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Twelfth Edition| ©2017 John P. McKay; Clare Haru Crowston; Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks; Joe Perry
Captures students' interest in the everyday life of the past
Praised by instructors and students alike for its readability and attention to everyday life, the twelfth edition of A History of Western Society includes many tools to engage today's students and save instructors time. This edition features a comprehensive primary source program, five chapters devoted to the lives of ordinary people that make the past real and relevant, and the best and latest scholarship throughout. Enhanced with a wealth of digital content in LaunchPad, the twelfth edition provides easily assignable options for instructors and novel ways for students to master the content. Integrated with LearningCurve, an adaptive online resource that helps students retain the material and come to class prepared.
New to This Edition
New primary source feature "Thinking Like a Historian" introduces students to historical analysis. Each feature (one per chapter) includes at least five sources organized around a central theme, such as "Christian and Muslim Views of the Crusade" (Chapter 9) or "Women and Empire" (Chapter 24). Questions guide students' analysis of the evidence and a "Putting It All Together" assignment asks them to synthesize these sources together with what they have learned in class.
"Evaluating the Evidence" features provide practice working with documents. Selected for their interest and carefully integrated into their historical context, these sources (three per chapter) provide students with the means and tools for building historical skills, including chronological reasoning, explaining causation, evaluating context, and assessing perspective. Headnotes and questions help students understand the source and connect it to the information in the rest of the chapter.
Narrative updates incorporate the latest scholarship. Updates to the twelfth edition include: the exciting cross-disciplinary scholarship on the Paleolithic and Neolithic eras, river valley civilizations, and the ancient Mediterranean (Chapters 1-6); expanded coverage of the conquest of the Aztec and Inca Empires (Chapter 14); more coverage of global/colonial issues and a new section on the social life of the Enlightenment (Chapter 16); increased attention to the global context and spread of industrialization (Chapter 20); and, up-to-date coverage of contemporary events, including the refugee crisis, issues surrounding terrorism and anti-Muslim sentiment in Europe, and the potential fragmentation of the European Union (Chapter 30).
New source-based questions in the test bank and in the LearningCurve adaptive learning tool in LaunchPad give instructors easier ways to test students on their understanding of sources in the book.
A History of Western Society has long been a standard among Western Civilization textbooks. It is very well-organized, concisely written, and amply illustrated with pictures, paintings, and maps. The primary sources and critical thinking exercises in the book really help the student to develop the skills that are so very necessary for success at the university level. I cannot recommend this book enough.
--Roy Koepp, University of Nebraska at KearneyThe chapters are easy to understand, well-illustrated, and the features can easily be adapted to enhance any lesson plan. My favorite is the "Individuals in Society" feature that exposes very important characters in history and connects them to themes of the chapter and time period. My students love the pictures and maps. Utilizing visual aids for learning is essential in the 21st century. Out of all the textbooks out there, I think A History of Western Society does this the best!
--Jesse Lynch, Shasta College A History of Western Society is one of the more thorough texts on Western Civilization history. It is a colorful, well-written text that includes an assortment of features and tools to help students succeed in the classroom.
--Amy Colon, SUNY SullivanWhat distinguishes this book from other survey textbooks is the wide variety of source material such as primary texts, images, and the "Living in the Past" feature. This is an area that is grossly underutilized in most textbooks which inhibits students from gaining a comprehensive and adequate understanding of history. Offering such a wide variety of sources enables a student to be more successful in the course and find a deep appreciation of history
--Calvin Tesler, Lehigh UniversityA History of Western Society provides a broad, chronological approach to the period. It includes useful illustrations, document analysis, chronology lists, and other features that make it student-friendly without sacrificing substance. The authors who were added in recent years have kept the book up-to-date in terms of scholarship and subject-matter focus.
--Robert Blackey, California State University, San Bernardino
LaunchPad for A History of Western Society (Twelve Month Access)
Twelfth Edition| ©2017
John P. McKay; Clare Haru Crowston; Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks; Joe Perry
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LaunchPad for A History of Western Society (Twelve Month Access)
Twelfth Edition| 2017
John P. McKay; Clare Haru Crowston; Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks; Joe Perry
Table of Contents
Please note:The Combined Volume includes all chapters.
Volume 1 includes Chapters 1-16.
Volume 2 includes Chapters 14-30.
Volume A includes Chapters 1-12.
Volume B includes Chapters 11-19.
Volume C includes Chapters 19-30.
Since 1300 includes Chapters 11-30.NOTE: LaunchPad material that does not appear in the print book – including guided reading exercises, author features, LearningCurve adaptive quizzes, and summative quizzes– has been indicated on this table of contents as shown. Each chapter in LaunchPad also comes with a wealth of additional documents, videos, key terms flashcards, map quizzes, timeline activities, and much more, all of which can be easily integrated and assigned.Contents
Versions and Supplements
Maps, Figures, and Tables
Special Features
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
Understanding Western History
Describing the West
What Is Civilization?
