spread of Disease Among Natives

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The Impact of Conquest

Colonial Administration

Impact of European Settlement on Indigenous Peoples

Primary Source 14.5: Tenochtitlán Leaders Respond to Spanish Missionaries

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Life in the Colonies

The Columbian Exchange

Living in the Past: Foods of the Columbian Exchange

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Europe and the World After Columbus

Sugar and Slavery

Individuals in Society: Juan de Pareja

Spanish Silver and Its Economic Effects

The Birth of the Global Economy

Changing Attitudes and Beliefs

New Ideas About Race

Michel de Montaigne and Cultural Curiosity

William Shakespeare and His Influence

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Introduction to the Documents

Document 14-1: Christopher Columbus, Diario (1492)

Document 14-2: Hernando Cortés, Two Letters to Charles V: On the Conquest of the Aztecs (1521)

Sources in Conversation: The Slave Trade in Africa

Document 14-3: Alvise Da Ca’Da Mosto, Description of Capo Bianco and the Islands Nearest to It: Fifteenth-Century Slave Trade in West Africa (1455–1456)

Document 14-4: King Nzinga Mbemba Affonso Of Congo, Letters on the Slave Trade (1526)

Document 14-5: SAINT FRANCIS XAVIER Missionaries in Japan (1552)

Document 14-6: Michel De Montaigne, Of Cannibals (1580)

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15: Absolutism and Constitutionalism

Introduction for Chapter 15

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 15

Seventeenth-Century Crisis and Rebuilding

The Social Order and Peasant Life

Famine and Economic Crisis

The Thirty Years’ War

Achievements in State-Building

Warfare and the Growth of Army Size

Popular Political Action

Absolutism in France and Spain

The Foundations of Absolutism

Louis XIV and Absolutism

Primary Source 15.1: Louis XIV, King of France and Navarre, 1701

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Life at Versailles

Living in the Past: The Absolutist Palace

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Primary Source 15.2: Letter from Versailles

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French Financial Management Under Colbert

Louis XIV’s Wars

Mapping the Past for Chapter 15

The Decline of Absolutist Spain in the Seventeenth Century

Absolutism in Austria and Prussia

The Return of Serfdom in the East

The Austrian Habsburgs

Prussia in the Seventeenth Century

The Consolidation of Prussian Absolutism

The Development of Russia and the Ottoman Empire

The Mongol Yoke and the Rise of Moscow

The Tsar and His People

Primary Source 15.3: A German Account of Russian Life

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The Reforms of Peter the Great

The Growth of the Ottoman Empire

Individuals in Society: Hürrem

Alternatives to Absolutism in England and the Dutch Republic

Absolutist Claims in England

Religious Divides and the English Civil War

Cromwell and Puritanical Absolutism in England

Primary Source 15.4: Diary of an English Villager

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The Restoration of the English Monarchy

Constitutional Monarchy and Cabinet Government

Primary Source 15.5: John Locke, Two Treatises of Government

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The Dutch Republic in the Seventeenth Century

Baroque Art and Music

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Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 15

Introduction to the Documents

Document 15-1: Henry Iv, Edict of Nantes (1598)

Document 15-2: Jacques-BéNigne Bossuet, Politics Drawn from the Very Words of Holy Scripture (1679)

Document 15-3: The Bill of Rights (1689)

Document 15-4: Peter The Great, Edicts and Decrees (1699–1723)

Sources in Conversation: The Commonwealth and the State of Nature

Document 15-5: Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan (1651)

Document 15-6: JOHN LOCKE, Second Treatise of Civil Government: Vindication for the Glorious Revolution (1690)

Comparative and Discussion Questions

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16: Toward a New Worldview

Introduction for Chapter 16

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 16

Major Breakthroughs of the Scientific Revolution

Scientific Thought in 1500

Origins of the Scientific Revolution

The Copernican Hypothesis

Brahe, Kepler, and Galileo: Proving Copernicus Right

Primary Source 16.1: Galileo Galilei, The Sidereal Messenger

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Newton’s Synthesis

Important Changes in Scientific Thinking

Bacon, Descartes, and the Scientific Method

Medicine, the Body, and Chemistry

Empire and Natural History

Primary Source 16.2: “An Account of a Particular Species of Cocoon”

