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Understanding Western Society: A History, Volume Two
Second EditionJohn P. McKay; Clare Haru Crowston; Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks; Joe Perry
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Utilize an inquiry-based approach to information similar to what historians use to learn what's really important about Western civilization with Understanding Western Society: A History, Volume 2.
Table of Contents
NOTE: LaunchPad material that does not appear in the print book – guided reading exercises, assessment tools, all of the documents from Sources for Western Society – has been indicated on this table of contents as shown. Each chapter in LaunchPad also comes with a wealth of additional documents, Key Terms Flashcards, Map Quizzes, Timeline Activities, and much more, all of which can be easily integrated and assigned.
Preface
Versions and Supplements
Maps, Figures, and Tables
Introduction
Chapter 14
European Exploration and Conquest, 1450-1650
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
What was the Afroeurasian trading world before Columbus?
The Trade World of the Indian Ocean
The Trading States of Africa
The Ottoman and Persian Empires
Genoese and Venetian Middlemen
How and why did Europeans undertake voyages of expansion?
Causes of European Expansion
Technology and the Rise of Exploration
The Portuguese Overseas Empire
Mapping the Past: Overseas Exploration and Conquest in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries
The Problem of Christopher Columbus
Later Explorers
Spanish Conquest in the New World
Picturing the Past: Doña Marina Translating for Hernando Cortés During His Meeting with Montezuma
Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
Early French and English Settlement in the New World
What was the impact of European conquest on the New World?
Colonial Administration
Impact of European Settlement on the Lives of Indigenous Peoples
Life in the Colonies
The Columbian Exchange
How did Europe and the world change after Columbus?
Sugar and Slavery
Individuals in Society: Juan de Pareja
Spanish Silver and Its Economic Effects
The Birth of the Global Economy
How did expansion change European attitudes and beliefs?
New Ideas About Race
Michel de Montaigne and Cultural Curiosity
William Shakespeare and His Influence
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
Learning Curve LaunchPad
Chapter 14 Study Guide
European Exploration and Conquest, 1450-1650
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
What was the Afroeurasian trading world before Columbus?
The Trade World of the Indian Ocean
The Trading States of Africa
The Ottoman and Persian Empires
Genoese and Venetian Middlemen
How and why did Europeans undertake voyages of expansion?
Causes of European Expansion
Technology and the Rise of Exploration
The Portuguese Overseas Empire
Mapping the Past: Overseas Exploration and Conquest in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries
The Problem of Christopher Columbus
Later Explorers
Spanish Conquest in the New World
Picturing the Past: Doña Marina Translating for Hernando Cortés During His Meeting with Montezuma
Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
Early French and English Settlement in the New World
What was the impact of European conquest on the New World?
Colonial Administration
Impact of European Settlement on the Lives of Indigenous Peoples
Life in the Colonies
The Columbian Exchange
How did Europe and the world change after Columbus?
Sugar and Slavery
Individuals in Society: Juan de Pareja
Spanish Silver and Its Economic Effects
The Birth of the Global Economy
How did expansion change European attitudes and beliefs?
New Ideas About Race
Michel de Montaigne and Cultural Curiosity
William Shakespeare and His Influence
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
Learning Curve LaunchPad
Chapter 14 Study Guide
Online Document Project: Juan de Pareja: Race and Slavery in the Early Modern Era LaunchPad
Document 14-1: Excerpts from the Laws of Virginia, 1662-1669 LaunchPad
Document 14-2: William Shakespeare, Othello, Act 1, Scene 1, ca. 1603-1604 LaunchPad
Document 14-3: The Mulatto Gentlemen of Esmeraldas, 1599 LaunchPad
Essay Assignment for Juan de Pareja: Race and Slavery in the Early Modern Era LaunchPad
Quiz for Juan de Pareja: Race and Slavery in the Early Modern Era LaunchPad
Document 14-1: Excerpts from the Laws of Virginia, 1662-1669 LaunchPad
Document 14-2: William Shakespeare, Othello, Act 1, Scene 1, ca. 1603-1604 LaunchPad
Document 14-3: The Mulatto Gentlemen of Esmeraldas, 1599 LaunchPad
Essay Assignment for Juan de Pareja: Race and Slavery in the Early Modern Era LaunchPad
Quiz for Juan de Pareja: Race and Slavery in the Early Modern Era LaunchPad
Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 14 LaunchPad
Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
Document 14-1: Christopher Columbus, Diario (1492) LaunchPad
Document 14-2: Hernando Cortés, Two Letters to Charles V: On the Conquest of the Aztecs (1521) LaunchPad
Sources in Conversation: The Slave Trade in Africa LaunchPad
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) LaunchPad
Document 14-4: King Nzinga Mbemba Affonso of Congo, Letters on the Slave Trade (1526) LaunchPad
Document 14-5: Saint Francis Xavier, Missionaries in Japan (1552) LaunchPad
Document 14-6: Michel de Montaigne, Of Cannibals (1580) LaunchPad
Comparative and Discussion Questions LaunchPad
Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 14 LaunchPad
Chapter 14 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
Document 14-1: Christopher Columbus, Diario (1492) LaunchPad
Document 14-2: Hernando Cortés, Two Letters to Charles V: On the Conquest of the Aztecs (1521) LaunchPad
Sources in Conversation: The Slave Trade in Africa LaunchPad
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) LaunchPad
Document 14-4: King Nzinga Mbemba Affonso of Congo, Letters on the Slave Trade (1526) LaunchPad
Document 14-5: Saint Francis Xavier, Missionaries in Japan (1552) LaunchPad
Document 14-6: Michel de Montaigne, Of Cannibals (1580) LaunchPad
Comparative and Discussion Questions LaunchPad
Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 14 LaunchPad
Chapter 14 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
Chapter 15
Absolutism and Constitutionalism, ca. 1589–1725
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
What made the seventeenth century an “age of crisis”?
Peasant Life in the Midst of Economic Crisis
The Social Order
The Thirty Years’ War
Achievements in State-Building
Warfare and the Growth of Army Size
Popular Political Action
Why did France rise and Spain fall during this period?
The Foundations of Absolutism
Louis XIV and Absolutism
Picturing the Past: Louis XIV, King of France and Navarre, 1701
Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
Life at Versailles
French Financial Management Under Colbert
Louis XIV’s Wars
Mapping the Past: Europe After the Peace of Utrecht, 1715
The Decline of Absolutist Spain in the Seventeenth Century
What explains the rise of 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
What were the distinctive features of Russia and the Ottoman Empire?
The Mongol Yoke and the Rise of Moscow
The Tsar and His People
The Reforms of Peter the Great
The Growth of the Ottoman Empire
Individuals in Society: Hürem
How and why did the constitutional state triumph in the Dutch Republic and England?
Absolutist Claims in England
Religious Divides and the English Civil War
Cromwell and Puritanical Absolutism in England
The Restoration of the English Monarchy
Constitutional Monarchy and Cabinet Government
The Dutch Republic in the Seventeenth Century
What was the baroque style in art and music, and where was it popular?
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter 15 Study Guide
Absolutism and Constitutionalism, ca. 1589–1725
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
What made the seventeenth century an “age of crisis”?
Peasant Life in the Midst of Economic Crisis
The Social Order
The Thirty Years’ War
Achievements in State-Building
Warfare and the Growth of Army Size
Popular Political Action
Why did France rise and Spain fall during this period?
The Foundations of Absolutism
Louis XIV and Absolutism
Picturing the Past: Louis XIV, King of France and Navarre, 1701
Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
Life at Versailles
French Financial Management Under Colbert
Louis XIV’s Wars
Mapping the Past: Europe After the Peace of Utrecht, 1715
The Decline of Absolutist Spain in the Seventeenth Century
What explains the rise of 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
What were the distinctive features of Russia and the Ottoman Empire?
The Mongol Yoke and the Rise of Moscow
The Tsar and His People
The Reforms of Peter the Great
The Growth of the Ottoman Empire
Individuals in Society: Hürem
How and why did the constitutional state triumph in the Dutch Republic and England?
Absolutist Claims in England
Religious Divides and the English Civil War
Cromwell and Puritanical Absolutism in England
The Restoration of the English Monarchy
Constitutional Monarchy and Cabinet Government
The Dutch Republic in the Seventeenth Century
What was the baroque style in art and music, and where was it popular?
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter 15 Study Guide
Online Document Project: Hürrem: A Habsburg Ambassador’s Perspective LaunchPad
Document 15-1: Busbecq Describes the Murder of Mustafa, 1581 LaunchPad
Document 15-2: Busbecq Describes the Morality of Turkish Women, 1581 LaunchPad
Document 15-3: Hürrem Intervenes on Behalf of Her Son Bajazet, 1581 LaunchPad
Essay Assignment for Hürrem: A Habsburg Ambassador’s Perspective LaunchPad
Quiz for Hürrem: A Habsburg Ambassador’s Perspective LaunchPad
Document 15-1: Busbecq Describes the Murder of Mustafa, 1581 LaunchPad
Document 15-2: Busbecq Describes the Morality of Turkish Women, 1581 LaunchPad
Document 15-3: Hürrem Intervenes on Behalf of Her Son Bajazet, 1581 LaunchPad
Essay Assignment for Hürrem: A Habsburg Ambassador’s Perspective LaunchPad
Quiz for Hürrem: A Habsburg Ambassador’s Perspective LaunchPad
Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 15 LaunchPad
Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
Document 15-1: Henry IV, Edict of Nantes (1598) LaunchPad
Document 15-2: Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, Politics Drawn from the Very Words of Holy Scripture (1679) LaunchPad
Document 15-3: The Bill of Rights (1689) LaunchPad
Document 15-4: Peter the Great, Edicts and Decrees (1699-1723) LaunchPad
Sources in Conversation: The Commonwealth and the State of Nature LaunchPad
Document 15-5: Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan (1651) LaunchPad
Document 15-6: John Locke, Second Treatise of Civil Government: Vindication for the Glorious Revolution (1690) LaunchPad
Comparative and Discussion Questions LaunchPad
Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 15 LaunchPad
Chapter 15 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
Document 15-1: Henry IV, Edict of Nantes (1598) LaunchPad
Document 15-2: Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, Politics Drawn from the Very Words of Holy Scripture (1679) LaunchPad
Document 15-3: The Bill of Rights (1689) LaunchPad
Document 15-4: Peter the Great, Edicts and Decrees (1699-1723) LaunchPad
Sources in Conversation: The Commonwealth and the State of Nature LaunchPad
Document 15-5: Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan (1651) LaunchPad
Document 15-6: John Locke, Second Treatise of Civil Government: Vindication for the Glorious Revolution (1690) LaunchPad
Comparative and Discussion Questions LaunchPad
Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 15 LaunchPad
Chapter 15 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
Chapter 16
Toward a New Worldview, 1540-1789
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
What revolutionary discoveries were made in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?