The Earliest Human Societies
From the First Hominids to the Paleolithic Era
Planting Crops
Implications of Agriculture
Trade and Cross-Cultural Connections
Evaluating the Evidence 1.1: Paleolithic Venus Figures
Civilization in Mesopotamia
Environment and Mesopotamian Development
The Invention of Writing and the First Schools
Religion in Mesopotamia
Sumerian Politics and Society
Evaluating the Evidence 1.2: Gilgamesh's Quest for Immortality
Empires in Mesopotamia
The Akkadians and the Babylonians
Life Under Hammurabi
Cultural Exchange in the Fertile Crescent
The Egyptians
The Nile and the God-King
Egyptian Religion
Egyptian Society and Work
Egyptian Family Life
The Hyksos and New Kingdom Revival
Conflict and Cooperation with the Hittites
Evaluating the Evidence 1.3: Egyptian Home Life
Looking Back / Looking Ahead
Review & Explore
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Living in the Past: The Iceman
Thinking Like a Historian: Addressing the Gods
Mapping the Past: Empires and Migrations in the Eastern Mediterranean
Individuals in Society: Hatshepsut and Nefertiti
Summative Quiz LaunchPad
Document 1-1: The Battle Between Marduk and Tiamat (ca. 2000–1000 B.C.E.)
Document 1-2: The Epic of Gilgamesh (ca. 2750 B.C.E.)
Document 1-3: The Code of Hammurabi (ca. 1780 B.C.E.)
Document 1-4: The Egyptian Book of the Dead (ca. 2100–1800 B.C.E.)
Document 1-5: Letters Between a Sumerian King and His Prime Minister (ca. 2000–1700 B.C.E.)
Document 1-6: Akhenaten, The Hymn to Aton (ca. 1350 B.C.E.)
Document 1-7: Lamentation Over the Destruction of Sumer and Ur (ca. 2000 - 1700 B.C.E.)
Quiz for Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 12 Small Kingdoms and Mighty Empires in the Near East
1200–510 b.c.e.
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
Iron and the Emergence of New States
Iron Technology
The Decline of Egypt and the Emergence of Kush
The Rise of Phoenicia
Evaluating the Evidence 2.1: The Report of Wenamun
The Hebrews
The Hebrew State
The Jewish Religion
Hebrew Family and Society
Evaluating the Evidence 2.2: A Jewish Family Contract
Assyria, the Military Monarchy
Assyria's Long Road to Power
Assyrian Rule and Culture
The Neo-Babylonian Empire
Evaluating the Evidence 2.3: Assyrians Besiege a City
The Empire of the Persian Kings
Consolidation of the Persian Empire
Persian Religion
Persian Art and Culture
Review & Explore
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Thinking Like a Historian: The Moral Life
Mapping the Past: The Assyrian and Persian Empires, ca. 1000–500 b.c.e.
Living in the Past: Assyrian Palace Life and Power
Individuals in Society: Cyrus the Great
Summative Quiz LaunchPad2. Documents from Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 2 LaunchPad
Document 2-1: Book of Genesis (ca. 950–450 B.C.E.)
Document 2-2: Exodus and Deuteronomy (ca. 950–450 B.C.E.)
Document 2-3: Assyrian Kings Proclaim Their Greatness (ca. 1220–1070 B.C.E.)
Document 2-4: Cyrus and Persia, Ruling an Empire (ca. 550 B.C.E.)
Document 2-5: Book of Isaiah: Blessings for Cyrus (ca. 550 B.C.E.)
Quiz for Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 23 The Development of Greek Society and Culture
ca. 3000–338 b.c.e.
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
Greece in the Bronze Age
Geography and Settlement
The Minoans
The Mycenaeans
Homer, Hesiod, and the Epic
Evaluating the Evidence 3.1: Hesiod, Works and Days
The Development of the Polis in the Archaic Age
Organization of the Polis
Governing Structures
Overseas Expansion
The Growth of Sparta
The Evolution of Athens
War and Turmoil in the Classical Period
The Persian Wars
Growth of the Athenian Empire
The Peloponnesian War
The Struggle for Dominance
Philip II and Macedonian Supremacy
Classical Greek Life and Culture
Athenian Arts in the Age of Pericles
Households and Work
Gender and Sexuality
Public and Personal Religion
The Flowering of Philosophy
Evaluating the Evidence 3.2: The Acropolis of Athens
Evaluating the Evidence 3.3 Sophocles, Antigone
Review & Explore
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Living in the Past: Triremes and Their Crews
Mapping the Past: The Peloponnesian War, 431–404 b.c.e.