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Science and Society

The Enlightenment

The Emergence of the Enlightenment

The Influence of the Philosophes

Primary Source 16.3: Du Châtelet, Foundations of Physics

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The International Enlightenment

Urban Culture and Life in the Public Sphere

Primary Source 16.4: Enlightenment Culture

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Living in the Past: Coffeehouse Culture

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Race and the Enlightenment

Primary Source 16.5: Denis Diderot, “Supplement to Bougainville’s Voyage”

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Enlightened Absolutism

Frederick the Great of Prussia

Catherine the Great of Russia

Mapping the Past for Chapter 16

The Austrian Habsburgs

Jewish Life and the Limits of Enlightened Absolutism

Individuals in Society: Moses Mendelssohn and the Jewish Enlightenment

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Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 16

Introduction to the Documents

Document 16-1: Nicolaus Copernicus, On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres (1542)

Document 16-2: Francis Bacon, On Superstition and the Virtue of Science (1620)

Sources in Conversation: Monarchical Power and Responsibility

Document 16-3: Frederick The Great, Essay on the Forms of Government (ca. 1740)

Document 16-4: Charles De Secondat, BARON DE MONTESQUIEU, From The Spirit of Laws: On the Separation of Governmental Powers (1748)

Document 16-5: Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract: On Popular Sovereignty and the General Will (1762)

Document 16-6: Voltaire, A Treatise on Toleration (1763)

Comparative and Discussion Questions

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17: The Expansion of Europe

Introduction for Chapter 17

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 17

Working the Land

The Legacy of the Open-Field System

New Methods of Agriculture

The Leadership of the Low Countries and England

Primary Source 17.1: Arthur Young on the Benefits of Enclosure

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The Beginning of the Population Explosion

Long-Standing Obstacles to Population Growth

The New Pattern of the Eighteenth Century

The Growth of Rural Industry

The Putting-Out System

Mapping the Past for Chapter 17

The Lives of Rural Textile Workers

Primary Source 17.2: Contrasting Views on the Effects of Rural Industry

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The Industrious Revolution

The Debate over Urban Guilds

Urban Guilds

Adam Smith and Economic Liberalism

Primary Source 17.3: Adam Smith on the Division of Labor

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The Atlantic World and Global Trade

Mercantilism and Colonial Competition

The Atlantic Economy

Living in the Past: The Remaking of London

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The Atlantic Slave Trade

Primary Source 17.4: Olaudah Equiano’s Economic Arguments for Ending Slavery

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Identities and Communities of the Atlantic World

Primary Source 17.5: Mulatto Painting

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Individuals in Society: Rebecca Protten

The Colonial Enlightenment

Trade and Empire in Asia and the Pacific

Looking Back Looking Ahead

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Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 17

Introduction to the Documents

Document 17-1: The Guild System in Germany (1704–1719)

Document 17-2: Thomas Mun, England’s Treasure by Foreign Trade (1664)

Document 17-3: Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations (1776)

Sources in Conversation: The Moral Implications of Expansion

Document 17-4: Olaudah Equiano, A Description of the Middle Passage (1789)

Document 17-5: Robert, FIRST BARON CLIVE, Speech in the House of Commons on India (1772)

Comparative and Discussion Questions

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18: Life in the Era of Expansion

Introduction for Chapter 18

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 18

Marriage and the Family

Late Marriage and Nuclear Families

Work Away from Home

Premarital Sex and Community Controls

New Patterns of Marriage and Illegitimacy

Sex on the Margins of Society

Children and Education

Child Care and Nursing

Foundlings and Infanticide

Attitudes Toward Children

Primary Source 18.1: Parisian Boyhood

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Primary Source 18.2: The Catechism of Health

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The Spread of Elementary Schools