Scientific Thought in 1500
Origins of the Scientific Revolution
The Copernican Hypothesis
Brahe, Kepler, and Galileo: Proving Copernicus Right
Newton’s Synthesis
What intellectual and social changes occurred as a result of the Scientific Revolution?
Bacon, Descartes, and the Scientific Method
Medicine, the Body, and Chemistry
Empire and Natural History
Science and Society
What new ideas about society and human relations emerged in the Enlightenment?
The Emergence of the Enlightenment
The Influence of the Philosophes
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The International Enlightenment
Urban Culture and Life in the Public Sphere
Picturing the Past: Enlightenment Culture
Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
Race and the Enlightenment
What impact did new ways of thinking have on politics?
Frederick the Great of Prussia
Catherine the Great of Russia
Mapping the Past: The Partition of Poland, 1772-1795
The Austrian Habsburgs
Jewish Life and the Limits of Enlightened Absolutism
Individuals in Society: Moses Mendelssohn and the Jewish Enlightenment
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter 16 Study Guide
Toward a New Worldview, 1540-1789
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
What revolutionary discoveries were made in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?
Scientific Thought in 1500
Origins of the Scientific Revolution
The Copernican Hypothesis
Brahe, Kepler, and Galileo: Proving Copernicus Right
Newton’s Synthesis
What intellectual and social changes occurred as a result of the Scientific Revolution?
Bacon, Descartes, and the Scientific Method
Medicine, the Body, and Chemistry
Empire and Natural History
Science and Society
What new ideas about society and human relations emerged in the Enlightenment?
The Emergence of the Enlightenment
The Influence of the Philosophes
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The International Enlightenment
Urban Culture and Life in the Public Sphere
Picturing the Past: Enlightenment Culture
Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
Race and the Enlightenment
What impact did new ways of thinking have on politics?
Frederick the Great of Prussia
Catherine the Great of Russia
Mapping the Past: The Partition of Poland, 1772-1795
The Austrian Habsburgs
Jewish Life and the Limits of Enlightened Absolutism
Individuals in Society: Moses Mendelssohn and the Jewish Enlightenment
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter 16 Study Guide
Online Document Project: Moses Mendelssohn: The Enlightenment Debate on Religious Tolerance LaunchPad
Document 16-1: Moses Mendelssohn, "Reply to Lavater," 1769 LaunchPad
Document 16-2: Voltaire, "The Jean Calas Affair," 1763 LaunchPad
Document 16-3: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Nathan the Wise, 1779 LaunchPad
Essay Assignment for Moses Mendelssohn: The Enlightenment Debate on Religious Tolerance LaunchPad
Quiz for Moses Mendelssohn: The Enlightenment Debate on Religious Tolerance LaunchPad
Document 16-1: Moses Mendelssohn, "Reply to Lavater," 1769 LaunchPad
Document 16-2: Voltaire, "The Jean Calas Affair," 1763 LaunchPad
Document 16-3: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Nathan the Wise, 1779 LaunchPad
Essay Assignment for Moses Mendelssohn: The Enlightenment Debate on Religious Tolerance LaunchPad
Quiz for Moses Mendelssohn: The Enlightenment Debate on Religious Tolerance LaunchPad
Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 16 LaunchPad
Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
Document 16-1: Nicolaus Copernicus, On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres (1542) LaunchPad
Document 16-2: Francis Bacon, On Superstition and the Virtue of Science (1620) LaunchPad
Sources in Conversation: Monarchical Power and Responsibility LaunchPad
Document 16-3: Frederick the Great, Essay on the Forms of Government (ca. 1740) LaunchPad
Document 16-4: Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu, From The Spirit of Laws: On the Separation of Governmental Powers (1748) LaunchPad
Document 16-5: Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract: On Popular Sovereignty and the General Will (1762) LaunchPad
Document 16-6: Voltaire, A Treatise on Toleration (1763) LaunchPad
Comparative and Discussion Questions LaunchPad
Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 16 LaunchPad
Chapter 16 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
Document 16-1: Nicolaus Copernicus, On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres (1542) LaunchPad
Document 16-2: Francis Bacon, On Superstition and the Virtue of Science (1620) LaunchPad
Sources in Conversation: Monarchical Power and Responsibility LaunchPad
Document 16-3: Frederick the Great, Essay on the Forms of Government (ca. 1740) LaunchPad
Document 16-4: Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu, From The Spirit of Laws: On the Separation of Governmental Powers (1748) LaunchPad
Document 16-5: Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract: On Popular Sovereignty and the General Will (1762) LaunchPad
Document 16-6: Voltaire, A Treatise on Toleration (1763) LaunchPad
Comparative and Discussion Questions LaunchPad
Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 16 LaunchPad
Chapter 16 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
Chapter 17
The Expansion of Europe, 1650-1800
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
How did European agriculture change between 1650 and 1800?
The Legacy of the Open-Field System
New Methods of Agriculture
The Leadership of the Low Countries and England
Why did the European population rise dramatically in the eighteenth century?
Long-standing Obstacles to Population Growth
The New Pattern of the Eighteenth Century
How and why did rural industry intensify in the eighteenth century?
The Putting-Out System
Mapping the Past: Industry and Population in Eighteenth-Century Europe
The Lives of Rural Textile Workers
The Industrious Revolution
What were guilds, and why did they become controversial in the eighteenth century?
Urban Guilds
Adam Smith and Economic Liberalism
What role did colonial markets play in Europe’s development?
Mercantilism and Colonial Wars
The Atlantic Economy
The Atlantic Slave Trade
Identities and Communities of the Atlantic World
Picturing the Past: Mulatto Painting
Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
Individuals in Society: Rebecca Protten
Trade and Empire in Asia and the Pacific
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter 17 Study Guide
The Expansion of Europe, 1650-1800
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
How did European agriculture change between 1650 and 1800?
The Legacy of the Open-Field System
New Methods of Agriculture
The Leadership of the Low Countries and England
Why did the European population rise dramatically in the eighteenth century?
Long-standing Obstacles to Population Growth
The New Pattern of the Eighteenth Century
How and why did rural industry intensify in the eighteenth century?
The Putting-Out System
Mapping the Past: Industry and Population in Eighteenth-Century Europe
The Lives of Rural Textile Workers
The Industrious Revolution
What were guilds, and why did they become controversial in the eighteenth century?
Urban Guilds
Adam Smith and Economic Liberalism
What role did colonial markets play in Europe’s development?
Mercantilism and Colonial Wars
The Atlantic Economy
The Atlantic Slave Trade
Identities and Communities of the Atlantic World
Picturing the Past: Mulatto Painting
Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
Individuals in Society: Rebecca Protten
Trade and Empire in Asia and the Pacific
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter 17 Study Guide
Online Document Project: Rebecca Protten: The Souls of Slaves LaunchPad
Document 17-1: James Ramsay, An Essay on the Treatment and Conversion of African Slaves in the British Sugar Colonies, 1784 LaunchPad
Document 17-2: Wilson Armistead, A Tribute for the Negro: Being a Vindication of the Moral, Intellectual, and Religious Capabilities of the Coloured Portion of Mankind, 1848 LaunchPad
Document 17-3: James Tobin, Cursory Remarks upon the Reverend Mr. Ramsay’s Essay on the Treatment and Conversion of African Slaves in the British Sugar Colonies, 1785 LaunchPad
Essay Assignment for Rebecca Protten: The Souls of Slaves LaunchPad
Quiz for Rebecca Protten: The Souls of Slaves LaunchPad
Document 17-1: James Ramsay, An Essay on the Treatment and Conversion of African Slaves in the British Sugar Colonies, 1784 LaunchPad
Document 17-2: Wilson Armistead, A Tribute for the Negro: Being a Vindication of the Moral, Intellectual, and Religious Capabilities of the Coloured Portion of Mankind, 1848 LaunchPad
Document 17-3: James Tobin, Cursory Remarks upon the Reverend Mr. Ramsay’s Essay on the Treatment and Conversion of African Slaves in the British Sugar Colonies, 1785 LaunchPad
Essay Assignment for Rebecca Protten: The Souls of Slaves LaunchPad
Quiz for Rebecca Protten: The Souls of Slaves LaunchPad
Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 17 LaunchPad
Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
Document 17-1: The Guild System in Germany (1704-1719) LaunchPad
Document 17-2: Thomas Mun, England’s Treasure by Foreign Trade (1664) LaunchPad
Document 17-3: Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations (1776) LaunchPad
Sources in Conversation: The Moral Implications of Expansion LaunchPad
Document 17-4: Olaudah Equiano, A Description of the Middle Passage (1789) LaunchPad
Document 17-5: Robert, First Baron Clive, Speech in the House of Commons on India (1772) LaunchPad
Comparative and Discussion Questions LaunchPad
Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 17 LaunchPad
Chapter 17 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
Document 17-1: The Guild System in Germany (1704-1719) LaunchPad
Document 17-2: Thomas Mun, England’s Treasure by Foreign Trade (1664) LaunchPad
Document 17-3: Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations (1776) LaunchPad
Sources in Conversation: The Moral Implications of Expansion LaunchPad
Document 17-4: Olaudah Equiano, A Description of the Middle Passage (1789) LaunchPad
Document 17-5: Robert, First Baron Clive, Speech in the House of Commons on India (1772) LaunchPad
Comparative and Discussion Questions LaunchPad
Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 17 LaunchPad
Chapter 17 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
Chapter 18
The Changing Life of the People, 1700-1800
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
What did marriage and family life change in the eighteenth century?
