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World History II 1500 to Present
: Non-European Appropriations of Modernity
Editor in Chief:
Eric Cunningham, Gonzaga University
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1. A Survey of the Premodern Worlds
2. Crisis and Recovery in Eurasia
3. Contact and Conquest
4. Worlds Entangled
5. Empires of Splendor and Might
6. The Birth of Modern Knowledge
7. Reordering the World
8. Non-European Appropriations of Modernity
9. Industrialism and Its After-effects
10. Nations and Empires in the Americas
11. Triumph of the Bourgeoisie
12. New Imperialism
13. Competing Visions of Modernity
14. A Divided Postwar World
15. Globalization
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Qianlong: Letter to George III (1793)
Lin Zexu: “Moral Advice to Queen Victoria” (1839)
Treaty of Nanjing (1842)
Ottoman Constitution (1876)
Yukichi Fukuzawa: “Good-bye Asia” (1885)
Meiji Constitution of Japan (1889)
Proclamation of the Young Turks (1908)
Daoguang: Imperial Edict (1836)
Zhu Zun: Memorial on Banning Opium (1836)
Xu Naiji: Memorial on Legalizing Opium (1836)
Annexed Laws on Banning Opium (1839)
Lord Palmerston: Dispatch to the Minister of the Emperor of China (1840)
Feng Guifen: “On the Adoption of Western Learning” (ca. 1850)
Yukichi Fukuzawa: Western Civilization as Our Goal (1875)
Zongli Yamen: Circular Letter on the Unequal Treaties (1878)
Pandita Ramabai: The High-Caste Hindu Woman (1888)
Emperor Guangxu: Reform of the Examination System (1898)
John Hay: First “Open Door” Note to Andrew D. White (1899)
Boxer Protocol (1901)
Liang Shuming: Chinese Civilization vis-à-vis Eastern and Western Philosophies (1922)
Hu Shi: “Our Attitude toward Modern Western Civilization” (1926)
Unit Essays: World History II, Unit 8
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Key Terms: World History II, Unit 8
Key Concepts: World History II, Unit 8
Key Arguments: World History II, Unit 8
Unit Objectives: World History II, Unit 8
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Non-European Appropriations of Modernity
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