Popular Culture and Consumerism

Popular Literature

Mapping the Past for Chapter 18

Leisure and Recreation

The Past Living Now: The Commercialization of Sports

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New Foods and Appetites

Primary Source 18.3: A Day in the Life of Paris

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Toward a Consumer Society

Primary Source 18.4: The Fashion Merchant

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Individuals in Society: Rose Bertin, “Minister of Fashion”

Religious Authority and Beliefs

Church Hierarchy

Protestant Revival

Primary Source 18.5: Advice to Methodists

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Catholic Piety

Marginal Beliefs and Practices

Medical Practice

Faith Healing and General Practice

Improvements in Surgery

Midwifery

Living in the Past: Improvements in Childbirth

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The Conquest of Smallpox

Looking Back Looking Ahead

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Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 18

Introduction to the Documents

Document 18-1: Edmond Williamson, Births and Deaths in an English Gentry Family (1709–1720)

Document 18-2: Mary Wortley Montagu, On Smallpox Inoculations (ca. 1717)

Document 18-3: John Locke, Some Thoughts Concerning Education (1693)

Sources in Conversation: The Challenge to Established Religion in the 1700s

Document 18-4: John Wesley, The Ground Rules for Methodism (1749)

Document 18-5: Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason (1794)

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19: Revolutions in Politics

Introduction for Chapter 19

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 19

Background to Revolution

Social Change

Growing Demands for Liberty and Equality

The Seven Years’ War

The American Revolutionary Era, 1775–1789

The Origins of the Revolution

Independence from Britain

Framing the Constitution

Limitations of Liberty and Equality

Primary Source 19.1: Abigail Adams, “Remember the Ladies”

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Revolution in France, 1789–1791

Breakdown of the Old Order

The Formation of the National Assembly

Primary Source 19.2: Abbé Sieyès, What Is the Third Estate?

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Popular Uprising and the Rights of Man

A Constitutional Monarchy and Its Challenges

Primary Source 19.3: Petition of the French Jews

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World War and Republican France, 1791–1799

The International Response

The Second Revolution and the New Republic

Primary Source 19.4: Contrasting Visions of the Sans-Culottes

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Total War and the Terror

Living in the Past: A Revolution of Culture and Daily Life

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The Thermidorian Reaction and the Directory

The Napoleonic Era, 1799–1815

Napoleon’s Rule of France

Primary Source 19.5: Napoleon’s Proclamation to the French People

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Napoleon’s Expansion in Europe

The Grand Empire and Its End

Mapping the Past for Chapter 19

The Haitian Revolution, 1791–1804

Revolutionary Aspirations in Saint-Domingue

The Outbreak of Revolt

Individuals in Society: Toussaint L’Ouverture

The War of Haitian Independence

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Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 19

Introduction to the Documents

Document 19-1: Commissioners Of The Third Estate Of The Carcassonne, Notebooks of Grievances (1789)

Document 19-2: Abbé Sieyès, What Is the Third Estate? (1789)

Sources in Conversation: Imagining a New France

Document 19-3: National Assembly Of France, Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789)

Document 19-4: The Law of 22 Prairial (1794)

Document 19-5: Napoleon Bonaparte, The Napoleonic Code (1804)

Document 19-6: Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792)

Document 19-7: FrançOis Dominique Toussaint L’Ouverture, A Black Revolutionary Leader in Haiti (1797)

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20: The Revolution in Energy and Industry

Introduction for Chapter 20

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 20

The Industrial Revolution in Britain

Origins of the British Industrial Revolution

Technological Innovations and Early Factories

The Steam Engine Breakthrough

Individuals in Society: Josiah Wedgwood

The Coming of the Railroads

Living in the Past: The Steam Age

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Industry and Population

Industrialization Beyond Britain

National and International Variations

Industrialization in Continental Europe

Mapping the Past for Chapter 20

Agents of Industrialization

Government Support and Corporate Banking

The Situation Outside of Europe

New Patterns of Working and Living

Work in Early Factories

Working Families and Children

Primary Source 20.1: Debate over Child Labor Laws

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The New Sexual Division of Labor

Primary Source 20.2: Living Conditions of the Working Classes

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Primary Source 20.3: The Testimony of Young Mine Workers

