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1Capitalism and Culture The Acceleration of Globalization since 1945   The Transformation of the World Economy  After World war II, things became very different. The capitalist victors led to conflict in the United States. In 1944 New Hampshire set an agreement and institution that laid the foundation for postwar globalization. Technology contributed to the growth in economic globalization. Shipping, oil tankers, and air expressed services lowered the transportation cost. Reglobalization  Money and goods achieved global mobility in three ways. One way was "foreign direct investment". This investment exploded in 1960 after companies in rich countries took advantage of cheap labor, tax breaks, and looser environment regulations in developing countries. The second form was when money that was in motion had been the short-term movement of capital, in which investors annually spent trillions of dollars purchasing foreign currencies or stocks to increase...
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Chapter 21

Revolution, Socialism, and Global Conflict The Rise and Fall of World Communism 1917-present  Global Communism Modern communism founds its roots in the 19th century. The Europeans thought that there goal would be achieved peacefully and the democratic process. Russia called the Soviet Union, which was the first country to experience revolution. By the 1970's 1/3 of the population lived in government communities. The Soviet Union was the largest country in size. China was the largest country in population. But the Communist regimes came to power in Eastern Europe in between World War II and the extension of the Soviet military. 

Chapter 20

Collapse at the Center 1917 World War, Depression, and the Rebalancing of the Global Power 1914-1970's  The First World War: European Civilization in Crisis, 1914-1918  Since the 1500's Europe has been the on the global stage, all because of its growing capacity, the Scientific and industrial revolution. And by the 1900's Europe had control over the world. This created self confidence and superiority. The modern transformation in Europe was not caused by growing unity and stability among its people. There was obvious division was between the states. There was an incident that occurred June 28th, 1914. This is when a Serbian nationalist assassinated the heir to the Austro- Hungarain throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand. A system of alliances intended to keep the peace created obligations that drew the Great Powers of Europe into a general war by early August 1914. The Great War transformed international political life. After the collapse of German, Russian, and Au...

Chapter 19

Empires in Collision Europe, the Middle East, and East Asia  1800-1914  Reversal of Fortune: China's Century of Crisis  King George of Britain received a rebuff from China in 1793. In one letter to the British monarch, the Chinese emperor Qianlong rejected the British request for a less restricted trading relationship with his country. Chinese authoresses strictly limited the activities of European missionaries and merchants. In 1912 China's state collapsed. The american food crops grew the population in 1685 from 100 million to 430 million in 1853. The industrial revolution was not the spark that led the population. China's expansion nor the the agriculture was the contribute. The result was growing pressure on the land, and smaller farms for China's huge population. The Ottoman Empire and the West in the 19th Century  The Islamic world represented a highly successful civilization. Islamic civilization has been the neighbor of Europe for nearly 1,...

Chapter 18

Colonial Encounters in Asia, Africa, and Oceania 1750-1950   Colonial Rule was the new element in the British, French, German, Italian, Belgian, Portuguese, Russian and Americans. The polices and rules of the colonial power changed over time, and became different from when they started. Men and women  experienced different aspects of the colonial rule. As did the traditional elites, Western- educated groups, artisan, peasant farmers, and migrant laborers. Polices, practices, and intentions of temporary European rulers shaped the colonial experience.  Industry and Empire  Because of the productivity of industrial technology it created the need for raw material and agriculture products such as... wheat from the American Midwest; meat from Argentina: banana from Central America; rubber from Brazil; cocoa and palm oil from West Africa; tea, copra, and coconut oil from Ceylon; gold and diamonds from South Africa; gutta-percha, a natural latex used to ins...

Chapter 16 part 2

The Haitian Revolution was between 1791-1804 of course this was a different revolution from the rest. Saint Domingue was later renamed Haiti, where the the Haitian revolution was named.This was the colony that was considered the richest in the world. Saint Domingue boasted 8,000 plantations, which in the late 1800 centuries produced 40% of the worlds sugar, and half of its coffee. The amount of slaves made up the majority of the colonies population, roughly 500,000 slaves. Fractions of slaves, whites, and free people of color battled one another. The Spanish and British wanted to enlarge there empires at the expense of the French. Which only made things worse than what they already seemed. Because of the confusion and brutality, power gravitated towards the slaves. Toussaint Louverture led the slaves, he was a former slave. The Haitian Revolution divided race and class, which led into independence debt. A financial burden was caused and was wasn't solved until a century later. Th...

Chapter 16 Part 1

The Haitian Revolution changes both sides of the Atlantic Revolution between 1775 and 1825. Haitians got inspiration from North American and French revolution. But the French revolutions overthrew the French rule which shaped the Latin American independence. Europe, Africa, North American, and South American was the wake of Columbus's voyages and then the European conquest followed. The North American Revolution started in 1775 and it was between 1775 and 1787. We all learned about the revolution in our school days. But with the revolution became the struggle. The struggle was launched with the Declaration of Independence in 1776. After an surprising military victory, 13th colonies that were once separated became one nation. The American Revolution made a big political change. In the 17th and 18th centuries the British colonies in North America enjoyed local autonomy. French Revolution was between 1789-1815 which took place in France.The French Revolution was very different fro...