World History
World history or global history as a field of historical study examines history from a global perspective. It emerged centuries ago; leading practitioners have included Voltaire (1694-1778), Hegel (1770-1831), Karl Marx (1818-1883) and Arnold J. Toynbee (1889-1975). The field became much more active (in terms of university teaching, text books, scholarly journals, and academic associations) in the late 20th century. It is not to be confused with comparative history, which, like world history, deals with the history of multiple cultures and nations, but does not do so on a global scale. World history looks for common patterns that emerge across …
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CCSC: Centre for the Study of Co-operatives · 3 December 2024 English
In addition to the dis- appearance of the Wheat Pool, the co-operative sector has seen the dissolution of producer co-operatives (e.g., the Dairy Pro- ducers Co-operative), the sale of Concentra …
for comprehensive intro- ductory topics, like world history or Canada’s legal system or in- troductory economics …
Fraser Institute · 21 November 2024 English
In the 2024/25 fiscal year, British Columbia plans to spend $9.6 billion on K-12 education. BC’s per-student spending in government schools grew 6.7 percent between 2012/13 to 2021/22, after adjusting …
choose from a smor- gasbord such as 20th Century World History, Comparative World Religions, Contempo- rary …
AlphaPlus · 15 October 2024 English
They need to read and understand the information presented on screen, navigate the computer interface to select answers and move them to the correct locations depending on the question, know …
Social studies • Canadian history 50 questions • World history 70 minutes • Civics and government • Economics …
CHA: Canadian Historical Association · 3 July 2024 French
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Canadian and any other geographic areas of the world history, presented at the CHA Annual Meeting as well …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 18 June 2024 English
The word "pharmacopoeia" has come to have many meanings, although it is commonly understood to be a book describing approved compositions and standards for drugs. In 1813 the Royal College …
Columbian Exchange had a profound impact on world history in the centuries that followed, especially in …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 June 2024 English
The revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685 led to over 200,000 Huguenots fleeing France. Bryan Banks directs our attention to four authors who advocated for the Huguenots’ right …
middle of teaching a course titled “Refugees in World History.” My students had spent much of the first half … familial networks.33 Shifts toward cultural and world history have meant that Huguenots have received a fair …
AUP: Athabasca University Press · 14 May 2024 English
In every sphere of life, division and intolerance has polarized communities and entire nations. The learned construction of the Other—an evil “enemy” against whom both physical and discursive violence is …
Humanity: Equality and Cultural Difference in World History (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2017) …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 14 May 2024 English
Although he had a short career, German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche was a prolific writer, publishing seventeen books in the span of seventeen years. Convinced that “style must live,” he focused …
did not want to know anything of ‘so-called world history,’ nor of ‘history and criticism,’ that he merely …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 14 May 2024 English
Fate remains central to many cultural outlooks, and in our age of conflict, climate change, and pandemic, it features conspicuously in debates about the future. A careful examination of this …
exacerbated over the centuries since then. World history has become local history to a large extent …
Fraser Institute · 25 April 2024 English
Over twenty-five years ago, Canadian historian J. L. Granatstein claimed that most Canadian students were receiving an inadequate education in Canadian history. This study provides a snapshot into two of …
choose from a smor- gasbord such as 20th Century World History, Comparative World Religions, Contemporary …