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Relations Between Capital and Labor

Primary Source 20.4: Ford Maddox Brown, Work

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The New Class of Factory Owners

Primary Source 20.5: Advice for Middle-Class Women

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Debates over Industrialization

The Early British Labor Movement

The Impact of Slavery

Looking Back Looking Ahead

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Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 20

Introduction to the Documents

Document 20-1: Thomas Malthus, An Essay on the Principle of Population (1798)

Sources in Conversation: Life as an Industrial Worker at Mid-Century

Document 20-2: Friedrich Engels, The Condition of the Working Class in England in 1844 (1844)

Document 20-3: Factory Rules in Berlin (1844)

Document 20-4: Ned Ludd, Yorkshire Textile Workers Threaten a Factory Owner (ca. 1811–1812)

Document 20-5: Robert Owen, A New View of Society (1813)

Document 20-6: The Child of the Factory (1842)

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21: Ideologies and Upheavals

Introduction for Chapter 21

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 21

The Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars

Mapping the Past for Chapter 21

The European Balance of Power

Metternich and Conservatism

Repressing the Revolutionary Spirit

Primary Source 21.1: Metternich: Conservative Reaction in the German Confederation

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Limits to Conservative Power and Revolution in South America

The Spread of Radical Ideas

Liberalism and the Middle Class

The Growing Appeal of Nationalism

The Foundations of Modern Socialism

The Birth of Marxist Socialism

The Romantic Movement

The Tenets of Romanticism

Literature

Primary Source 21.2: English Romantic Poets

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Individuals in Society: Germaine de Staël

Primary Source 21.3: The Brothers Grimm, Children’s Stories and Household Tales (1812; 1815)

Quiz for Primary Source 21.3: Adam Mickiewicz and Romantic Nationalism in Poland

Art and Music

Reforms and Revolutions Before 1848

National Liberation in Greece

Liberal Reform in Great Britain

Ireland and the Great Famine

The Revolution of 1830 in France

The Revolutions of 1848

A Democratic Republic in France

Primary Source 21.4: The Republican Spirit in Paris, 1848

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Primary Source 21.5: The Triumph of Democratic Republics

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Living in the Past: Revolutionary Experiences in 1848

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Revolution and Reaction in the Austrian Empire

Prussia, the German Confederation, and the Frankfurt National Parliament

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Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 21

Introduction to the Documents

Document 21-1: David Ricardo, On Wages (1817)

Sources in Conversation: Conservatism, Liberalism, and Socialism

Document 21-2: Klemens Von Metternich, Political Confession of Faith (1820)

Document 21-3: John Stuart Mill, On Liberty (1859)

Document 21-4: Karl Marx And Friedrich Engels, The Communist Manifesto (1848)

Document 21-5: EugèNe Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People (1830)

Document 21-6: The People’s Charter (1838)

Document 21-7: William Steuart Trench, Realities of Irish Life (1847)

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22: Life in the Emerging Urban Society

Introduction for Chapter 22

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 22

Taming the City

Industry and the Growth of Cities

Mapping the Past for Chapter 22

Primary Source 22.1: First Impressions of the World’s Biggest City

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The Advent of the Public Health Movement

The Past Living Now: Modern Sewage Systems

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The Bacterial Revolution

Improvements in Urban Planning

Public Transportation

Rich and Poor and Those in Between

The Distribution of Income

Primary Source 22.2: Apartment Living in Paris

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The People and Occupations of the Middle Classes

Middle-Class Culture and Values

Living in the Past: Nineteenth-Century Women’s Fashion

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The People and Occupations of the Working Classes

Working-Class Leisure and Religion

Changing Family Lifestyles

Middle-Class Marriage and Courtship Rituals

Middle- and Working-Class Sexuality

Primary Source 22.3: Stephan Zweig on Middle-Class Youth and Sexuality

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Prostitution

Separate Spheres and the Importance of Homemaking

Child Rearing

The Feminist Movement

Individuals in Society: Franziska Tiburtius

Science and Thought

The Triumph of Science in Industry

Darwin and Natural Selection

The Modern University and the Social Sciences

Primary Source 22.4: Max Weber Critiques Industrial Capitalism

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Realism in Art and Literature

