tag:open.umn.edu,2005:/opentextbooks/textbooks?commit=Go&page=2&term=historyOpen Textbook Library - Search results for "history"2019-05-04T19:15:42Zhttps://open.umn.edu/assets/common/favicon/favicon-1594c2156c95ca22b1a0d803d547e5892bb0e351f682be842d64927ecda092e7.icohttps://open.umn.edu/assets/library/otl_logo-f9161d5c999f5852b38260727d49b4e7d7142fc707ec9596a5256a778f957ffc.png6982019-05-04T19:15:42Z2024-01-22T14:52:06ZWestern Civilization: A Concise History Volume 1<img alt="Read more about Western Civilization: A Concise History Volume 1" title="Western Civilization: A Concise History Volume 1 cover image" class="cover " width="641" height="830" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NjUwLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--24d4a17d0b4262b9f4c3d93032331bb096154c2f/0000WeCivVol1.png" />Western Civilization: A Concise History is an Open Educational Resource textbook covering the history of Western Civilization from approximately 8,000 BCE to 2017 CE. It is available in three volumes covering the following time periods and topics: Volume 1: from the origins of civilization in Mesopotamia c. 8,000 BCE through the early Middle Ages in Europe c. 1,000 CE. Volume 1 covers topics including Mesopotamia,Egypt, Persia, Greece, Rome, the Islamic caliphates, and the early European Middle Ages. Volume 2: from the early Middle Ages to the French Revolution in 1789 CE. Volume 2covers topics including the High Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the European conquest of the Americas, the Reformation, the Scientific Revolution, and the Enlightenment. Volume 3: from the Napoleonic era to the recent past. Volume 3 covers topics including the Industrial Revolution, the politics of Europe in the nineteenth century, modern European imperialism, the world wars, fascism, Nazism, and the Holocaust, the postwar era, the Cold War, and recent developments in economics and politics.6992019-05-04T19:25:17Z2024-01-22T14:52:06ZWestern Civilization: A Concise History Volume 2<img alt="Read more about Western Civilization: A Concise History Volume 2" title="Western Civilization: A Concise History Volume 2 cover image" class="cover " width="642" height="828" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NjUxLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--14f23923ee9e4c8446dd38293231944852c315d7/0000WeCivVol2.png" />Western Civilization: A Concise History is an Open Educational Resource textbook covering the history of Western Civilization from approximately 8,000 BCE to 2017 CE. It is available in three volumes covering the following time periods and topics: Volume 1: from the origins of civilization in Mesopotamia c. 8,000 BCE through the early Middle Ages in Europe c. 1,000 CE. Volume 1 covers topics including Mesopotamia,Egypt, Persia, Greece, Rome, the Islamic caliphates, and the early European Middle Ages. Volume 2: from the early Middle Ages to the French Revolution in 1789 CE. Volume 2covers topics including the High Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the European conquest of the Americas, the Reformation, the Scientific Revolution, and the Enlightenment. Volume 3: from the Napoleonic era to the recent past. Volume 3 covers topics including the Industrial Revolution, the politics of Europe in the nineteenth century, modern European imperialism, the world wars, fascism, Nazism, and the Holocaust, the postwar era, the Cold War, and recent developments in economics and politics.7002019-05-04T19:30:34Z2024-01-22T14:52:06ZWestern Civilization: A Concise History Volume 3<img alt="Read more about Western Civilization: A Concise History Volume 3" title="Western Civilization: A Concise History Volume 3 cover image" class="cover " width="637" height="824" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NjUyLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--689cc572a42374151f0f84de4887d33fe89d6522/0000WeCivVol3.png" />Western Civilization: A Concise History is an Open Educational Resource textbook covering the history of Western Civilization from approximately 8,000 BCE to 2017 CE. It is available in three volumes covering the following time periods and topics: Volume 1: from the origins of civilization in Mesopotamia c. 8,000 BCE through the early Middle Ages in Europe c. 1,000 CE. Volume 1 covers topics including Mesopotamia,Egypt, Persia, Greece, Rome, the Islamic caliphates, and the early European Middle Ages. Volume 2: from the early Middle Ages to the French Revolution in 1789 CE. Volume 2covers topics including the High Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the European conquest of the Americas, the Reformation, the Scientific Revolution, and the Enlightenment. Volume 3: from the Napoleonic era to the recent past. Volume 3 covers topics including the Industrial Revolution, the politics of Europe in the nineteenth century, modern European imperialism, the world wars, fascism, Nazism, and the Holocaust, the postwar era, the Cold War, and recent developments in economics and politics.7602019-08-24T21:16:28Z2024-01-22T14:52:18ZHistory of International Relations<img alt="Read more about History of International Relations" title="History of International Relations cover image" class="cover " width="483" height="599" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NzE0LCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--b719ab1a15081811a0c97e0f74ac8323123cf0ab/978-1-78374-024-6.png" />Existing textbooks on international relations treat history in a cursory fashion and perpetuate a Euro-centric perspective. This textbook pioneers a new approach by historicizing the material traditionally taught in International Relations courses, and by explicitly focusing on non-European cases, debates and issues. The volume is divided into three parts. The first part focuses on the international systems that traditionally existed in Europe, East Asia, pre-Columbian Central and South America, Africa and Polynesia. The second part discusses the ways in which these international systems were brought into contact with each other through the agency of Mongols in Central Asia, Arabs in the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean, Indic and Sinic societies in South East Asia, and the Europeans through their travels and colonial expansion. The concluding section concerns contemporary issues: the processes of decolonization, neo-colonialism and globalization – and their consequences on contemporary society.8882020-07-19T22:03:30Z2024-01-22T14:52:08ZOregon’s History: People of the Northwest in the Land of Eden<img alt="Read more about Oregon’s History: