Books
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Educating Global Citizens in Colleges and Universities:
Challenges and Opportunities (2009)
This book provides distinctive analysis of the full range of expressions in global education at a crucial time, when international competition rises, tensions with American foreign policy..
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From Alienation to Addiction:
The History of American Work in Global Context (2008)
Over the past two hundred years, work experiences have changed greatly, causing new issues such as heightened boredom and alienation, but also new levels of obsession with work. This book looks at the modern changes in work, examining..
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The Oxford Encyclopedia of The Modern World
(2008)
The Encyclopedia of the Modern World delves into the period from 1750 to the present, providing special attention to social, economic, cultural and political topics applicable to the time.
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Documents in World History (5th ed.)
(2008)
Revised and updated with fourteen new documents and four new visual sources, the fifth edition of Documents in World History retains its global emphasis while improving its standard selections and political coverage, as well as expending its..
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Globalizing American History
(2008)
Designed to contribute to the discussion of repositioning the American history survey course in light of the nation's global context, Globalizing American History serves as an overview to the issues involved in..
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Revolutions in Sorrow:
American Death Experience and Policy in Global Context (2008)
Huge changes have occurred in both the physical facts of death and in the cultural modes that guide our reactions to it. These changes also affect policy issues ranging from punishments for crimes to birth control to the conduct of war. This book..
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Childhood In World History
(2006)
Childhood exists in all societies, though there is huge variation in the way it is socially constructed across time and place. Studying childhood historically greatly advances our understanding of what childhood is about, while a world history focus permits
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World Civilizations:
The Global Experience (2006)
World Civilizations: The Global Experience presents a truly global history, from the development of early agriculture to the present day. Encompassing the social, cultural, political, and economic aspects of the human experience, World Civilizations..
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Global Outrage:
The Impact of World Opinion on Contemporary History (2005)
From the campaign for the abolition of slavery to the women's rights movement, the power of world opinion has made immeasurable impact on the face of the modern world. In this groundbreaking study, the first to treat world opinion as a historical phenomenon..
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American Behavioral History
(2005)
From his founding of The Journal of Social History to his groundbreaking work on the history of emotions, weight, and parenting, Peter N. Stearns has always pushed the boundaries of social history to new levels. Having established the history of emotions..
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Anxious Parents:
A History of Modern Childrearing in America (2003)
The 19th and 20th centuries witnessed a dramatic shift in the role of children in American society and families. No longer necessary for labor, children became economic liabilities. At the same time, parents exhibited a new level of anxiety concerning..
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Turbulent Passage (2nd Ed.):
A Global History of the 20th Century (DATE)
The twentieth century was the most global of all centuries. With the intensity and frequency of cross-cultural interaction, major advancements, and transformations, it was also a time of turbulence. To truly understand..
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World Civilizations (3rd Ed.):
The Global Experience (2003)
The primary goal of World Civilizations: The Global Experience, Third Edition is to present a truly global history-one that both discusses the development of the world's leading civilizations and also emphasizes the major stages in the interactions among different peoples and societies..
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Documents in World History (3rd Ed.) Vol. 1 The Modern Centuries:
From 1500 to the Present (2003)
Dramatically revised, Documents In World History, Third Edition, contains a large variety of primary sources from all areas of the world. The book retains its global emphasis and includes more primary sources that balance social ..
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Documents in World History (3rd Ed.) Vol. 2 The Modern Centuries:
From 1500 to the Present (2003)
Dramatically revised, Documents In World History, Third Edition, contains a large variety of primary sources from all areas of the world. The book retains its global emphasis and includes more primary sources that balance social..
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World History in Brief (4th Ed.):
Major Patterns of Change and Continuity (2002)
With its brief, global approach, World History in Brief, Fourth Edition, seeks to show how different civilizations developed in a global context. The chief goals of Peter Stearns text are to show how different civilizations developed and..
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The Encyclopedia of World History (6th Ed.)
(2001)
"As a devotee for many years of Williams L. Langer's classic Encyclopedia of World History, I have long yearned for a new edition that would bring this indispensable work up to date and would also reflect new trends in the historical literature. Peter Stearns and his team have now met this need with..
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Consumerism in World History:
The Global Transformation of Desire (2001)
The desire to acquire luxury goods and leisure services is a basic force in modern life. Consumerism in World History explores both the historical origins and worldwide appeal of this relatively modern phenomenon. By relating consumerism to other issues in world history, this book..
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Cultures in Motion:
Mapping Key Contacts and Their Imprints in World History (2001)
When different cultures come into contact with one another, the impact on the course of history can be dramatic and unexpected. Encounters between separate societies or civilizations have resulted in the..
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Experiencing World History
(2001)
Covering early societies, the classical, postclassical, and modern periods, and the 20th century, an blending the great advances in historical research over the past quarter century, Experiencing World History represents an important addition to the..
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Gender in World History:
Themes in World History (2000)
Drawing on examples from classical times to the twentieth century, Gender in World History is a fascinating exploration of what happens to established ideas about men and women and their roles, when different cultural systems come into contact..
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The Industrial Revolution in World History
(1998)
The industrial revolution is generally recognized as a major development in world history. Even so, the study of it is routinely handled as simply part of Western European history or as part of individual national histories..
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World History in Documents:
A Comparative Reader (1998)
At a time when the teaching of world history is undergoing profound changes, Peter N. Stearns has collected a remarkably diverse and original set of documents to anticipate new direction in the field..
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Millennium III. Century XXI:
A Retrospective on the Future (1998)
As a new century and millennium approach, the world braces itself for a frenzied outpouring of popular excitement, tabloid predictions, and religious hysteria, all egged on by a strong does of mass media attention..
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An Emotional History of the United States
(1998)
Emotions lie at our very core as human beings. How we process and grapple with our emotions, how and what we emote, and how we respond to the emotions of others constitute the essence of our social universe. In a very real sense, we exist only through the..
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Fat History:
Bodies and Beauty in Modern West (1997)
"Stearns looks to explain why America is the fattest, and France the thinnest, nation in the West. In his view, 'dieting was ideally suited to an American need for an implicit but vigorous moral counterweight to consumer indulgence'. At the turn..
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The ABC-CLIO World History Companion to The Industrial Revolution
(1996)
Nothing in history of the last ten thousand years has had a greater impact on human lives than the industrial revolution. It changed not only how we work but where and how we live, how we think, and how we structure our families and societies. In short, it changed..
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Discursive Psychology in Practice
(1995)
In the last decade many diverse streams of thought have come together in an international movement to reject the traditional view that a 'scientific' psychology must rely on an experimental methodology..
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American Cool:
Constructing a Twentieth-Century Emotional Style (1994)
Cool. The concept, distinctly American, permeates almost every aspect of contemporary American society. From Kool cigarettes and the Peanuts cartoon's Joe Cool to West Side Story and urban slang, the idea of cool, in its many manifestations..
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Social History and Issues in Human Consciousness:
Some Interdisciplinary Connections (1989)
The history of consciousness is an area to which behavioral scientists have only recently turned their attention. Social History and Issues in Human Consciousness is the first in a series of biennial..
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