Primary Source 22.5: Émile Zola and Realism in Literature

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Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 22

Introduction to the Documents

Document 22-1: Edwin Chadwick, Inquiry into the Sanitary Conditions of the Poor (1842)

Document 22-2: Jack London, The People of the Abyss (1902)

Sources in Conversation: Separate Spheres

Document 22-3: Isabella Beeton, Mrs. Beeton’s Book of Household Management (1861)

Document 22-4: Dressing the Respectable Woman (ca. 1890)

Document 22-5: Clara Zetkin, Women’s Work and the Trade Unions (1887)

Document 22-6: Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man (1871)

Document 22-7: Herbert Spencer, Social Statics: Survival of the Fittest Applied to Humankind (1851)

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23: The Age of Nationalism

Introduction for Chapter 23

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 23

Napoleon III in France

France’s Second Republic

Napoleon III’s Second Empire

Nation Building in Italy, Germany, and the United States

Italy to 1850

Primary Source 23.1: The Struggle for the Italian Nation

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Cavour and Garibaldi in Italy

Growing Austro-Prussian Rivalry

Bismarck and the Austro-Prussian War

Mapping the Past for Chapter 23

Taming the German Parliament

The Franco-Prussian War

Slavery and Nation Building in the United States

The Modernization of Russia and the Ottoman Empire

The “Great Reforms” in Russia

Living in the Past: Peasant Life in Post-Reform Russia

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The Russian Revolution of 1905

Primary Source 23.2: Eyewitness Accounts of Bloody Sunday

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Reform and Readjustment in the Ottoman Empire

The Responsive National State, 1871–1914

The German Empire

Republican France

Great Britain and Ireland

The Austro-Hungarian Empire

The Nation and the People

Making National Citizens

Primary Source 23.3: Ernest Renan on National Identity

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Primary Source 23.4: Building Nationalism

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Nationalism and Racism

Jewish Emancipation and Modern Anti-Semitism

Individuals in Society: Theodor Herzl

Marxism and the Socialist Movement

The Socialist International

Primary Source 23.5: Adelheid Popp, the Making of a Socialist

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Unions and Revisionism

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Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 23

Introduction to the Documents

Document 23-1: The First Meeting Between Mazzini and Garibaldi (1833)

Sources in Conversation: Nationalism and the Conservative Order

Document 23-2: GIORGIO ASPRONI, Reflections on the Death of Cavour (1860)

Document 23-3: Otto Von Bismarck, Speech Before the Reichstag: On the Law for Workers’ Compensation (1884)

Document 23-4: John Leighton, Paris Under the Commune (1871)

Document 23-5: éMile Zola, “J’Accuse” the French Army (1898)

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24: The West and the World

Introduction for Chapter 24

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 24

Industrialization and the World Economy

The Rise of Global Inequality

The World Market

The Opening of China

Primary Source 24.1: Lin 794Zexu and Yamagata Aritomo on Western Imperialism

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Japan and the United States

Western Penetration of Egypt

Global Migration Around 1900

The Pressure of Population

European Emigration

Living in the Past: The Immigrant Experience

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Asian Emigration

Primary Source 24.2: Nativism in the United States

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Western Imperialism, 1880–1914

The European Presence in Africa Before 1880

The Scramble for Africa After 1880

Individuals in Society: Cecil Rhodes

Mapping the Past for Chapter 24

Imperialism in Asia

Causes of the New Imperialism

A “Civilizing Mission”

Primary Source 24.3: The White Man’s Burden

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Orientalism

Primary Source 24.4: Orientalism in Art and Everyday Life

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Critics of Imperialism

Primary Source 24.5: The Brown Man’s Burden

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Responding to Western Imperialism

The Pattern of Response

Empire in India

The Example of Japan

Toward Revolution in China

Looking Back Looking Ahead

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Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 24

