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Societies, Networks, and Transitions Craig Lockard (University of Wisconsin, Green Bay)

Societies, Networks, and Transitions By Craig Lockard (University of Wisconsin, Green Bay)

Societies, Networks, and Transitions by Craig Lockard (University of Wisconsin, Green Bay)


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Societies, Networks, and Transitions: A Global History by Craig Lockard (University of Wisconsin, Green Bay)

Introducing world history in a truly global framework, Lockard's SOCIETIES, NETWORKS, AND TRANSITIONS: A GLOBAL HISTORY, Fourth Edition, explores the regions of the world with a strong focus on culture, social change, economic patterns, science, religion and gender issues. The author incorporates profiles of diverse individuals from throughout history as well as interesting notes about cultural artifacts in areas such as music, art and popular culture. Discussions of various historical controversies offer insight into how historians work and debate. Chapter outlines with focus questions -- some of them relating history to today's world -- section summaries, pronunciation guides and marginal key term definitions support you as you examine the interconnectedness of different people, places and periods in the global past. Also available: MindTap digital learning solution.

About Craig Lockard (University of Wisconsin, Green Bay)

Craig A. Lockard is Ben and Joyce Rosenberg Professor of History Emeritus in the Social Change and Development Department at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, where from 1975 to 2010 he taught undergraduate courses on Asian, African, comparative and world history as well as popular culture. He has taught at SUNY-Buffalo, SUNY-Stony Brook and the University of Bridgeport, and he twice served as a Fulbright-Hays Professor of History at the University of Malaya in Malaysia. After undergraduate studies at the University of Redlands in California, including study abroad experiences in Austria and Hong Kong, he earned an M.A. in Asian Studies at the University of Hawaii (1967) and a Ph.D. in Comparative World and Southeast Asian History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (1973). Dr. Lockard's many published books, articles, essays and reviews cover a wide spectrum of topics, including world and comparative history; Southeast Asian history, politics and society; Asian emigration and diasporas; the Vietnam War; and folk, rock, popular and world music. Among his major books are SOUTHEAST ASIA IN WORLD HISTORY (2009); DANCE OF LIFE: POPULAR MUSIC AND POLITICS IN MODERN SOUTHEAST ASIA (1998); FROM KAMPUNG TO CITY: A SOCIAL HISTORY OF KUCHING, MALAYSIA, 1820-1970 (1987); and CHINESE SOCIETY AND POLITICS IN SARAWAK: HISTORICAL ESSAYS (2009). He served on the task force that prepared revisions to the U.S. National Standards in World History (1996) and was a grader for AP World History exams. Dr. Lockard has served on various editorial advisory boards -- including the JOURNAL OF WORLD HISTORY, WORLD HISTORY CONNECTED and THE HISTORY TEACHER -- and as book review editor for the JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES and the WORLD HISTORY BULLETIN. One of the founders of the World History Association, he served as its first secretary and as a member of the Executive Committee. Over the years he has lived and traveled widely in Asia, Africa and Europe.

Table of Contents

Part I: SOCIETIES, NETWORKS, TRANSITIONS: ANCIENT FOUNDATIONS OF WORLD HISTORY, TO 600 B.C.E. 1. The Origins of Human Societies, to ca. 2000 B.C.E. 2. Ancient Societies in Mesopotamia, India, and Central Asia, 5000 600 B.C.E. 3. Ancient Societies in Africa and the Mediterranean, 5000 600 B.C.E. 4. Around the Pacific Rim: Eastern Eurasia and the Americas, 5000 600 B.C.E. Part II: SOCIETIES, NETWORKS, TRANSITIONS: THE CLASSICAL SOCIETIES AND THEIR LEGACIES, 600 B.C.E. 600 C.E. 5. Classical Societies in Southern and Central Asia, 600 B.C.E. 600 C.E. 6. Eurasian Connections and New Traditions in East Asia, 600 B.C.E. 600 C.E. 7. Western Asia, the Eastern Mediterranean, and Regional Systems, 600 200 B.C.E. 8. Empires, Networks, and the Remaking of Europe, North Africa, and Western Asia, 500 B.C.E. 600 C.E. 9. Classical Societies and Regional Networks in Africa, the Americas, and Oceania, 600 B.C.E. 600 C.E. Part III: SOCIETIES, NETWORKS, TRANSITIONS: ENCOUNTERS AND TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE INTERMEDIATE ERA, 600 B.C.E. 600 C.E. 10. The Rise, Power, and Connections of the Islamic World, 600 1500. 11. East Asian Traditions, Transformations, and Eurasian Encounters, 600 1500. 12. Expanding Horizons in Africa and the Americas, 600 1500. 13. South Asia, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, and Afro-Eurasian Connections, 600 1500. 14. Christian Societies in Medieval Europe, Byzantium, and Russia, 600 1500. Part IV: SOCIETIES, NETWORKS, TRANSITIONS: CONNECTING THE EARLY MODERN WORLD, 1450 1750. 15. Global Connections and the Remaking of Europe, 1450 1750. 16. New Challenges for Africa and the Islamic World, 1450 1750. 17. Americans, Europeans, Africans, and New Societies in the Americas, 1450 1750. 18. South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia: Triumphs and Challenges, 1450 1750. Part V: SOCIETIES, NETWORKS, TRANSITIONS: GLOBAL IMBALANCES IN THE MODERN WORLD, 1750 1945. 19. Modern Transitions: Revolutions, Industries, Ideologies, Empires, 1750 1914. 20. Changing Societies in Europe, the Americas, and Oceania, 1750 1914. 21. Africa, the Middle East, and Imperialism, 1750 1914. 22. South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Colonization, 1750 1914. 23. East Asia and the Russian Empire Face New Challenges, 1750 1914. 24. World Wars, European Revolutions, and Global Depression, 1914 1945. 25. Imperialism and Nationalism in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, 1914 1945. Part VI: SOCIETIES, NETWORKS, TRANSITIONS: INTERDEPENDENCE AND CONFLICT IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD, SINCE 1945. 26. The Remaking of the Global System, Since 1945. 27. East Asian Resurgence, Since 1945. 28. Rebuilding Europe and Russia, Since 1945. 29. The Americas and the Pacific Basin: New Roles in the Contemporary World, Since 1945. 30. The Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa, and New Conflicts in the Contemporary World, Since 1945. 31. South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Global Connections, Since 1945.

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Societies, Networks, and Transitions: A Global History by Craig Lockard (University of Wisconsin, Green Bay)
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2020-02-18
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