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| Preface | |
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| Introduction to the Modern World | |
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| Perceptions of the World | |
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| The Physical World | |
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| The Political World | |
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| The Ethnic World | |
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| Emergence of the Modern World | |
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| The World in 1350 | |
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| Early European Expansion: 1400s to Early 1600s | |
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| Later European Expansion: 1600s to Early 1900s | |
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| Definition of the Modern State | |
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| Territory | |
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| Government | |
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| A Loyal Population | |
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| Recognition of Other States | |
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| Trends in the Post-World War II World | |
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| U.S. Leadership | |
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| The Soviet Challenge | |
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| The End of Colonialism | |
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| Increasing Interconnections | |
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| Globalization | |
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| Exponential Increases in International Economic Transactions | |
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| Integration of International/Global Economic Decision Making | |
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| Strengthened Political International Governmental Organizations | |
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| Increases in International Nongovernmental Contacts and Communication | |
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| Terms and Concepts | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Research Projects | |
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| Internet Resources | |
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| Ethnicity and Global Diversity | |
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| Culture: The Definition of Humanity | |
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| Culture Change | |
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| Culture and Economic Adaptations | |
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| Cultures, Subcultures, and Other Cultural Classifications | |
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| Ethnic Groups | |
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| Indigenous Peoples | |
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| Immigration | |
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| Races | |
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| Sex | |
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| Gender | |
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| Religions | |
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| Civilizations | |
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| Classes | |
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| Reactions to Diversity | |
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| Ethocentrism | |
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| Cultural Relativity | |
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| Racism and Sexism | |
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| Case Study: Female Genital Surgery | |
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| Ethnocentrism | |
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| Gender/Sex | |
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| Summary | |
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| Terms and Concepts | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Research Projects | |
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| Internet Resources | |
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| Perspectives on Ethnicity and Global Diversity | |
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| Global Primacy | |
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| Assimilation | |
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| Acculturation | |
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| Syncretism | |
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| State Primacy | |
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| Patriotism | |
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| Subjugation | |
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| Paternalism | |
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| Critiques from the Global Primacy Perspective | |
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| Cultural Primacy | |
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| Tolerance | |
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| Diversity Within States | |
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| Diversity Between States | |
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| Critiques from the Global Primacy and State Primary Perspectives | |
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| Synthesis | |
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| Case Study: Nunavut: A New Territory for an Indigenous Nation | |
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| Foraging Cultures | |
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| Changes | |
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| Inuit Nationalism | |
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| The Territory of Nunavut | |
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| Analysis | |
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| Perspectives Applied to Nunavut | |
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| A View from the Global Primacy Perspective | |
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| A View from the State Primacy Perspective | |
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| A View from the Cultural Primacy Perspective | |
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| Terms and Concepts | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Research Projects | |
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| Internet Resources | |
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| Economic Development and Structural Poverty | |
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| Defining the Issue | |
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| Underdevelopment: A Vicious Cycle | |
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| Dual Economy | |
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| Low Productivity | |
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| Insufficient Capital | |
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| Lack of Human Services | |
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| The Colonial Legacy | |
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| Outside Interventions | |
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| Trade | |
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| Aid | |
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| Private Investment | |
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| Technical Assistance | |
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| Contributing Factors | |
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| Insufficient Natural Resources | |
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| Explosive Population Growth | |
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| Lack of Social Cohesion | |
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| Corruption | |
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| Case Study: Namibia as a Developing Country | |
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| Political and Social Factors | |
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| Interrelated, Structural Economic Factors | |
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| External Sources of Capital | |
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| Summary | |
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| Terms and Concepts | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Research Projects | |
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| Internet Resources | |
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| Perspectives on Economic Development | |
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| Liberal Economics | |
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| Comparative Advantage | |
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| Policies Needed | |
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| Dependency | |
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| Structural Inequality-Neocolonialism | |
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| Government Intervention | |
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| International Economic System | |
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| Critique from the Liberal Economics Perspective | |
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| Participatory Development | |
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| Local Decision Making | |
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| Available Technology | |
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| Environmental Compatibility | |
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| Critiques from the Liberal Economics and Dependency Perspectives | |
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| Case Study: From Peasants to Farmers-Development in the Peruvian Highlands | |
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| A Tale of Two Irrigation Channels | |
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| Local Initiative | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Three Economic Perspectives Applied to the Case Study | |
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| A View from the Liberal Economics Perspective | |
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| A View from the Dependency Perspective | |
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| A View from the Participatory Development Perspective | |
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| Terms and Concepts | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Research Projects | |
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| Internet Resources | |
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| Health of the Planet: Health of the People | |
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| Ecosystems: The Nature of Environment | |
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| Interrelationship of Environmental Systems | |
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| Humans and the Environment | |
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| Foraging | |
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| Pastoralism | |
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| Farming | |
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| Industrialism | |
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| Threats to Critical Resources | |
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| Air | |
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| Water | |
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| Land | |
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| Plants and Animals | |
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| Resources in Balance | |
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| Human Health | |
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| Diseases | |
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| Healthcare | |
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| Malnutrition | |
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| Case Study: Brazil and the Tropical Rain Forest | |
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| Amazonian Environment | |
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| Economic Uses of the Amazon | |
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| Indigenous Peoples | |
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| Analysis | |
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| Terms and Concepts | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Research Projects | |
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| Internet Resources | |
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| Perspectives on Global Health | |
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| High-Technology Perspective | |
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| Shared-Technology Perspective | |
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| Critique from the High-Technology Perspective | |
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| Appropriate-Technology Perspective | |
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| Critiques from the High-Technology and Shared-Technology Perspectives | |
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| Case Study: New Epidemics | |
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| Perils of a Global Ecosystem | |
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| Humans and Animals in the New Ecosystem | |
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| Bioterrorism: Poisoning the Ecosystem | |
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| Perspectives on the New Epidemics | |
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| A View from the High-Technology Perspective | |
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| A View from the Shared-Technology Perspective | |
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| A View from the Appropriate-Technology Perspective | |
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| Terms and Concepts | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Research Projects | |
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| Internet Resources | |
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| Peace and War | |
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| Anarchic Nature of the International System | |
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| Sovereignty | |
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| International Anarchy | |
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| Power | |
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| Interconnected Nature of the International System | |
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| Model of Peace and War | |
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| War Strategies | |
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| Balance-of-Power Strategies | |
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| International-Rule-of-Law Strategies | |
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| Case Study: Gulf Wars I and II | |
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| Macro Factors Causing the Wars | |
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| Micro Analysis | |
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| Legacy | |
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| Terms and Concepts | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Research Projects | |
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| Internet Resources | |
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| Perspectives on Peace and War | |
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| State Sovereignty | |
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| Deterrence and Military Power Paradoxes | |
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| World Order | |
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| One World | |
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| Functional Interdependence | |
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| U.S. Leadership | |
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| World Government | |
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| Critique from the State-Sovereignty Perspective | |
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| Ethnic Autonomy | |
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| Critiques from the State-Sovereignty and World-Order Perspectives | |
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| Case Study: The War in Bosnia-Three Peoples in Search of a State | |
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| A Tangle of Participants | |
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| The Dayton Accord | |
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| Analysis | |
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| Peace and War Perspectives Applied to the War in Bosnia | |
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| A View from the State Sovereignty Perspective | |
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| A View from the World Order Perspective | |
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| A View from the Ethnic Autonomy Perspective | |
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| Terms and Concepts | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Research Projects | |
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| Internet Resources | |
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| Glossary | |
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| References Cited | |
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| Index | |