Introduction to the Documents

Sources in Conversation: Economic Imperialism and Military Expansion

Document 24-1: Commissioner Lin Zexu, Letter to Queen Victoria (1839)

Document 24-2: Jules Ferry, Speech Before the French Chamber of Deputies (1884)

Document 24-3: The Rhodes Colossus (1892)

Document 24-4: Henry Morton Stanley, Autobiography (1909)

Document 24-5: Mark Twain, King Leopold’s Soliloquy (1905)

Document 24-6: J. A. Hobson, Imperialism (1902)

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25: War and Revolution

Introduction for Chapter 25

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 25

The Road to War

Growing International Conflict

The Mood of 1914

The Outbreak of War

Primary Source 25.1: German Diplomacy and the Road to War

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Waging Total War

Stalemate and Slaughter on the Western Front

Living in the Past: Life and Death on the Western Front

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Primary Source 25.2: Poetry in the Trenches

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The Widening War

The Home Front

Mobilizing for Total War

The Social Impact

Individuals in Society: Vera Brittain

Growing Political Tensions

Primary Source 25.3: Wartime 841Propaganda Posters

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The Russian Revolution

The Fall of Imperial Russia

The Provisional Government

Lenin and the Bolshevik Revolution

Trotsky and the Seizure of Power

Primary Source 25.4: Peace, Land, and Bread for the Russian People

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Dictatorship and Civil War

The Peace Settlement

The End of the War

Revolution in Austria-Hungary and Germany

Mapping the Past for Chapter 25

The Treaty of Versailles

The Peace Settlement in the Middle East

Primary Source 25.5: Resolution of the General Syrian Congress at Damascus

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The Human Costs of the War

Looking Back Looking Ahead

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Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 25

Introduction to the Documents

Document 25-1: Chancellor Theobald Von Bethmann-Hollweg, Telegram to the German Ambassador at Vienna (July 6, 1914)

Sources in Conversation: World War I in the Trenches and in the Air

Document 25-2: Klaxon Horn Used to Warn of Gas Attacks (1917)

Document 25-3: Baron Manfred von Richthofen (1917)

Document 25-4: Helena Swanwick, The War in Its Effect Upon Women (1916)

Document 25-5: Vladimir I. Lenin, What Is to Be Done? (1902)

Document 25-6: Woodrow Wilson, The Fourteen Points (1918)

Document 25-7: A Defeated Germany Contemplates the Peace Treaty (1919)

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26: The Age of Anxiety

Introduction for Chapter 26

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 26

Uncertainty in Modern Thought

Modern Philosophy

Primary Source 26.1: Friedrich Nietzsche Pronounces the Death of God

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The Revival of Christianity

The New Physics

Freudian Psychology

Modernism in Architecture, Art, Literature, and Music

Architecture and Design

Living in the Past: Modern Design for Everyday Use

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New Artistic Movements

Primary Source 26.2: The Futurist Manifesto

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Twentieth-Century Literature

Modern Music

An Emerging Consumer Society

Mass Culture

Primary Source 26.3: The Modern Girl: Image or Reality?

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The Appeal of Cinema

The Arrival of Radio

The Search for Peace and Political Stability

Germany and the Western Powers

Primary Source 26.4: Keynes on German Reparations After World War I

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Individuals in Society: Gustav Stresemann

Hope in Foreign Affairs

Hope in Democratic Government

The Great Depression, 1929–1939

Mapping the Past for Chapter 26

The Economic Crisis

Mass Unemployment

Primary Source 26.5: George Orwell on Life on the Dole

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The New Deal in the United States

The Scandinavian Response to the Depression

Recovery and Reform in Britain and France

Looking Back Looking Ahead

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Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 26

Introduction to the Documents

Document 26-1: Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams (1900)

Document 26-2: Mary Cassatt, Reading Le Figaro (1878)

Document 26-3: John Maynard Keynes, The Economic Consequences of the Peace (1920)

Document 26-4: Hyperinflation in Germany (1923)

Sources in Conversation: The Great Depression in Great Britain and Germany

Document 26-5: Sir Percy Malcolm Stewart , Parliament Addresses the Great Depression in Britain (1934)