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
What was life like for children, and how did attitudes toward childhood evolve?
Child Care and Nursing
Wealthy women
Foundlings and Infanticide
Attitudes Toward Children
The Spread of Elementary Schools
How did increasing literacy and new patterns of consumption affect people’s lives?
Popular Literature
Mapping the Past: Literacy in France, ca. 1789
Leisure and Recreation
New Foods and Appetites
Toward a Consumer Society
Picturing the Past: The Fashion Merchant
Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
Individuals in Society: Rose Bertin, “Minister of Fashion”
What role did religion play in eighteenth-century society?
Church Hierarchy
Protestant Revival
Catholic Piety
Marginal Beliefs and Practices
How did the practice of medicine evolve in the eighteenth century?
Faith Healing and General Practice
Hospitals and Surgery
Midwifery
The Conquest of Smallpox
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter 18 Study Guide
The Changing Life of the People, 1700-1800
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
What did marriage and family life change in the eighteenth century?
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
What was life like for children, and how did attitudes toward childhood evolve?
Child Care and Nursing
Wealthy women
Foundlings and Infanticide
Attitudes Toward Children
The Spread of Elementary Schools
How did increasing literacy and new patterns of consumption affect people’s lives?
Popular Literature
Mapping the Past: Literacy in France, ca. 1789
Leisure and Recreation
New Foods and Appetites
Toward a Consumer Society
Picturing the Past: The Fashion Merchant
Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
Individuals in Society: Rose Bertin, “Minister of Fashion”
What role did religion play in eighteenth-century society?
Church Hierarchy
Protestant Revival
Catholic Piety
Marginal Beliefs and Practices
How did the practice of medicine evolve in the eighteenth century?
Faith Healing and General Practice
Hospitals and Surgery
Midwifery
The Conquest of Smallpox
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter 18 Study Guide
Online Document Project: Imagining the Inner Life of the Individual: Paintings by Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin LaunchPad
Document 18-1: Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, Children at Play: The House of Cards, ca. 1737, and Portrait of Augustus Gabriel Godefroy, 1741 LaunchPad
Document 18-2: Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, Education: The Governess, 1739, and The Good Education, 1753 LaunchPad
Document 18-3: Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, Mother-Daughter Bonds: The Grace, 1740, and The Laborious Mother, ca. 1740 LaunchPad
Document 18.4: Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, Servants at Work: Woman Drawing Water from a Copper Cistern, 1733, and The Cellar Boy, 1738 LaunchPad
Essay Assignment for Imagining the Inner Life of the Individual: Paintings by Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin LaunchPad
Quiz for Imagining the Inner Life of the Individual: Paintings by Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin LaunchPad
Document 18-1: Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, Children at Play: The House of Cards, ca. 1737, and Portrait of Augustus Gabriel Godefroy, 1741 LaunchPad
Document 18-2: Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, Education: The Governess, 1739, and The Good Education, 1753 LaunchPad
Document 18-3: Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, Mother-Daughter Bonds: The Grace, 1740, and The Laborious Mother, ca. 1740 LaunchPad
Document 18.4: Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, Servants at Work: Woman Drawing Water from a Copper Cistern, 1733, and The Cellar Boy, 1738 LaunchPad
Essay Assignment for Imagining the Inner Life of the Individual: Paintings by Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin LaunchPad
Quiz for Imagining the Inner Life of the Individual: Paintings by Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin LaunchPad
Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 18 LaunchPad
Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
Document 18-1: Edmond Williamson, Births and Deaths in an English Gentry Family (1709-1720) LaunchPad
Document 18-2: Mary Wortley Montagu, On Smallpox Inoculations (ca. 1717) LaunchPad
Document 18-3: John Locke, Some Thoughts Concerning Education (1693) LaunchPad
Sources in Conversation: The Challenge to Established Religion in the 1700s LaunchPad
Document 18-4: John Wesley, The Ground Rules for Methodism (1749) LaunchPad
Document 18-5: Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason (1794) LaunchPad
Comparative and Discussion Questions LaunchPad
Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 18 LaunchPad
Chapter 18 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
Document 18-1: Edmond Williamson, Births and Deaths in an English Gentry Family (1709-1720) LaunchPad
Document 18-2: Mary Wortley Montagu, On Smallpox Inoculations (ca. 1717) LaunchPad
Document 18-3: John Locke, Some Thoughts Concerning Education (1693) LaunchPad
Sources in Conversation: The Challenge to Established Religion in the 1700s LaunchPad
Document 18-4: John Wesley, The Ground Rules for Methodism (1749) LaunchPad
Document 18-5: Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason (1794) LaunchPad
Comparative and Discussion Questions LaunchPad
Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 18 LaunchPad
Chapter 18 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
Chapter 19
Revolutions in Politics, 1775-1815
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
What were the factors behind the revolutions of the late eighteenth century?
Social Change
Growing Demands for Liberty and Equality
The Seven Years’ War
Why and how did American colonists forge a new, independent nation?
The Origins of the Revolution
Independence from Britain
Framing the Constitution
Exclusions
How did the events of 1789 result in a constitutional monarchy in France?
Breakdown of the Old Order
The Formation of the National Assembly
Popular Uprising and the Rights of Man
A Constitutional Monarchy and Its Challenges
Why and how did the French Revolution take a radical turn?
The International Response
The Second Revolution and the New Republic
Picturing the Past: Contrasting Visions of the Sans-Culottes
Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
Total War and the Terror
The Thermidorian Reaction and the Directory
What led to the rise and fall of Napoleon?
Napoleon’s Rule of France
Napoleon’s Expansion in Europe
The Grand Empire and Its End
Mapping the Past: Napoleonic Europe in 1812
How did slave revolt on Saint-Domingue lead to the independent nation of Haiti?
Revolutionary Aspirations in Saint-Domingue
The Outbreak of Revolt
The War of Haitian Independence
Individuals in Society: Toussaint L’Ouverture
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter 19 Study Guide
Revolutions in Politics, 1775-1815
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
What were the factors behind the revolutions of the late eighteenth century?
Social Change
Growing Demands for Liberty and Equality
The Seven Years’ War
Why and how did American colonists forge a new, independent nation?
The Origins of the Revolution
Independence from Britain
Framing the Constitution
Exclusions
How did the events of 1789 result in a constitutional monarchy in France?
Breakdown of the Old Order
The Formation of the National Assembly
Popular Uprising and the Rights of Man
A Constitutional Monarchy and Its Challenges
Why and how did the French Revolution take a radical turn?
The International Response
The Second Revolution and the New Republic
Picturing the Past: Contrasting Visions of the Sans-Culottes
Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
Total War and the Terror
The Thermidorian Reaction and the Directory
What led to the rise and fall of Napoleon?
Napoleon’s Rule of France
Napoleon’s Expansion in Europe
The Grand Empire and Its End
Mapping the Past: Napoleonic Europe in 1812
How did slave revolt on Saint-Domingue lead to the independent nation of Haiti?
Revolutionary Aspirations in Saint-Domingue
The Outbreak of Revolt
The War of Haitian Independence
Individuals in Society: Toussaint L’Ouverture
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter 19 Study Guide
Online Document Project: Toussaint L’Ouverture: The Rights of Which Men? LaunchPad
Document 19-1: Letter from the Slaves of Martinique, August 29, 1789 LaunchPad
Document 19-2: Address to the National Assembly, October 22, 1789 LaunchPad
Document 19-3: Abbé Grégoire, Letter to Those Who Love Mankind, 1790 LaunchPad
Essay Assignment for Toussaint L’Ouverture: The Rights of Which Men? LaunchPad
Quiz for Toussaint L’Ouverture: The Rights of Which Men? LaunchPad
Document 19-1: Letter from the Slaves of Martinique, August 29, 1789 LaunchPad
Document 19-2: Address to the National Assembly, October 22, 1789 LaunchPad
Document 19-3: Abbé Grégoire, Letter to Those Who Love Mankind, 1790 LaunchPad
Essay Assignment for Toussaint L’Ouverture: The Rights of Which Men? LaunchPad
Quiz for Toussaint L’Ouverture: The Rights of Which Men? LaunchPad
Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 19 LaunchPad
Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
Document 19-1: Commissioners of the Third Estate of the Carcassonne, Notebooks of Grievances (1789) LaunchPad
Document 19-2: Abbé Sieyès, What Is the Third Estate? (1789) LaunchPad
Sources in Conversation: Imagining a New France LaunchPad
Document 19-3: National Assembly of France, Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789) LaunchPad
Document 19-4: The Law of 22 Prairial (1794) LaunchPad
Document 19-5: Napoleon Bonaparte, The Napoleonic Code (1804) LaunchPad
Document 19-6: Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792) LaunchPad
Document 19-7: François Dominique Toussaint L’Ouverture, A Black Revolutionary Leader in Haiti (1797) LaunchPad
Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 19 LaunchPad
Chapter 19 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
Document 19-1: Commissioners of the Third Estate of the Carcassonne, Notebooks of Grievances (1789) LaunchPad
Document 19-2: Abbé Sieyès, What Is the Third Estate? (1789) LaunchPad
Sources in Conversation: Imagining a New France LaunchPad
Document 19-3: National Assembly of France, Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789) LaunchPad
Document 19-4: The Law of 22 Prairial (1794) LaunchPad
Document 19-5: Napoleon Bonaparte, The Napoleonic Code (1804) LaunchPad
Document 19-6: Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792) LaunchPad
Document 19-7: François Dominique Toussaint L’Ouverture, A Black Revolutionary Leader in Haiti (1797) LaunchPad
Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 19 LaunchPad
Chapter 19 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
Chapter 20
The Revolution in Energy and Industry, ca. 1780-1850
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
How did the Industrial Revolution develop in Britain?
