New to this Edition
The most significant addition to this edition is a new co-author, Andrew D. Evans, a specialist in the history of modern Germany and the author of ANTHROPOLOGY AT WAR: WORLD WAR I AND THE SCIENCE RACE IN GERMANY (2010). An associate professor and recipient of the Teacher of the Year Award at the State University of New York at New Paltz, Professor Evans was recruited as an author because of his deep understanding of the way that teachers and students can best use this book.
A new Chapter 2, “Royal Power and Overseas Expansion, 1450–1540,” asks students to examine how the activities of monarchs in Portugal, Castile, and Aragon--which involved exploration, trade, conquest, and the desire for increased territory and influence--set a pattern later followed by France, England, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, and several smaller states.
Three chapters are revised with new source materials: Chapter 6, “Labor Old and New: The Impact of the Industrial Revolution”; Chapter 8, “Vienna and Paris, 1850–1930: The Development of the Modern City”; and Chapter 9, “Expansion and Public Opinion: The Debate over the 'New Imperialism'“.
A new Chapter 10, “Motherhood, Nationalism, and Women's Political Role, 1848–1940,” explores how gender equality remained elusive despite the revolutions of the late eighteenth century that produced strong statements about liberty and equality--and political structures to support them. Students analyze sources and determine the ways in which they link motherhood, nationalism, and women's political role. Selections include Jeanne Deroin on Women's Rights, 1848–1849; “The Unexpurgated Case Against Woman Suffrage,” (Almroth E. Wright, 1913); and “Women of Fascism” (Margherita Sarfatti, 1933).
A new Chapter 13, “Cold War Cultures: Visions of the 'Good Life' in East and West,” has students analyze competing socioeconomic models and cultures of consumption and production, and consider what the appeal of each system might have been in the aftermath of World War II. Selections include Heda Margolius Kovaly on the Appeal of Communism in postwar Czechoslovakia; “What Do You Want?” (Steuart Henderson Britt); various posters; a 1950s French advertisement for “Joy of Life, My Radiola Television”; a West German Coca-Cola advertisement; and more.
A new Chapter 14, “Europe and the Iraq War,” guides students in reviewing the positions that European states took on the Iraq war--and why they took them--in light of the divisive question of whether or not to support the United States in its effort to depose Saddam Hussein. Sources include “Europe Has One Voice. And Another and Another” (Timothy Garton Ash); Declaration of Russia, Germany, and France on War with Iraq, March 5, 2003; and “The Ghosts of the Chocolate Summit” (Jan Ross, June 5, 2003).