Document 26-6: Heinrich Hauser, With the Unemployed in Germany (1933)

Document 26-7: German Communist Party Poster (1932)

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27: Dictatorships and the Second World War

Introduction for Chapter 27

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 27

Authoritarian States

Conservative Authoritarianism and Radical Totalitarian Dictatorships

Primary Source 27.1: The Appeal of Propaganda

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Communism and Fascism

Stalin’s Soviet Union

From Lenin to Stalin

The Five-Year Plans

Primary Source 27.2: Stalin Justifies the Five-Year Plan

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Primary Source 27.3: Famine and Recovery on a Soviet Collective Farm

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Life and Culture in Soviet Society

Stalinist Terror and the Great Purges

Mussolini and Fascism in Italy

The Seizure of Power

The Regime in Action

Hitler and Nazism in Germany

The Roots of National Socialism

Hitler’s Road to Power

State and Society in Nazi Germany

Primary Source 27.4: The “Reich Citizenship Law” and the Nazi Volk

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Popular Support for National Socialism

Living in the Past: Nazi Propaganda and Consumer Goods

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Aggression and Appeasement

The Second World War

German Victories in Europe

Mapping the Past for Chapter 27

Primary Source 27.5: Everyday Life in the London Blitz

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Europe Under Nazi Occupation

The Holocaust

Individuals in Society: Primo Levi

Japanese Empire and the War in the Pacific

The “Hinge of Fate”

Allied Victory

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Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 27

Introduction to the Documents

Document 27-1: Richard Washburn Child, Foreword to the Autobiography of Benito Mussolini (1928)

Document 27-2: Vladimir Tchernavin, I Speak for the Silent (1930)

Sources in Conversation: Propaganda and the Totalitarian State

Document 27-3: Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf: The Art of Propaganda (1924)

Document 27-4: Soviet Propaganda Posters (1941 and 1945)

Document 27-5: Winston Churchill, Speech Before the House of Commons (June 18, 1940)

Document 27-6: The Nuremberg Laws: The Centerpiece of Nazi Racial Legislation (1935)

Document 27-7: Alfred Rosenberg, The Jewish Question as a World Problem (1941)

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28: Cold War Conflict and Consensus

Introduction for Chapter 28

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 28

Postwar Europe and the Origins of the Cold War

The Legacies of the Second World War

Mapping the Past for Chapter 28

The Peace Settlement and Cold War Origins

West Versus East

Big Science in the Nuclear Age

Primary Source 28.1: A Soviet View of the Arms Race

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The Western Renaissance/Recovery in Western Europe

The Search for Political and Social Consensus

Primary Source 28.2: Western European Recovery and the Promise of Prosperity

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Toward European Unity

The Consumer Revolution

Primary Source 28.3: The Nixon-Khrushchev “Kitchen Debate”

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Developments in the Soviet Union and the East Bloc

Postwar Life in the East Bloc

Living in the Past: A Model Socialist Steel Town

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Reform and De-Stalinization

Foreign Policy and Domestic Rebellion

Primary Source 28.4: The Hungarian Communist Party Calls for Reforms

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The Limits of Reform

The End of Empires

Decolonization and the Global Cold War

Primary Source 28.5: Frantz Fanon on Violence, Decolonization, and Human Dignity

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The Struggle for Power in Asia

Independence and Conflict in the Middle East

Decolonization in Africa

Postwar Social Transformations

Changing Class Structures

Patterns of Postwar Migration

Individuals in Society: Armando Rodrigues

New Roles for Women

Youth Culture and the Generation Gap

Looking Back Looking Ahead

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Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 28

Introduction to the Documents

Document 28-1: George C. Marshal, An American Plan to Rebuild a Shattered Europe (June 5, 1947)

Document 28-2: Alexander Solzhenitsyn, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1962)

Document 28-3: Joseph Stalin, Interview Regarding Winston Churchill’s Iron Curtain Speech (March 14, 1946)

Sources in Conversation: Challenging the Prewar Social and Political Order

Document 28-4: FRANTZ FANON, The Wretched of the Earth (1961)