Origins of the British Industrial Revolution
Early Factories
The Steam Engine Breakthrough
Individuals in Society: Josiah Wedgwood
The Coming of the Railroads
Industry and Population
How did countries outside of Britain respond to the challenge of industrialization?
National and International Variations
Industrialization in Continental Europe
Mapping the Past: Continental Industrialization, ca. 1850
Agents of Industrialization
Government Support and Corporate Banking
The Situation Outside of Europe
How did work and daily life evolve during the Industrial Revolution?
Work in Early Factories
Working Families and Children
The New Sexual Division of Labor
What were the social consequences of industrialization?
Picturing the Past: Ford Maddox Brown, Work
Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
The New Class of Factory Owners
Debates over Industrialization
The Early British Labor Movement
The Impact of Slavery
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter 20 Study Guide
The Revolution in Energy and Industry, ca. 1780-1850
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
How did the Industrial Revolution develop in Britain?
Origins of the British Industrial Revolution
Early Factories
The Steam Engine Breakthrough
Individuals in Society: Josiah Wedgwood
The Coming of the Railroads
Industry and Population
How did countries outside of Britain respond to the challenge of industrialization?
National and International Variations
Industrialization in Continental Europe
Mapping the Past: Continental Industrialization, ca. 1850
Agents of Industrialization
Government Support and Corporate Banking
The Situation Outside of Europe
How did work and daily life evolve during the Industrial Revolution?
Work in Early Factories
Working Families and Children
The New Sexual Division of Labor
What were the social consequences of industrialization?
Picturing the Past: Ford Maddox Brown, Work
Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
The New Class of Factory Owners
Debates over Industrialization
The Early British Labor Movement
The Impact of Slavery
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter 20 Study Guide
Online Document Project: Josiah Wedgwood: Inventing a New Workforce LaunchPad
Document 20-1: Peter Gaskell, The Manufacturing Population of England: Its Moral, Social, and Physical Conditions, and the Changes which have Arisen from the Use of Steam Machinery, 1833 LaunchPad
Document 20-2: Richard Guest, A Compendious History of the Cotton-Manufacture, 1823 LaunchPad
Document 20-3: Robert Owen, A New View of Society, 1831 LaunchPad
Essay Assignment for Josiah Wedgwood: Inventing a New Workforce LaunchPad
Quiz for Josiah Wedgwood: Inventing a New Workforce LaunchPad
Document 20-1: Peter Gaskell, The Manufacturing Population of England: Its Moral, Social, and Physical Conditions, and the Changes which have Arisen from the Use of Steam Machinery, 1833 LaunchPad
Document 20-2: Richard Guest, A Compendious History of the Cotton-Manufacture, 1823 LaunchPad
Document 20-3: Robert Owen, A New View of Society, 1831 LaunchPad
Essay Assignment for Josiah Wedgwood: Inventing a New Workforce LaunchPad
Quiz for Josiah Wedgwood: Inventing a New Workforce LaunchPad
Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 20 LaunchPad
Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
Document 20-1: Thomas Malthus, An Essay on the Principle of Population (1798) LaunchPad
Sources in Conversation: Life as an Industrial Worker at Mid-Century LaunchPad
Document 20-2: Friedrich Engels, The Condition of the Working Class in England in 1844 (1844) LaunchPad
Document 20-3: Factory Rules in Berlin (1844) LaunchPad
Document 20-4: Ned Ludd, Yorkshire Textile Workers Threaten a Factory Owner (ca. 1811-1812) LaunchPad
Document 20-5: Robert Owen, A New View of Society (1813) LaunchPad
Document 20-6: The Child of the Factory (1842) LaunchPad
Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 20 LaunchPad
Chapter 20 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
Document 20-1: Thomas Malthus, An Essay on the Principle of Population (1798) LaunchPad
Sources in Conversation: Life as an Industrial Worker at Mid-Century LaunchPad
Document 20-2: Friedrich Engels, The Condition of the Working Class in England in 1844 (1844) LaunchPad
Document 20-3: Factory Rules in Berlin (1844) LaunchPad
Document 20-4: Ned Ludd, Yorkshire Textile Workers Threaten a Factory Owner (ca. 1811-1812) LaunchPad
Document 20-5: Robert Owen, A New View of Society (1813) LaunchPad
Document 20-6: The Child of the Factory (1842) LaunchPad
Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 20 LaunchPad
Chapter 20 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
Chapter 21
Ideologies and Upheavals, 1815-1850
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
How was peace restored and maintained after 1815?
Mapping the Past: Europe in 1815
The European Balance of Power
Repressing the Revolutionary Spirit
Metternich and Conservatism
What new ideologies emerged to challenge conservatism?
Liberalism and the Middle Class
The Growing Appeal of Nationalism
The Foundations of Modern Socialism
The Birth of Marxist Socialism
What were the characteristics of the romantic movement?
Romanticism’s Tenets
Literature
Individuals in Society: Germaine de Staël
Art and Music
How and where was conservatism challenged after 1815?
National Liberation in Greece
Liberal Reform in Great Britain
Ireland and the Great Famine
The Revolution of 1830 in France
What were the main causes and results of the revolutions of 1848?
A Democratic Republic in France
Picturing the Past: The Triumph of Democratic Republics
Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
Revolution and Reaction in the Austrian Empire
Prussia, the German Confederation, and the Frankfurt National Parliament
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter 21 Study Guide
Ideologies and Upheavals, 1815-1850
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
How was peace restored and maintained after 1815?
Mapping the Past: Europe in 1815
The European Balance of Power
Repressing the Revolutionary Spirit
Metternich and Conservatism
What new ideologies emerged to challenge conservatism?
Liberalism and the Middle Class
The Growing Appeal of Nationalism
The Foundations of Modern Socialism
The Birth of Marxist Socialism
What were the characteristics of the romantic movement?
Romanticism’s Tenets
Literature
Individuals in Society: Germaine de Staël
Art and Music
How and where was conservatism challenged after 1815?
National Liberation in Greece
Liberal Reform in Great Britain
Ireland and the Great Famine
The Revolution of 1830 in France
What were the main causes and results of the revolutions of 1848?
A Democratic Republic in France
Picturing the Past: The Triumph of Democratic Republics
Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
Revolution and Reaction in the Austrian Empire
Prussia, the German Confederation, and the Frankfurt National Parliament
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter 21 Study Guide
Online Document Project: Germaine de Staël: An Ambassador of Romanticism LaunchPad
Document 21-1: Germaine de Staël, "Of the Aspect of Germany," 1810 LaunchPad
Document 21-2: Germaine de Staël, "Of the Influence of Enthusiasm on Learning," 1810 LaunchPad
Document 21-3: Casper David Friedrich, Ruins of the Oybin Monastery, ca. 1835 and The Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog, 1818 LaunchPad
Essay Assignment for Germaine de Staël: An Ambassador of Romanticism LaunchPad
Quiz for Germaine de Staël: An Ambassador of Romanticism LaunchPad
Document 21-1: Germaine de Staël, "Of the Aspect of Germany," 1810 LaunchPad
Document 21-2: Germaine de Staël, "Of the Influence of Enthusiasm on Learning," 1810 LaunchPad
Document 21-3: Casper David Friedrich, Ruins of the Oybin Monastery, ca. 1835 and The Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog, 1818 LaunchPad
Essay Assignment for Germaine de Staël: An Ambassador of Romanticism LaunchPad
Quiz for Germaine de Staël: An Ambassador of Romanticism LaunchPad
Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 21 LaunchPad
Document 21-1: David Ricardo, On Wages (1817) LaunchPad
Sources in Conversation: Conservatism, Liberalism, and Socialism LaunchPad
Document 21-2: Klemens von Metternich, Political Confession of Faith (1820) LaunchPad
Document 21-3: John Stuart Mill, On Liberty (1859) LaunchPad
Document 21-4: Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, The Communist Manifesto (1848) LaunchPad
Document 21-5: Eugène Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People (1830) LaunchPad
Document 21-6: The People’s Charter (1838) LaunchPad
Document 21-7: William Steuart Trench, Realities of Irish Life (1847) LaunchPad
Comparative and Discussion Questions LaunchPad
Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 21 LaunchPad
Chapter 21 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
Document 21-1: David Ricardo, On Wages (1817) LaunchPad
Sources in Conversation: Conservatism, Liberalism, and Socialism LaunchPad
Document 21-2: Klemens von Metternich, Political Confession of Faith (1820) LaunchPad
Document 21-3: John Stuart Mill, On Liberty (1859) LaunchPad
Document 21-4: Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, The Communist Manifesto (1848) LaunchPad
Document 21-5: Eugène Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People (1830) LaunchPad
Document 21-6: The People’s Charter (1838) LaunchPad
Document 21-7: William Steuart Trench, Realities of Irish Life (1847) LaunchPad
Comparative and Discussion Questions LaunchPad
Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 21 LaunchPad
Chapter 21 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
Chapter 22
Life in the Emerging Urban Society, 1840-1914
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
How did urban life change in the nineteenth century?
Industry and the Growth of Cities
Mapping the Past: European Cities of 100,000 or More, 1800-1900
The Advent of the Public Health Movement
The Bacterial Revolution
Improvements in Urban Planning
Public Transportation
What were the characteristics of urban industrial society?
The Distribution of Income
Picturing the Past: Apartment Living in Paris
Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
The People and Occupations of the Middle Classes
Middle-Class Culture and Values
The People and Occupations of the Working Classes
Working-Class Leisure and Religion
How did urbanization affect family life and gender roles?
Middle-Class Marriage and Courtship Rituals
Middle- and Working-Class Sexuality
Prostitution
Separate Spheres and the Importance of Homemaking
Child Rearing
The Feminist Movement
Individuals in Society: Franziska Tiburtius
How and why did intellectual life change in this period?
The Triumph of Science in Industry
Darwin and Natural Selection
Social Science and the New University
Realism in Art and Literature
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter 22 Study Guide
Life in the Emerging Urban Society, 1840-1914
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
How did urban life change in the nineteenth century?
