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Cover: Ways of the World for the AP® World History Modern Course Since 1200 C.E., 6th Edition by Robert W. Strayer; Eric W. Nelson

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Ways of the World for the AP® World History Modern Course Since 1200 C.E.

Sixth  Edition|©2027  Robert W. Strayer; Eric W. Nelson

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Table of Contents

Brief Contents

How to Get the Most from This Program

Prologue


PERIOD 1 Diversity and Interaction in the World of 1200–1450

THE BIG PICTURE 1200: Jumping into the Stream of World History

1 Before 1200: Patterns in World History

2 States and Civilizations: A Global Tapestry 1200–1450

3 Connections and Interactions: Networks of Exchange 1200–1450


PERIOD 2 The Early Modern World 1450–1750

THE BIG PICTURE Change and Direction in World History

4 Land-based Empires and Encounters 1450–1750

5 Trans-Oceanic Encounters: Empires and Commerce 1450–1750


PERIOD 3 The European Moment in World History 1750–1900

THE BIG PICTURE European Centrality and the Problem of Eurocentrism

6 Atlantic Revolutions, Global Echoes 1750–1900

7 Revolutions of Industrialization 1750–1900

8 Colonial Encounters: Consequences of Industrialization 1750–1950


PERIOD 4 The Long Twentieth Century 1900–PRESENT

THE BIG PICTURE The Long Twentieth Century: A New Period in World History?

9 Global Conflict: War and Revolution 1900–1950

10 The Cold War and Decolonization: A Changing Global Landscape 1950–PRESENT

11 Globalization 1900–PRESENT

12 Continuity and Change in the Twenty-First Century 1990–PRESENT


AP® Practice Exam

Glossary/Glosario

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index

Authors

Robert W. Strayer

Robert W. Strayer (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin) brings wide experience in world history to the writing of Ways of the World. His teaching career began in Ethiopia where he taught high school world history for two years as part of the Peace Corps. At the university level, he taught African, Soviet, and world history for many years at the State University of New York-College at Brockport, where he received Chancellors Awards for Excellence in Teaching and for Excellence in Scholarship. In 1998 he was visiting professor of world and Soviet history at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. Since moving to California in 2002, he has taught world history at the University of California, Santa Cruz; California State University, Monterey Bay; and Cabrillo College. He is a long-time member of the World History Association and served on its Executive Committee. He has also participated in various AP® World History gatherings, including two years as a reader. His publications include Kenya: Focus on Nationalism, The Making of Mission Communities in East Africa, The Making of the Modern World, Why Did the Soviet Union Collapse?, and The Communist Experiment.


Eric W. Nelson

Eric W. Nelson (D.Phil., Oxford University) is a professor of history at Missouri State University. He is an experienced teacher who has won a number of awards, including the Governor’s Award for Teaching Excellence in 2011 and the CASE and Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Professor of the Year Award for Missouri in 2012. He is currently Faculty Fellow for Engaged Learning, developing new ways to integrate in-class and online teaching environments. His publications include The Legacy of Iconoclasm: Religious War and the Relic Landscape of Tours, Blois and Vendôme, and The Jesuits and the Monarchy: Catholic Reform and Political Authority in France.


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Table of Contents

Brief Contents

How to Get the Most from This Program

Prologue


PERIOD 1 Diversity and Interaction in the World of 1200–1450

THE BIG PICTURE 1200: Jumping into the Stream of World History

1 Before 1200: Patterns in World History

2 States and Civilizations: A Global Tapestry 1200–1450

3 Connections and Interactions: Networks of Exchange 1200–1450


PERIOD 2 The Early Modern World 1450–1750

THE BIG PICTURE Change and Direction in World History

4 Land-based Empires and Encounters 1450–1750

5 Trans-Oceanic Encounters: Empires and Commerce 1450–1750


PERIOD 3 The European Moment in World History 1750–1900

THE BIG PICTURE European Centrality and the Problem of Eurocentrism

6 Atlantic Revolutions, Global Echoes 1750–1900

7 Revolutions of Industrialization 1750–1900

8 Colonial Encounters: Consequences of Industrialization 1750–1950


PERIOD 4 The Long Twentieth Century 1900–PRESENT

THE BIG PICTURE The Long Twentieth Century: A New Period in World History?

9 Global Conflict: War and Revolution 1900–1950

10 The Cold War and Decolonization: A Changing Global Landscape 1950–PRESENT

11 Globalization 1900–PRESENT

12 Continuity and Change in the Twenty-First Century 1990–PRESENT


AP® Practice Exam

Glossary/Glosario

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index

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Robert W. Strayer

Robert W. Strayer (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin) brings wide experience in world history to the writing of Ways of the World. His teaching career began in Ethiopia where he taught high school world history for two years as part of the Peace Corps. At the university level, he taught African, Soviet, and world history for many years at the State University of New York-College at Brockport, where he received Chancellors Awards for Excellence in Teaching and for Excellence in Scholarship. In 1998 he was visiting professor of world and Soviet history at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. Since moving to California in 2002, he has taught world history at the University of California, Santa Cruz; California State University, Monterey Bay; and Cabrillo College. He is a long-time member of the World History Association and served on its Executive Committee. He has also participated in various AP® World History gatherings, including two years as a reader. His publications include Kenya: Focus on Nationalism, The Making of Mission Communities in East Africa, The Making of the Modern World, Why Did the Soviet Union Collapse?, and The Communist Experiment.


Headshot of Eric W. Nelson

Eric W. Nelson

Eric W. Nelson (D.Phil., Oxford University) is a professor of history at Missouri State University. He is an experienced teacher who has won a number of awards, including the Governor’s Award for Teaching Excellence in 2011 and the CASE and Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Professor of the Year Award for Missouri in 2012. He is currently Faculty Fellow for Engaged Learning, developing new ways to integrate in-class and online teaching environments. His publications include The Legacy of Iconoclasm: Religious War and the Relic Landscape of Tours, Blois and Vendôme, and The Jesuits and the Monarchy: Catholic Reform and Political Authority in France.


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