References for “The Making of the Modern World” (compiled by Fred Cheung)
“The Making of the Modern World” (by Fred Cheung)
I. Introduction: the Medieval Origin of the Modern World
Strayer, Joseph. On the Medieval Origins of the Modern State. New Jersey:
Princeton U. Press, 1970.
McNeill, William. The Shape of European History. New York: Oxford U. Press,
1974.
II.
(A) Thesis --- Age of Faith/Medieval Origin,
(B) Antithesis -- Renaissance/Reformation/Discovery of the New World/Scientific
Revolution/Age of Reason/Enlightenment, and
(C) Synthesis -- the French Revolution and 19th Century Europe
Crosby, Alfred W. The Columbian Voyages, the Columbian Exchange, and their
Historians. New York: American Historical Association, 1987.
Gershoy, Leo. The Era of the French Revolution, 1789-1799: Ten Years that Shook
the World. New Jersey: Van Nostrand, 1957.
Kuhn, Thomas S. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Chicago: U. of Chicago
Press, 1996.
McNeill, William. A World History. New York: Oxford U. Press, 1999.
----------------------. The Global Condition: Conquerors, Catastrophes, and
Community. New Jersey: Princeton U. Press, 1992.
----------------------. The Age of Gunpowder Empires, 1450-1800. New York:
American Historical Association, 1989.
----------------------. The Pursuit of Power: Technology, Armed Force, and Society
since A.D. 1000. Chicago: U. of Chicago Press, 1984.
Palmer, R.R. The Age of the Democratic Revolution: a Political History of Europe
and America, 1760-1800. New Jersey: Princeton U. Press, 1964.
III.
(A) New Imperialism (“God, Gold, and Glory”), and
(B) New “Balance of Power” in the 19th Century
Palmer, R.R., et al. A History of the Modern World. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2002.
Schumpeter, Joseph. The Economics and Sociology of Capitalism. New Jersey:
Princeton U. Press, 1991.
--------------------------. Imperialism and Social Classes. Philadelphia: Orion, 1986.
Taylor, A.J.P. The Struggle for Mastery in Europe, 1848-1918. Oxford: Clarendon
Press, 1960.
Winslow, E. M. The Pattern of Imperialism: a Study in the Theories of Power. New
York: Octagon Books, 1972.
IV. Conclusion: Apparently the End of the Old, yet the Emergence of a New
Europe (“Common Market” and then “Political Unification”)
Holborn, Hajo. The Political Collapse of Europe. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood
Press, 1982.
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References for “The Making of the Modern World” (compiled by Fred Cheung)
Main References:
Crosby, Alfred W. The Columbian Voyages, the Columbian Exchange, and their
Historians. New York: American Historical Association, 1987.
Holborn, Hajo. The Political Collapse of Europe. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood
Press, 1982.
Hsu, Immanuel C.Y. The Rise of Modern China. New York: Oxford U. Press,
2000.
Kuhn, Thomas S. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Chicago: U. of
Chicago Press, 1996.
McNeill, William. A World History. New York: Oxford U. Press, 1999.
----------------------. The Global Condition: Conquerors, Catastrophes, and
Community. New Jersey: Princeton U. Press, 1992.
----------------------. The Age of Gunpowder Empires, 1450-1800. New York:
American Historical Association, 1989.
----------------------. The Pursuit of Power: Technology, Armed Force, and Society
since A.D. 1000. Chicago: U. of Chicago Press, 1984.
----------------------. Plagues and Peoples. Oxford: Blackwell, 1977.
----------------------. The Shape of European History. New York: Oxford U. Press,
1974.
Palmer, R.R. The Age of the Democratic Revolution: a Political History of Europe
and America, 1760-1800. New Jersey: Princeton U. Press, 1964.
-----------------, et al. A History of the Modern World. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2002.
Spence, Jonathan. The Search for Modern China. New York: W.W. Norton,
1999.
Strayer, Joseph. On the Medieval Origins of the Modern State. New Jersey:
Princeton U. Press, 1970.
Other References:
Brockey, L. M. Journey to the East: the Jesuit Mission to China, 1579-1724.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard U. Press, 2007.
Elman, Benjamin. On their Own Terms: Science in China, 1550-1900. Cambridge,
Mass.: Harvard U. Press, 2005.
Gershoy, Leo. The Era of the French Revolution, 1789-1799: Ten Years that Shook
the World. New Jersey: Van Nostrand, 1957.
Schumpeter, Joseph. The Economics and Sociology of Capitalism. New Jersey:
Princeton U. Press, 1991.
--------------------------. Imperialism and Social Classes. Philadelphia: Orion, 1986.
Taylor, A.J.P. The Habsburg Monarchy, 1809-1918: a History of the Austrian
Empire and Austria-Hungary. Chicago: U. of Chicago Press, 1976.
-----------------. The Struggle for Mastery in Europe, 1848-1918. Oxford: Clarendon
Press, 1960.
Thomson, David. Europe since Napoleon. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1966.
----------------------. England in the Nineteenth Century, 1815-1914. London: J. Cape,
1964.
Winslow, E. M. The Pattern of Imperialism: a Study in the Theories of Power. New
York: Octagon Books, 1972.
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