Industry and the Growth of Cities
Mapping the Past: European Cities of 100,000 or More, 1800-1900
The Advent of the Public Health Movement
The Bacterial Revolution
Improvements in Urban Planning
Public Transportation
What were the characteristics of urban industrial society?
The Distribution of Income
Picturing the Past: Apartment Living in Paris
Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
The People and Occupations of the Middle Classes
Middle-Class Culture and Values
The People and Occupations of the Working Classes
Working-Class Leisure and Religion
How did urbanization affect family life and gender roles?
Middle-Class Marriage and Courtship Rituals
Middle- and Working-Class Sexuality
Prostitution
Separate Spheres and the Importance of Homemaking
Child Rearing
The Feminist Movement
Individuals in Society: Franziska Tiburtius
How and why did intellectual life change in this period?
The Triumph of Science in Industry
Darwin and Natural Selection
Social Science and the New University
Realism in Art and Literature
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter 22 Study Guide
Online Document Project: Life in the Modern City on Film: Addressing the Challenges of Urbanization LaunchPad
Document 22-1: Mass Transportation LaunchPad
Document 22-2: Building a New City LaunchPad
Document 22-3: Waste Disposal LaunchPad
Document 22-4: Municipal Services LaunchPad
Document 22-5: Modes of Consumption LaunchPad
Essay Assignment for Life in the Modern City on Film: Addressing the Challenges of Urbanization LaunchPad
Quiz for Life in the Modern City on Film: Addressing the Challenges of Urbanization LaunchPad
Document 22-1: Mass Transportation LaunchPad
Document 22-2: Building a New City LaunchPad
Document 22-3: Waste Disposal LaunchPad
Document 22-4: Municipal Services LaunchPad
Document 22-5: Modes of Consumption LaunchPad
Essay Assignment for Life in the Modern City on Film: Addressing the Challenges of Urbanization LaunchPad
Quiz for Life in the Modern City on Film: Addressing the Challenges of Urbanization LaunchPad
Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 22 LaunchPad
Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
Document 22-1: Edwin Chadwick, Inquiry into the Sanitary Condition of the Poor (1842) LaunchPad
Document 22-2: Jack London, The People of the Abyss (1902) LaunchPad
Sources in Conversation: Separate Spheres LaunchPad
Document 22-3: Isabella Beeton, Mrs. Beeton’s Book of Household Management (1861) LaunchPad
Document 22-4: Dressing the Respectable Woman (ca. 1890) LaunchPad
Document 22-5: Clara Zetkin, Women’s Work and the Trade Unions (1887) LaunchPad
Document 22-6: Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man (1871) LaunchPad
Document 22-7: Herbert Spencer, Social Statics: Survival of the Fittest Applied to Humankind (1851) LaunchPad
Comparative and Discussion Questions LaunchPad
Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 22 LaunchPad
Chapter 22 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
Document 22-1: Edwin Chadwick, Inquiry into the Sanitary Condition of the Poor (1842) LaunchPad
Document 22-2: Jack London, The People of the Abyss (1902) LaunchPad
Sources in Conversation: Separate Spheres LaunchPad
Document 22-3: Isabella Beeton, Mrs. Beeton’s Book of Household Management (1861) LaunchPad
Document 22-4: Dressing the Respectable Woman (ca. 1890) LaunchPad
Document 22-5: Clara Zetkin, Women’s Work and the Trade Unions (1887) LaunchPad
Document 22-6: Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man (1871) LaunchPad
Document 22-7: Herbert Spencer, Social Statics: Survival of the Fittest Applied to Humankind (1851) LaunchPad
Comparative and Discussion Questions LaunchPad
Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 22 LaunchPad
Chapter 22 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
Chapter 23
The Age of Nationalism, 1850–1914
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
What kind of state did Napoleon III build in France?
France’s Second Republic
Napoleon III’s Second Empire
How did conflict and war lead to the construction of strong nation-states?
Italy to 1850
Cavour and Garibaldi in Italy
The Growing Austro-Prussian Rivalry
Bismarck and the Austro-Prussian War
Mapping the Past: The Unification of Germany, 1866–1871
The Taming of the Parliament
The Franco-Prussian War
Slavery and Nation Building in the United States
What steps did Russia and the Ottoman Turks take toward modernization?
The “Great Reforms” in Russia
The Russian Revolution of 1905
Reform and Readjustment in the Ottoman Empire
What general domestic political trends emerged after 1871?
The German Empire
Republican France
Great Britain and Ireland
The Austro-Hungarian Empire
How did popular nationalism evolve?
Making National Citizens
Picturing the Past: Building Nationalism
Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
Nationalism and Racism
Jewish Emancipation and Modern Anti-Semitism
Individuals in Society: Theodor Herzl
Why did the socialist movement grow, and how revolutionary was it?
The Socialist International
Unions and Revisionism
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter 23 Study Guide
The Age of Nationalism, 1850–1914
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
What kind of state did Napoleon III build in France?
France’s Second Republic
Napoleon III’s Second Empire
How did conflict and war lead to the construction of strong nation-states?
Italy to 1850
Cavour and Garibaldi in Italy
The Growing Austro-Prussian Rivalry
Bismarck and the Austro-Prussian War
Mapping the Past: The Unification of Germany, 1866–1871
The Taming of the Parliament
The Franco-Prussian War
Slavery and Nation Building in the United States
What steps did Russia and the Ottoman Turks take toward modernization?
The “Great Reforms” in Russia
The Russian Revolution of 1905
Reform and Readjustment in the Ottoman Empire
What general domestic political trends emerged after 1871?
The German Empire
Republican France
Great Britain and Ireland
The Austro-Hungarian Empire
How did popular nationalism evolve?
Making National Citizens
Picturing the Past: Building Nationalism
Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
Nationalism and Racism
Jewish Emancipation and Modern Anti-Semitism
Individuals in Society: Theodor Herzl
Why did the socialist movement grow, and how revolutionary was it?
The Socialist International
Unions and Revisionism
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter 23 Study Guide
Online Document Project: Theodor Herzl: The “Jewish Question” LaunchPad
Document 23-1: Édourard-Adolphe Drumont, “Jews in the French Army,” 1892 LaunchPad
Document 23-2: Hermann Ahlwardt, “Speech Before the Reichstag,” 1895 LaunchPad
Document 23-3: Theodore Herzl, The Jewish State, 1896 LaunchPad
Essay Assignment for Theodor Herzl: The “Jewish Question” LaunchPad
Quiz for Theodor Herzl: The “Jewish Question” LaunchPad
Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 23 LaunchPad
Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
Document 23-1: The First Meeting Between Mazzini and Garibaldi (1833) LaunchPad
Sources in Conversation: Nationalism and the Conservative Order LaunchPad
Document 23-2: Giorgio Asproni, Reflections on the Death of Cavour (1860) LaunchPad
Document 23-3: Otto von Bismarck, Speech Before the Reichstag: On the Law for Workers’ Compensation (1884) LaunchPad
Document 23-4: John Leighton, Paris Under the Commune (1871) LaunchPad
Document 23-5: Émile Zola, “J’Accuse” the French Army (1898) LaunchPad
Comparative and Discussion Questions LaunchPad
Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 23 LaunchPad
Chapter 23 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
Document 23-1: Édourard-Adolphe Drumont, “Jews in the French Army,” 1892 LaunchPad
Document 23-2: Hermann Ahlwardt, “Speech Before the Reichstag,” 1895 LaunchPad
Document 23-3: Theodore Herzl, The Jewish State, 1896 LaunchPad
Essay Assignment for Theodor Herzl: The “Jewish Question” LaunchPad
Quiz for Theodor Herzl: The “Jewish Question” LaunchPad
Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 23 LaunchPad
Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
Document 23-1: The First Meeting Between Mazzini and Garibaldi (1833) LaunchPad
Sources in Conversation: Nationalism and the Conservative Order LaunchPad
Document 23-2: Giorgio Asproni, Reflections on the Death of Cavour (1860) LaunchPad
Document 23-3: Otto von Bismarck, Speech Before the Reichstag: On the Law for Workers’ Compensation (1884) LaunchPad
Document 23-4: John Leighton, Paris Under the Commune (1871) LaunchPad
Document 23-5: Émile Zola, “J’Accuse” the French Army (1898) LaunchPad
Comparative and Discussion Questions LaunchPad
Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 23 LaunchPad
Chapter 23 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
Chapter 24
The West and the World, 1815–1914
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
What were some of the global consequences of European industrialization?
The Rise of Global Inequality
The World Market
The Opening of China
Japan and the United States
Western Penetration of Egypt
How was massive migration an integral part of Western expansion?
The Pressure of Population
European Emigration
Asian Emigration
How did Western imperialism change after 1880?
The European Presence in Africa Before 1880
The Scramble for Africa After 1880
Mapping the Past: The Partition of Africa
Quiz for Mapping the Past LaunchPad
Individuals in Society: Cecil Rhodes
Imperialism in Asia
Causes of the New Imperialism
A “Civilizing Mission”
Orientalism
Picturing the Past: Orientalism in Art and Everyday Life
Critics of Imperialism
What was the general pattern of non-Western responses to Western expansion?
The Pattern of Response
Empire in India
The Example of Japan
Toward Revolution in China
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter 24 Study Guide
The West and the World, 1815–1914
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
What were some of the global consequences of European industrialization?
The Rise of Global Inequality
The World Market
The Opening of China
Japan and the United States
Western Penetration of Egypt
How was massive migration an integral part of Western expansion?
The Pressure of Population
European Emigration
Asian Emigration
How did Western imperialism change after 1880?
The European Presence in Africa Before 1880
The Scramble for Africa After 1880
Mapping the Past: The Partition of Africa
Quiz for Mapping the Past LaunchPad
Individuals in Society: Cecil Rhodes
Imperialism in Asia
Causes of the New Imperialism
A “Civilizing Mission”
Orientalism
Picturing the Past: Orientalism in Art and Everyday Life
Critics of Imperialism
What was the general pattern of non-Western responses to Western expansion?