Document 28-5: SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR, The Second Sex (1949)

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29: Challenging the Postwar Order

Introduction for Chapter 29

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 29

Reform and Protest in the 1960s

Cold War Tensions Thaw

Primary Source 29.1: Human Rights Under the Helsinki Accords

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The Affluent Society

Living in the Past: The Supermarket Revolution

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The Counterculture Movement

The United States and Vietnam

Student Revolts and 1968

Primary Source 29.2: Counterculture Graffiti from Paris, 1968

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The 1960s in the East Bloc

Crisis and Change in Western Europe

Economic Crisis and Hardship

The New Conservatism

Individuals in Society: Margaret Thatcher

Challenges and Victories for Women

Primary Source 29.3: Simone de Beauvoir’s Feminist Critique of Marriage

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The Rise of the Environmental Movement

Primary Source 29.4: Green Party Representatives Enter Parliament

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Separatism and Right-Wing Extremism

The Decline of “Developed Socialism”

State and Society in the East Bloc

Dissent in Czechoslovakia and Poland

Primary Source 29.5: Dissent in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic

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From Détente Back to Cold War

Gorbachev’s Reforms in the Soviet Union

The Revolutions of 1989

Mapping the Past for Chapter 29

The Collapse of Communism in the East Bloc

German Unification and the End of the Cold War

The Disintegration of the Soviet Union

Looking Back Looking Ahead

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Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 29

Introduction to the Documents

Sources in Conversation: Reforming Socialist Societies

Document 29-1: Solidarity Union, Twenty-One Demands: A Call for Workers’ Rights and Freedoms (1980)

Document 29-2: Mikhail Gorbachev, Perestroika: A Soviet Leader Calls for Change (1987)

Document 29-3: Jeff Widener, Tank Man (1989)

Document 29-4: Betty Friedan, Statement of Purpose of the National Organization for Women: Defining Full Equality (1966)

Document 29-5: Vaclav Havel, New Year’s Address to the Nation (1990)

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30: Life in an Age of Globalization

Introduction for Chapter 30

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 30

Reshaping Russia and the Former East Bloc

Economic Shock Therapy in Russia

Russian Revival Under Vladimir Putin

Primary Source 30.1: President Putin on Global Security

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Coping with Change in the Former East Bloc

Tragedy in Yugoslavia

The New Global System

The Global Economy

The New European Union

Living in the Past: The Euro

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Mapping the Past for Chapter 30

Supranational Organizations

The Human Side of Globalization

Primary Source 30.2: The Slow Food Manifesto

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Life in the Digital Age

Toward a Multicultural Continent

The Prospect of Population Decline

Changing Immigration Flows

Ethnic Diversity in Contemporary Europe

Primary Source 30.3: National Front Campaign Poster

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Europe and Its Muslim Citizens

Individuals in Society: Tariq Ramadan

Primary Source 30.4: William Pfaff, Will the French Riots Change Anything?

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Confronting Twenty-First-Century Challenges

Growing Strains in U.S.-European Relations

Turmoil in the Muslim World

Primary Source 30.5: Osama bin Laden Calls for Global Jihad

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The Global Recession and the Viability of the Eurozone

Dependence on Fossil Fuels

Climate Change and Environmental Degradation

Promoting Human Rights

The Past Living Now: Remembering the Holocaust

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Looking Back Looking Ahead

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Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 30

Introduction to the Documents

Sources in Conversation: Islam Versus the West?

Document 30-1: Amartya Sen, A World Not Neatly Divided (November 23, 2001)

Document 30-2: Tariq Ramadan, Western Muslims and the Future of Islam (2004)

Document 30-3: A Greenpeace Activist at the G8 Summit (2001)

Document 30-4: A Tunisian Woman Casts Her Vote (2011)

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About A History of Western Society, Eleventh Edition

Copyright Page

Preface: Why This Book This Way

About the Authors

About Sources for Western Society, Third Edition

Copyright Page

Credits for Volume 1

Credits for Volume 2

Preface for Volume 1

Preface for Volume 2