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This is a collection of 75 selections, organized in 21 chapters, 3 chronological periods. The selections are accompanied by introductions to each period, chapter overviews, and selection introductions.

About the Authors

Walter Moss is Professor of History at Eastern Michigan University, where he has taught history since 1970. He attended Xavier University in Cincinnati and received his Ph.D. from Georgetown University. He is the author of A History of Russia, 2 vols. (2nd ed.: 2002-2005) and Russia in the Age of Alexander II, Tolstoy, and Dostoevsky. He is co-editor along with Terry and Upshur of The Twentieth Century: Readings in Global History. He also co-authored Growing Old and edited Humanistic Perspectives on Aging. He has written over 100 book reviews and several articles on Russian history, literature, and philosophy and has traveled on many occasions to Russia, the former Soviet Union, and other parts of Europe. He is currently working on a book on the major global changes of the twentieth century.

Janice Terry is Professor of History at Eastern Michigan University with a specialty in the modern Middle East. She received her Ph.D. in history from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. She is the author of The Wafd, 1919-1952: Cornerstone of Egyptian Political Power; Mistaken Identity: Arab Stereotypes in Popular Writing; and U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East: The Role of Lobbies and Special Interest Groups. She has also contributed to numerous anthologies and journals. She is the co-editor of The Arab Studies Quarterly and has lived and traveled extensively throughout the Middle East and Africa. She is co-author, along with Goff and Upshur, of the textbook World History; co-editor, along with Moss and Upshur, of The Twentieth Century: Readings in Global History; and co-editor, along with Upshur and Schroeder, of the seven-volume Encyclopedia of World History.

Jiu-Hwa Upshur is Professor of History at Eastern Michigan University. She received her B.A. from the University of Sydney and her Ph.D. in Chinese history from the University of Michigan, where she was a Rackham Prize Fellow. She is the author of book reviews and numerous articles on Chinese history and two catalogs on Chinese art. She is co-author, along with Goff and Terry, of World History, and co-editor of Lives and Times: Readings in World History and (with Moss and Terry) The Twentieth Century: Readings in Global History. She is also co-editor of the Encyclopedia of World History to be published by Facts on File. She has chaired the College Board World History Committee and served on the Social Studies National Advisory Committee. She has lived and traveled extensively in East Asia, India and Australia.

Preface

Part One: The Era of Western Domination

Chapter 1: Modernization: Science and Technology Challenge Tradition

Chapter 2: Demands for Political and Social Changes in Europe and Japan Prior to World War I

Chapter 3: Regions under Imperial Domination

Chapter 4: Militarism and World War I

Part Two: From Revolutions to the End of World War II

Chapter 5: Revolution in Latin America

Chapter 6: Postwar Settlements and Self-Determination

Chapter 7: Russia's Revolutions

Chapter 8: Social Conflicts in the United States

Chapter 9: The Global Depression

Chapter 10: Asia between the World Wars

Chapter 11: Anticolonialism in the Middle East and Africa

Chapter 12: Stalin and Hitler and the "Enemies of the People" in the 1930s

Chapter 13: Axis Aggressions and World War II

Part Three: The Era of Cold War and Collapse of Empires

Chapter 14: Women, Households, Consumption, and the Environment: Interrelated Issues in the Postwar Era

Chapter 15: The Cold War and Its Impact From the 1940s to the 1980s

Chapter 16: Three West European Leaders: De Gaulle, Brandt, and Thatcher

Chapter 17: Post World War II Trends in the Americas

Chapter 18: Asia since World War II

Chapter 19: The Struggle for Political and Economic Independence in Africa

Chapter 20: Changes and Conflict in the Middle East

Chapter 21: After the Cold War: The Birth of a New Era