The Pattern of Response
Empire in India
The Example of Japan
Toward Revolution in China
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter 24 Study Guide
Online Document Project: Cecil Rhodes: The “Greatness” of an Imperialist LaunchPad
Document 24-1: Cecil Rhodes, “Confession of Faith,” 1877 LaunchPad
Document 24-2: “Rhodes on a Pile of Skulls,” ca. 1890-1900 LaunchPad
Document 24-3: Sir Lewis Mitchell, The Life of the Right Honorable Cecil John Rhodes, 1910 LaunchPad
Document 24-4: J. H. Plumb, Introduction to John Flint's Cecil Rhodes, 1974 LaunchPad
Essay Assignment for Cecil Rhodes: The “Greatness” of an Imperialist LaunchPad
Quiz for Cecil Rhodes: The “Greatness” of an Imperialist LaunchPad
Document 24-1: Cecil Rhodes, “Confession of Faith,” 1877 LaunchPad
Document 24-2: “Rhodes on a Pile of Skulls,” ca. 1890-1900 LaunchPad
Document 24-3: Sir Lewis Mitchell, The Life of the Right Honorable Cecil John Rhodes, 1910 LaunchPad
Document 24-4: J. H. Plumb, Introduction to John Flint's Cecil Rhodes, 1974 LaunchPad
Essay Assignment for Cecil Rhodes: The “Greatness” of an Imperialist LaunchPad
Quiz for Cecil Rhodes: The “Greatness” of an Imperialist LaunchPad
Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 24 LaunchPad
Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
Sources in Conversation: Economic Imperialism and Military Expansion LaunchPad
Document 24-1: Commissioner Lin Zexu, Letter to Queen Victoria (1839) LaunchPad
Document 24-2: Jules Ferry, Speech Before the French Chamber of Deputies (1884) LaunchPad
Document 24-3: The Rhodes Colossus (1892) LaunchPad
Document 24-4: Henry Morton Stanley, Autobiography (1909) LaunchPad
Document 24-5: Mark Twain, King Leopold’s Soliloquy (1905) LaunchPad
Document 24-6: J. A. Hobson, Imperialism (1902) LaunchPad
Comparative and Discussion Questions LaunchPad
Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 24 LaunchPad
Chapter 24 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
Sources in Conversation: Economic Imperialism and Military Expansion LaunchPad
Document 24-1: Commissioner Lin Zexu, Letter to Queen Victoria (1839) LaunchPad
Document 24-2: Jules Ferry, Speech Before the French Chamber of Deputies (1884) LaunchPad
Document 24-3: The Rhodes Colossus (1892) LaunchPad
Document 24-4: Henry Morton Stanley, Autobiography (1909) LaunchPad
Document 24-5: Mark Twain, King Leopold’s Soliloquy (1905) LaunchPad
Document 24-6: J. A. Hobson, Imperialism (1902) LaunchPad
Comparative and Discussion Questions LaunchPad
Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 24 LaunchPad
Chapter 24 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
Chapter 25
War and Revolution, 1914-1919
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
What caused the outbreak of the First World War?
Growing International Conflict
The Mood of 1914
The Outbreak of War
How did the First World War differ from previous wars?
Stalemate and Slaughter on the Western Front
The Widening War
In what ways did the war transform life on the home front?
Mobilizing for Total War
The Social Impact
Individuals in Society: Vera Brittain
Growing Political Tensions
Picturing the Past: Wartime Propaganda Posters
Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
Why did world war lead to revolution in Russia?
The Fall of Imperial Russia
The Provisional Government
Lenin and the Bolshevik Revolution
Trotsky and the Seizure of Power
Dictatorship and Civil War
In what ways was the Allied peace settlement flawed?
The End of the War
Revolution in Austria-Hungary and Germany
Mapping the Past: Territorial Changes After World War I
The Treaty of Versailles
The Peace Settlement in the Middle East
The Human Costs of the War
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter 25 Study Guide
War and Revolution, 1914-1919
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
What caused the outbreak of the First World War?
Growing International Conflict
The Mood of 1914
The Outbreak of War
How did the First World War differ from previous wars?
Stalemate and Slaughter on the Western Front
The Widening War
In what ways did the war transform life on the home front?
Mobilizing for Total War
The Social Impact
Individuals in Society: Vera Brittain
Growing Political Tensions
Picturing the Past: Wartime Propaganda Posters
Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
Why did world war lead to revolution in Russia?
The Fall of Imperial Russia
The Provisional Government
Lenin and the Bolshevik Revolution
Trotsky and the Seizure of Power
Dictatorship and Civil War
In what ways was the Allied peace settlement flawed?
The End of the War
Revolution in Austria-Hungary and Germany
Mapping the Past: Territorial Changes After World War I
The Treaty of Versailles
The Peace Settlement in the Middle East
The Human Costs of the War
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter 25 Study Guide
Online Document Project: Vera Brittain: Calling Young Women to War LaunchPad
Document 25-1: Third Red Cross Roll Call, ca. 1917-1918 LaunchPad
Document 25-2: The Spirit of America, Join, ca. 1917-1918 LaunchPad
Document 25-3: The Prettiest Fashion, 1915 LaunchPad
Document 25-4: Red Cross or Iron Cross? ca. 1914-1918 LaunchPad
Essay Assignment for Vera Brittain: Calling Young Women to War LaunchPad
Quiz for Vera Brittain: Calling Young Women to War LaunchPad
Document 25-1: Third Red Cross Roll Call, ca. 1917-1918 LaunchPad
Document 25-2: The Spirit of America, Join, ca. 1917-1918 LaunchPad
Document 25-3: The Prettiest Fashion, 1915 LaunchPad
Document 25-4: Red Cross or Iron Cross? ca. 1914-1918 LaunchPad
Essay Assignment for Vera Brittain: Calling Young Women to War LaunchPad
Quiz for Vera Brittain: Calling Young Women to War LaunchPad
Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 25 LaunchPad
Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
Document 25-1: Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, Telegram to the German Ambassador at Vienna (July 6, 1914) LaunchPad
Sources in Conversation: World War I in the Trenches and in the Air LaunchPad
Document 25-2: Klaxon Horn Used to Warn of Gas Attacks (1917) LaunchPad
Document 25-3: Baron Manfred von Richthofen (1917) LaunchPad
Document 25-4: Helena Swanwick, The War in Its Effect Upon Women (1916) LaunchPad
Document 25-5: Vladimir I. Lenin, What Is to Be Done? (1902) LaunchPad
Document 25-6: Woodrow Wilson, The Fourteen Points (1918) LaunchPad
Document 25-7: A Defeated Germany Contemplates the Peace LaunchPad
Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 25 LaunchPad
Chapter 25 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
Document 25-1: Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, Telegram to the German Ambassador at Vienna (July 6, 1914) LaunchPad
Sources in Conversation: World War I in the Trenches and in the Air LaunchPad
Document 25-2: Klaxon Horn Used to Warn of Gas Attacks (1917) LaunchPad
Document 25-3: Baron Manfred von Richthofen (1917) LaunchPad
Document 25-4: Helena Swanwick, The War in Its Effect Upon Women (1916) LaunchPad
Document 25-5: Vladimir I. Lenin, What Is to Be Done? (1902) LaunchPad
Document 25-6: Woodrow Wilson, The Fourteen Points (1918) LaunchPad
Document 25-7: A Defeated Germany Contemplates the Peace LaunchPad
Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 25 LaunchPad
Chapter 25 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
Chapter 26
The Age of Anxiety, 1900-1940
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
How did intellectual developments reflect the general crisis in Western thought?
Modern Philosophy
The Revival of Christianity
The New Physics
Freudian Psychology
How did modernism revolutionize Western culture?
Architecture and Design
New Artistic Movements
Twentieth-Century Literature
Modern Music
How did consumer society change everyday life?
Mass Culture
Picturing the Past: The New Woman: Image or Reality?
Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
The Appeal of Cinema
The Arrival of Radio
What obstacles to lasting peace did European leaders face?
Germany and the Western Powers
Individuals in Society: Gustav Stresemann
Hope in Foreign Affairs
Hope in Democratic Government
What were the causes and consequences of the Great Depression?
Mapping the Past: The Great Depression in the United States and Europe, 1929-1939
The Economic Crisis
Mass Unemployment
The New Deal in the United States
The Scandinavian Response to the Depression
Recovery and Reform in Britain and France
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter 26 Study Guide
The Age of Anxiety, 1900-1940
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
How did intellectual developments reflect the general crisis in Western thought?
Modern Philosophy
The Revival of Christianity
The New Physics
Freudian Psychology
How did modernism revolutionize Western culture?
Architecture and Design
New Artistic Movements
Twentieth-Century Literature
Modern Music
How did consumer society change everyday life?
Mass Culture
Picturing the Past: The New Woman: Image or Reality?
Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
The Appeal of Cinema
The Arrival of Radio
What obstacles to lasting peace did European leaders face?
Germany and the Western Powers
Individuals in Society: Gustav Stresemann
Hope in Foreign Affairs
Hope in Democratic Government
What were the causes and consequences of the Great Depression?
