World History Since 1500 An Open and Free Textbook

World History Since 1500: An Open and Free Textbook is designed to cover world history from 1500 to the present in 15 chapters. The OER-supported textbook can be downloaded as a pdf or viewed online. The textbook serves to weave insights from many perspectives into stories and narratives that will h...

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Main Authors: Rankin, John (Author), Weise, Constanze (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] East Tennessee State University 2023.
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505 0 |a Author Biographies -- Acknowledgement -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1: The World in 1500 -- Chapter 2: Expanding Empires, Europe and the Americas 1500-1700 -- Chapter 3: Cultural Encounters and Expanding Empires in Asia and Eurasia 1500-1700 -- Chapter 4: Islamic Empires - Mughals, Ottomans and Safavids 1500-1700 -- Chapter 5: Age of Reason - The Scientific Revolution, Enlightened Thought and its Impact -- Chapter 6: Challenging the Old Order - The Age of Revolutions -- Chapter 7: Remaking the World - The Industrial Revolution, Workers and a New Economic Order -- Chapter 8: Nation Building and Reform 1700-1900 -- Chapter 9: Managing Modernity in Asia 1700-1900 -- Chapter 10: The Second Wave of Imperialism 1700-1900 -- Chapter 11: World in Crisis, Conflict, and the Struggle for Independence - World War I, the Indian Independence Movement and the Russian Revolution -- Chapter 12: Interwar Years and the Rise of Fascism -- Chapter 13: World War II -- Chapter 14: Cold War and Decolonization of the World from 1950 -- Chapter 15: The Modern World 
520 0 |a World History Since 1500: An Open and Free Textbook is designed to cover world history from 1500 to the present in 15 chapters. The OER-supported textbook can be downloaded as a pdf or viewed online. The textbook serves to weave insights from many perspectives into stories and narratives that will help students develop a framework to organize and connect ideas, geographical locations, and timelines allowing them to think critically and broadly about the world around them. In addition to helping students master the sequence and scope of world history from 1500, the textbook helps develop empathy for people who live and lived in different parts of the world and during different historical times leading to the creation of empathic and knowledgeable global citizens who are aware of and concerned about the world around them. 
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