The Human Perspective: Readings in World Civilization, Volume II: The Modern World Through the Twentieth Century

General Introduction to Volume II. Part I: Towards a Global Unity: 1500-1700. Introduction. Western Europe, About 1500. West Africa, About 1550. Huizchou, China, About 1600. The Old Yoshiwara District, Tokyo, About 1625. Tan-Ch'eng, China, Winter of 1672. Salem, Massachusetts, 1692. England, About 1700. The West Indies, About 1700. Part II: Global Transformation: 1700-1800. Introduction. The London Dockside, 1711. India, 1746. India, 1748. England, About 1750. Western Europe, About 1750. France, 1789. Part III: Challenge of Progress: 1800-1900. Introduction. The United States, About 1840. The Amazon River, About 1850. West Africa, 1854. The United States, 1866. Philadelphia, 1876. Paris, 1889. South Chicago, 1893. Japara, Java, 1899-1903. Japan, 1900. London, 1900. Part IV: Questioning Authority: 1900-Present. Introduction Turkey, 1914. Russia, 1917. New York, 1939 1945. Fulton, Missouri, 5 March 1946. Beijing, 1979. Kuwait, January-February 1991. Fulton, Missouri, 6 May 1992. Rwanda, 1994.