Mapping the Past: The Great Depression in the United States and Europe, 1929-1939
The Economic Crisis
Mass Unemployment
The New Deal in the United States
The Scandinavian Response to the Depression
Recovery and Reform in Britain and France
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter 26 Study Guide
Online Document Project: Gustav Stresemann: Competing Visions of Germany LaunchPad
Document 26-1: German Center Party Program, 1922 LaunchPad
Document 26-2: Social Democratic Party Program, 1925 LaunchPad
Document 26-3: German People's Party, 1931 LaunchPad
Essay Assignment for Gustav Stresemann: Competing Visions of Germany LaunchPad
Quiz for Gustav Stresemann: Competing Visions of Germany LaunchPad
Document 26-1: German Center Party Program, 1922 LaunchPad
Document 26-2: Social Democratic Party Program, 1925 LaunchPad
Document 26-3: German People's Party, 1931 LaunchPad
Essay Assignment for Gustav Stresemann: Competing Visions of Germany LaunchPad
Quiz for Gustav Stresemann: Competing Visions of Germany LaunchPad
Document from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 26 LaunchPad
Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
Document 26-1: Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams (1900) LaunchPad
Document 26-2: Mary Cassatt, Reading Le Figaro (1878) LaunchPad
Document 26-3: John Maynard Keynes, The Economic Consequences of the Peace (1920) LaunchPad
Document 26-4: Hyperinflation in Germany (1923) LaunchPad
Sources in Conversation: The Great Depression in Great Britain and Germany LaunchPad
Document 26-5: Sir Percy Malcolm Stewart, Parliament Addresses the Great Depression in Britain (1934) LaunchPad
Document 26-6: Heinrich Hauser, With the Unemployed in Germany (1933) LaunchPad
Document 26-7: German Communist Party Poster (1932) LaunchPad
Comparative and Discussion Questions LaunchPad
Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 26 LaunchPad
Chapter 26 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
Document 26-1: Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams (1900) LaunchPad
Document 26-2: Mary Cassatt, Reading Le Figaro (1878) LaunchPad
Document 26-3: John Maynard Keynes, The Economic Consequences of the Peace (1920) LaunchPad
Document 26-4: Hyperinflation in Germany (1923) LaunchPad
Sources in Conversation: The Great Depression in Great Britain and Germany LaunchPad
Document 26-5: Sir Percy Malcolm Stewart, Parliament Addresses the Great Depression in Britain (1934) LaunchPad
Document 26-6: Heinrich Hauser, With the Unemployed in Germany (1933) LaunchPad
Document 26-7: German Communist Party Poster (1932) LaunchPad
Comparative and Discussion Questions LaunchPad
Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 26 LaunchPad
Chapter 26 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
Chapter 27
Dictatorships and the Second World War, 1919-1945
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
How were Fascist and Communist totalitarian dictatorships similar and different?
Conservative Authoritarianism and Radical Totalitarian Dictatorships
Picturing the Past: The Appeal of Propaganda
Quiz for Picturing the Past
Communism and Fascism
How did Stalin and the Communist Party build a totalitarian state in the Soviet Union?
From Lenin to Stalin
The Five-Year Plans
Life and Culture in Soviet Society
Stalinist Terror and the Great Purges
What kind of government did Mussolini establish in Italy?
The Seizure of Power
The Regime in Action
What policies did Nazi Germany pursue, and how did they lead to World War II?
The Roots of National Socialism
Hitler’s Road to Power
State and Society in Nazi Germany
Popular Support for National Socialism
Aggression and Appeasement
What explains the Allied victory in World War II?
German Victories in Europe
Mapping the Past: World War II in Europe and Africa, 1939-1945
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
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter 27 Study Guide
Dictatorships and the Second World War, 1919-1945
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
How were Fascist and Communist totalitarian dictatorships similar and different?
Conservative Authoritarianism and Radical Totalitarian Dictatorships
Picturing the Past: The Appeal of Propaganda
Quiz for Picturing the Past
Communism and Fascism
How did Stalin and the Communist Party build a totalitarian state in the Soviet Union?
From Lenin to Stalin
The Five-Year Plans
Life and Culture in Soviet Society
Stalinist Terror and the Great Purges
What kind of government did Mussolini establish in Italy?
The Seizure of Power
The Regime in Action
What policies did Nazi Germany pursue, and how did they lead to World War II?
The Roots of National Socialism
Hitler’s Road to Power
State and Society in Nazi Germany
Popular Support for National Socialism
Aggression and Appeasement
What explains the Allied victory in World War II?
German Victories in Europe
Mapping the Past: World War II in Europe and Africa, 1939-1945
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
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter 27 Study Guide
Online Document Project: Primo Levi: Remembering the Holocaust LaunchPad
Document 27-1: Abraham Bomba Interview, 1990 LaunchPad
Document 27-2: Dorotka Goldstein Roth Interview, 1989 LaunchPad
Document 27-3: Leo Schneiderman Interview, 1990 LaunchPad
Document 27-4: Ruth Webber Interview, 1992 LaunchPad
Essay Assignment for Primo Levi: Remembering the Holocaust LaunchPad
Quiz for Primo Levi: Remembering the Holocaust LaunchPad
Document 27-1: Abraham Bomba Interview, 1990 LaunchPad
Document 27-2: Dorotka Goldstein Roth Interview, 1989 LaunchPad
Document 27-3: Leo Schneiderman Interview, 1990 LaunchPad
Document 27-4: Ruth Webber Interview, 1992 LaunchPad
Essay Assignment for Primo Levi: Remembering the Holocaust LaunchPad
Quiz for Primo Levi: Remembering the Holocaust LaunchPad
Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 27 LaunchPad
Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
Document 27-1: Richard Washburn Child, Foreword to the Autobiography of Benito Mussolini (1928) LaunchPad
Document 27-2: Vladimir Tchernavin, I Speak for the Silent (1930) LaunchPad
Sources in Conversation: Propaganda and the Totalitarian State LaunchPad
Document 27-3: Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf: The Art of Propaganda (1924) LaunchPad
Document 27-4: Soviet Propaganda Posters (1941 and 1945) LaunchPad
Document 27-5: Winston Churchill, Speech Before the House of Commons (June 18, 1940) LaunchPad
Document 27-6: The Nuremberg Laws: The Centerpiece of Nazi Racial Legislation (1935) LaunchPad
Document 27-7: Alfred Rosenberg, The Jewish Question as a World Problem (1941) LaunchPad
Comparative and Discussion Questions LaunchPad
Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 27 LaunchPad
Chapter 27 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
Document 27-1: Richard Washburn Child, Foreword to the Autobiography of Benito Mussolini (1928) LaunchPad
Document 27-2: Vladimir Tchernavin, I Speak for the Silent (1930) LaunchPad
Sources in Conversation: Propaganda and the Totalitarian State LaunchPad
Document 27-3: Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf: The Art of Propaganda (1924) LaunchPad
Document 27-4: Soviet Propaganda Posters (1941 and 1945) LaunchPad
Document 27-5: Winston Churchill, Speech Before the House of Commons (June 18, 1940) LaunchPad
Document 27-6: The Nuremberg Laws: The Centerpiece of Nazi Racial Legislation (1935) LaunchPad
Document 27-7: Alfred Rosenberg, The Jewish Question as a World Problem (1941) LaunchPad
Comparative and Discussion Questions LaunchPad
Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 27 LaunchPad
Chapter 27 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
Chapter 28
Cold War Conflict and Consensus, 1945–1965
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
Why was World War II followed so quickly by the Cold War?
The Legacies of the Second World War
Mapping the Past: The Aftermath of World War II in Europe, ca. 1945–1950
The Peace Accords and Cold War Origins
West Versus East
Big Science in the Nuclear Age
Picturing the Past: A Soviet View of the Arms Race
Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
What were the Sources for postwar recovery and stability in western Europe?
The Search for Political and Social Consensus
Toward European Unity
The Consumer Revolution
What was the pattern of postwar development in the Soviet bloc?
Postwar Life in the East Bloc
Reform and De-Stalinization
Foreign Policy and Domestic Rebellion
The Limits of Reform
What led to rapid decolonization after World War II?
Decolonization and the Global Cold War
The Struggle for Power in Asia
Independence and Conflict in the Middle East
Decolonization in Africa
What kinds of societies emerged in Europe — East and West — after 1945?
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
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter 28 Study Guide
Cold War Conflict and Consensus, 1945–1965
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
Why was World War II followed so quickly by the Cold War?
The Legacies of the Second World War
Mapping the Past: The Aftermath of World War II in Europe, ca. 1945–1950
The Peace Accords and Cold War Origins
West Versus East
Big Science in the Nuclear Age
Picturing the Past: A Soviet View of the Arms Race
Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
What were the Sources for postwar recovery and stability in western Europe?
The Search for Political and Social Consensus
Toward European Unity
The Consumer Revolution
What was the pattern of postwar development in the Soviet bloc?
Postwar Life in the East Bloc
Reform and De-Stalinization
Foreign Policy and Domestic Rebellion
The Limits of Reform
What led to rapid decolonization after World War II?
Decolonization and the Global Cold War
The Struggle for Power in Asia
Independence and Conflict in the Middle East
Decolonization in Africa
What kinds of societies emerged in Europe — East and West — after 1945?
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
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter 28 Study Guide
Online Document Project: Armando Rodrigues, West Germany’s One-Millionth Guest Worker: Post-War Rebuilding and the Creation of a Multicultural Germany LaunchPad
Document 28-1: Giacomo Maturi, "The Integration of the Southern Labor Force and Its Specific Adaptation Problems," 1961 LaunchPad
Document 28-2: Turkish Labor Placement Office, "How the Turkish Worker Should Behave and Defend His Character in a Foreign Country," 1961 LaunchPad
Document 28-3: Heidelberg Manifesto, 1982 LaunchPad
Essay Assignment for Armando Rodrigues, West Germany’s One-Millionth Guest Worker: Post-War Rebuilding and the Creation of a Multicultural Germany LaunchPad
Quiz for Armando Rodrigues, West Germany’s One-Millionth Guest Worker: Post-War Rebuilding and the Creation of a Multicultural Germany LaunchPad
Document 28-1: Giacomo Maturi, "The Integration of the Southern Labor Force and Its Specific Adaptation Problems," 1961 LaunchPad
Document 28-2: Turkish Labor Placement Office, "How the Turkish Worker Should Behave and Defend His Character in a Foreign Country," 1961 LaunchPad
Document 28-3: Heidelberg Manifesto, 1982 LaunchPad
Essay Assignment for Armando Rodrigues, West Germany’s One-Millionth Guest Worker: Post-War Rebuilding and the Creation of a Multicultural Germany LaunchPad
Quiz for Armando Rodrigues, West Germany’s One-Millionth Guest Worker: Post-War Rebuilding and the Creation of a Multicultural Germany LaunchPad
Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 28 LaunchPad
Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
Document 28-1: George C. Marshall, An American Plan to Rebuild a Shattered Europe (June 5, 1947) LaunchPad
Document 28-2: Alexander Solzhenitsyn, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1962) LaunchPad
Document 28-3: Joseph Stalin, Interview Regarding Winston Churchill’s Iron Curtain Speech (March 14, 1946) LaunchPad
Sources in Conversation: Challenging the Prewar Social and Political Order LaunchPad Document 28-4: Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth (1961) LaunchPad
Document 28-5: Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex (1949) LaunchPad
Comparative and Discussion Questions LaunchPad
Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 28 LaunchPad
Chapter 28 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
Document 28-1: George C. Marshall, An American Plan to Rebuild a Shattered Europe (June 5, 1947) LaunchPad
Document 28-2: Alexander Solzhenitsyn, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1962) LaunchPad
Document 28-3: Joseph Stalin, Interview Regarding Winston Churchill’s Iron Curtain Speech (March 14, 1946) LaunchPad
Sources in Conversation: Challenging the Prewar Social and Political Order LaunchPad Document 28-4: Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth (1961) LaunchPad
Document 28-5: Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex (1949) LaunchPad
Comparative and Discussion Questions LaunchPad
Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 28 LaunchPad
Chapter 28 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
Chapter 29
Challenging the Postwar Order, 1960–1991
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
Why did the postwar consensus of the 1950s break down?