People of the Northwest in the Land of Eden" title="Oregon’s History: People of the Northwest in the Land of Eden cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="525" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTI4MiwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--0b40aba041144567e2c9319ccc5bbf023201f675/oregonhistoy.jpg" />This “open textbook” is a social and cultural history of the people of Oregon representing powerful figures from the dominant Euro-American culture, the marginalized and oppressed, and social and political reformers who shaped the historical legacy of the state. It is a story of the diverse array of immigrants who helped build the state and strengthen it. The title is a recollection of the racial fantasies that European-American settlers created in their expansionist vision of the West and the state of Oregon. Initially the Oregon Territory was built on intolerance and racial exclusivity, but eventually Oregon embraces its diversity, but not without struggle and heartache. Our journey through the past starts with an essential question, “Who are the people of Oregon?”9492021-01-12T00:17:32Z2024-01-22T14:52:21ZModern World History<img alt="Read more about Modern World History" title="Modern World History cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="496" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTkzNSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--b633944ac0e852f73bc3f273a14a8113b1d2c4f3/NASA-Apollo8-Dec24-Earthrise-350x496.jpg" />Welcome to Modern World History! This is the textbook for an undergraduate survey course taught at all the universities and most of the colleges in the Minnesota State system. Similar courses are taught at institutions around the United States and the world, so the authors have made the text available as an open educational resource that teachers and learners can read, adapt, and reuse to meet their needs. We’d like to hear from people who have found the text useful, and we’re always open to questions and suggestions.9812021-03-28T05:22:31Z2024-03-22T21:52:16ZAn Outline History of East Asia to 1200<img alt="Read more about An Outline History of East Asia to 1200" title="An Outline History of East Asia to 1200 cover image" class="cover " width="613" height="770" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MjY3MCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--a1f625415e10e57b493779b10d58a601c80f2817/Capture.JPG" />This is the second edition of the open access textbook that arose out of a course at the University of California, San Diego, called HILD 10: East Asia: The Great Tradition. The course covers what have become two Chinas, Japan, and two Koreas from roughly 1200 BC to about AD 1200. As we say every Fall in HILD 10: “2400 years, three countries, ten weeks, no problem.” The book does not stand alone: the teacher should assign primary and secondary sources, study questions, dates to be memorized, etc. The maps mostly use the same template to enable students to compare them one to the next. The 1st edition is in the supplemental material tab.10122021-06-26T18:59:59Z2024-01-22T14:52:26ZHistory and Science of Cultivated Plants<img alt="Read more about History and Science of Cultivated Plants" title="History and Science of Cultivated Plants cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="453" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MjQ0OSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--172a41162f1cdd5c4f1d5524bae37a1ac75748f6/History-and-Science-of-Cultivated-Plants-350x453.png" />History and Science of Cultivated Plants narrates how humans transitioned from foragers to farmers and have arrived at present-day industrial agriculture-based civilization. It entails myths, historical accounts, and scientific concepts to describe how human efforts have shaped and produced easier to grow, larger, tastier, and more nutritious fruits, vegetables, and grains from wild plants. Using examples of various economically and socially important crops central to human civilization, the book describes the origin of crop plants, the evolution of agricultural practices, fundamental concepts of natural selection vs. domestication, experimental and methodical plant breeding, and plant biotechnology.10902021-10-15T23:33:50Z2024-01-22T14:52:28ZThe Bright Continent: African Art History<img alt="Read more about The Bright Continent: African Art History" title="The Bright Continent: African Art History cover image" class="cover " width="684" height="1024" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6Mjk3NywicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--65bb5633e3f34d0b78a4265997f73fad2efc6691/BrightContinent_Cover_2500x3740-684x1024.jpg" />This book aims to act as your map through the world of African art. As such, it will help you define the competencies you need to develop–visual analysis, research, noting what information is critical, asking questions, and writing down your observations–and provide opportunities for you to practice these skills until you are proficient. It will also expose you to new art forms and the worlds that produced them, enriching your understanding and appreciation. This is an ongoing project. Your text will not be complete the day you first click on it, but will be written as we proceed through the course. Because it will be used for other courses beyond your own, you may find that it includes materials beyond those your class demands. Encourage your curiosity–chase after it.11702022-05-26T16:23:09Z2024-03-27T00:05:33ZAmerican Encounters: Art, History, and Cultural Identity<img alt="Read more about American Encounters: Art, History, and Cultural Identity" title="American Encounters: Art, History, and Cultural Identity cover image" class="cover " width="116" height="150" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MzY4NCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--e266063bd4134ec82a50a4a9023a9c5fc80de67f/thumbnail.jpeg" />American Encounters provides a narrative of the history of American art that focuses on historical encounters among diverse cultures, upon broad structural transformations such as the rise of the middle classes and the emergence of consumer and mass culture, and on the fluid conversations between "high" art and vernacular expressions. The text emphasizes the intersections among cultures and populations, as well as the exchanges, borrowings, and appropriations that have enriched and vitalized our collective cultural heritage. Contributors: Margaretta M. Lovell, David Lubin
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