Cold War Tensions Thaw
The Affluent Society
The Counterculture Movement
The United States and Vietnam
Student Revolts and 1968
The 1960s in the East Bloc
What were the consequences of economic decline in the 1970s?
Economic Crisis and Hardship
The New Conservatism
Individuals in Society: Margaret Thatcher
Challenges and Victories for Women
The Rise of the Environmental Movement
Picturing the Past: Green Party Representatives Enter Parliament
Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
Separatism and Right-Wing Extremism
What led to the decline of Soviet power in the East Bloc?
State and Society in the East Bloc
Dissent in Czechoslovakia and Poland
From Détente Back to Cold War
Gorbachev’s Reforms in the Soviet Union
Why did revolution sweep through the East Bloc in 1989?
Mapping the Past: Democratic Movements in Eastern Europe, 1989
The Collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe
German Unification and the End of the Cold War
The Disintegration of the Soviet Union
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter 29 Study Guide
Challenging the Postwar Order, 1960–1991
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
Why did the postwar consensus of the 1950s break down?
Cold War Tensions Thaw
The Affluent Society
The Counterculture Movement
The United States and Vietnam
Student Revolts and 1968
The 1960s in the East Bloc
What were the consequences of economic decline in the 1970s?
Economic Crisis and Hardship
The New Conservatism
Individuals in Society: Margaret Thatcher
Challenges and Victories for Women
The Rise of the Environmental Movement
Picturing the Past: Green Party Representatives Enter Parliament
Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
Separatism and Right-Wing Extremism
What led to the decline of Soviet power in the East Bloc?
State and Society in the East Bloc
Dissent in Czechoslovakia and Poland
From Détente Back to Cold War
Gorbachev’s Reforms in the Soviet Union
Why did revolution sweep through the East Bloc in 1989?
Mapping the Past: Democratic Movements in Eastern Europe, 1989
The Collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe
German Unification and the End of the Cold War
The Disintegration of the Soviet Union
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter 29 Study Guide
Online Document Project: Margaret Thatcher: Rebranding the Conservative Message for a Changing World LaunchPad
Document 29-1: Labour isn't Working, 1979 LaunchPad
Document 29-2: Labour Says He's Black. Tories Say He's British, 1978 LaunchPad
Document 29-3: It was a Conservative..., 1978 LaunchPad
Document 29-4: Even Labour's Better with the Tories, 1978 LaunchPad
Essay Assignment for Margaret Thatcher: Rebranding the Conservative Message for a Changing World LaunchPad
Quiz for Margaret Thatcher: Rebranding the Conservative Message for a Changing World LaunchPad
Document 29-1: Labour isn't Working, 1979 LaunchPad
Document 29-2: Labour Says He's Black. Tories Say He's British, 1978 LaunchPad
Document 29-3: It was a Conservative..., 1978 LaunchPad
Document 29-4: Even Labour's Better with the Tories, 1978 LaunchPad
Essay Assignment for Margaret Thatcher: Rebranding the Conservative Message for a Changing World LaunchPad
Quiz for Margaret Thatcher: Rebranding the Conservative Message for a Changing World LaunchPad
Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 29 LaunchPad
Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
Sources in Conversation: Reforming Socialist Societies LaunchPad
Document 29-1: Solidarity Union, Twenty-One Demands: A Call for Workers’ Rights and Freedoms (1980) LaunchPad
Document 29-2: Mikhail Gorbachev, Perestroika: A Soviet Leader Calls for Change (1987) LaunchPad
Document 29-3: Jeff Widener, Tank Man (1989) LaunchPad
Document 29-4: Betty Friedan, Statement of Purpose of the National Organization for Women: Defining Full Equality (1966) LaunchPad
Document 29-5: Vaclav Havel, New Year’s Address to the Nation (1990) LaunchPad
Comparative and Discussion Questions LaunchPad
Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 29 LaunchPad
Chapter 29 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
Sources in Conversation: Reforming Socialist Societies LaunchPad
Document 29-1: Solidarity Union, Twenty-One Demands: A Call for Workers’ Rights and Freedoms (1980) LaunchPad
Document 29-2: Mikhail Gorbachev, Perestroika: A Soviet Leader Calls for Change (1987) LaunchPad
Document 29-3: Jeff Widener, Tank Man (1989) LaunchPad
Document 29-4: Betty Friedan, Statement of Purpose of the National Organization for Women: Defining Full Equality (1966) LaunchPad
Document 29-5: Vaclav Havel, New Year’s Address to the Nation (1990) LaunchPad
Comparative and Discussion Questions LaunchPad
Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 29 LaunchPad
Chapter 29 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
Chapter 30
Life in an Age of Globalization, 1990 to the Present
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
How did life change in Russia and the former East Bloc countries after 1989?
Economic Shock Therapy in Russia
Russian Revival Under Vladimir Putin
Coping with Change in the Former East Bloc
Tragedy in Yugoslavia
How did globalization affect European life and society?
The Global Economy
The New European Union
Mapping the Past: The European Union, 2013
Supranational Organizations
The Human Side of Globalization
What are the main causes and effects of growing ethnic diversity in contemporary Europe?
The Prospect of Population Decline
Changing Immigration Flows
Ethnic Diversity in Contemporary Europe
Picturing the Past: National Front Campaign Poster
Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
Europe and Its Muslim Citizens
Individuals in Society: Tariq Ramadan
What challenges will Europeans face in the coming decades?
Growing Strains in U.S.-European Relations
Turmoil in the Muslim World
The Global Recession and the Viability of the Eurozone
Dependence on Fossil Fuels
Climate Change and Environmental Degradation
Promoting Human Rights
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter 30 Study Guide
Life in an Age of Globalization, 1990 to the Present
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
How did life change in Russia and the former East Bloc countries after 1989?
Economic Shock Therapy in Russia
Russian Revival Under Vladimir Putin
Coping with Change in the Former East Bloc
Tragedy in Yugoslavia
How did globalization affect European life and society?
The Global Economy
The New European Union
Mapping the Past: The European Union, 2013
Supranational Organizations
The Human Side of Globalization
What are the main causes and effects of growing ethnic diversity in contemporary Europe?
The Prospect of Population Decline
Changing Immigration Flows
Ethnic Diversity in Contemporary Europe
Picturing the Past: National Front Campaign Poster
Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
Europe and Its Muslim Citizens
Individuals in Society: Tariq Ramadan
What challenges will Europeans face in the coming decades?
Growing Strains in U.S.-European Relations
Turmoil in the Muslim World
The Global Recession and the Viability of the Eurozone
Dependence on Fossil Fuels
Climate Change and Environmental Degradation
Promoting Human Rights
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter 30 Study Guide
Online Document Project: Contesting Globalization: Global Organizations, Movements, and Antiglobal Protest LaunchPad
Document 30-1: The World Trade Organization and Its Critics, 2009-2013 LaunchPad
Document 30-2: Occupy Wall Street, 2013 LaunchPad
Document 30-3: North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA): Myths v. Realities, 2013 LaunchPad
Document 30-4: Environmental Organizations, 2012-2013 LaunchPad
Essay Assignment for Contesting Globalization: Global Organizations, Movements, and Antiglobal Protest LaunchPad
Quiz for Contesting Globalization: Global Organizations, Movements, and Antiglobal Protest LaunchPad
Document 30-1: The World Trade Organization and Its Critics, 2009-2013 LaunchPad
Document 30-2: Occupy Wall Street, 2013 LaunchPad
Document 30-3: North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA): Myths v. Realities, 2013 LaunchPad
Document 30-4: Environmental Organizations, 2012-2013 LaunchPad
Essay Assignment for Contesting Globalization: Global Organizations, Movements, and Antiglobal Protest LaunchPad
Quiz for Contesting Globalization: Global Organizations, Movements, and Antiglobal Protest LaunchPad
Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 30 LaunchPad
Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
Sources in Conversation: Islam Versus the West? LaunchPad
Document 30-1: Amartya Sen, A World Not Neatly Divided (November 23, 2001) LaunchPad
Document 30-2: Tariq Ramadan, Western Muslims and the Future of Islam (2004) LaunchPad
Document 30-3: A Greenpeace Activist at the G8 Summit (2001) LaunchPad
Document 30-4: A Tunisian Woman Casts Her Vote (2011) LaunchPad
Comparative and Discussion Questions LaunchPad
Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 30 LaunchPad
Chapter 30 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
Sources in Conversation: Islam Versus the West? LaunchPad
Document 30-1: Amartya Sen, A World Not Neatly Divided (November 23, 2001) LaunchPad
Document 30-2: Tariq Ramadan, Western Muslims and the Future of Islam (2004) LaunchPad
Document 30-3: A Greenpeace Activist at the G8 Summit (2001) LaunchPad
Document 30-4: A Tunisian Woman Casts Her Vote (2011) LaunchPad
Comparative and Discussion Questions LaunchPad
Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 30 LaunchPad
Chapter 30 Summative Quiz LaunchPad