Thinking Like a Historian: Gender Roles in Classical Athens
Individuals in Society: Aristophanes00
Summative Quiz LaunchPad3. Documents from Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 3 LaunchPad
Document 3-1: Homer, The Odyssey: Odysseus and the Sirens (ca. 800 B.C.E.)
Document 3-2: Hesiod, Works and Days (ca. 800 B.C.E.)
Document 3-3: Sophocles, Antigone (441 B.C.E.)
Document 3-4: Thucydides, The History of the Peloponnesian War: Pericles' Funeral Oration (ca. 400 B.C.E.)
Document 3-5: Plato, The Republic: The Allegory of the Cave (ca. 360 B.C.E.)
Document 3-6: Aristotle, Politics: Democracy (ca. 340 B.C.E.)
Quiz for Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 34 Life in the Hellenistic World 336–30 b.c.e.
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
Alexander's Conquests and Their Political Legacy
Military Campaigns
The Political Legacy
Evaluating the Evidence 4.1: Arrian on Alexander the Great
Building a Hellenized Society
Urban Life
Greeks in Hellenistic Cities
Greeks and Non-Greeks
The Economy of the Hellenistic World
Agriculture and Industry
Religion and Philosophy in the Hellenistic World
Religion and Magic
Hellenism and the Jews
Philosophy and the People
Evaluating the Evidence 4.2: A Hellenistic Spell of Attraction
Hellenistic Science and Medicine
Evaluating the Evidence 4.3: The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea
Review & Explore
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Mapping the Past: The Hellenistic World, ca. 263 b.c.e
Living in the Past: Farming in the Hellenistic World
The Past Living Now: Container Shipping
Individuals in Society: Archimedes, Scientist and Inventor
Thinking Like a Historian: Hellenistic Medicine
Summative Quiz LaunchPad4. Documents from Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 4 LaunchPad
Document 4-1: Ephippus of Olynthus, On the Burial of Alexander and Hephaestion: Ephippus of Olynthus Remembers Alexander the Great (ca. 323 B.C.E.)
Document 4-2: Plutarch, Life of Cleomenes III (75 C.E.)
Document 4-3: Diogenes Laertius, The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers: Diogenes of Sinope, the Cynic (ca. 300–200 B.C.E.)
Document 4-4: Epicurus, The Principal Doctrines of Epicureanism (ca. 306 B.C.E.)
Document 4-5: Epictetus, Encheiridion, or The Manual (ca. 100 C.E.)
Document 4-6: Polybius, A Greek Historian Describes Byzantium's Contribution to Regional Trade (ca. 170–118 B.C.E.)
Quiz for Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 45 The Rise of Rome ca. 1000–27 b.c.e.
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
Rome's Rise to Power
The Geography of Italy
The Etruscans
The Founding of Rome
The Roman Conquest of Italy
Evaluating the Evidence 5.1: The Temple of Hercules Victor
The Roman Republic
The Roman State
Social Conflict in Rome
Roman Expansion
The Punic Wars
Rome Turns East
Roman Society
Roman Families
Greek Influence on Roman Culture
Opposing Views: Cato the Elder and Scipio Aemilianus
Evaluating the Evidence 5.2: A Woman's Actions in the Turia Inscription
The Late Republic
Reforms for Poor and Landless Citizens
Political Violence
Civil War
Evaluating the Evidence 5.3: Cicero and the Plot to Kill Caesar
Review & Explore
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Mapping the Past: Roman Expansion During the Republic, ca. 282–44 b.c.e.
Living in the Past: Roman Table Manners
Thinking Like a Historian: Land Ownership and Social Conflict in the Late Republic
Individuals in Society: Queen Cleopatra
Summative Quiz LaunchPad5. Documents from Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 5 LaunchPad
Document 5-1: Livy, The Rape of Lucretia (ca. 27–25 B.C.E.)
Document 5-2: A Roman Wedding (ca. 160 c.e.)
Document 5-3: The Law of the Twelve Tables (449 b.c.e.)
Document 5-4: Seneca, The Sounds of a Roman Bath (ca. 50 C.E.)
Document 5-5: Appian of Alexandria, The Civil Wars (ca. 100 C.E.)
Document 5-6: Plutarch, On Julius Caesar, a Man of Unlimited Ambition (ca. 44 B.C.E.)
Quiz for Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 56 The Roman Empire 27 b.c.e.–284 c.e.
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
Augustus's Reign
The Principate
Roman Expansion
The Flowering of Latin Literature
Marriage and Morality
Evaluating the Evidence 6.1: Augustus, Res Gestae
Evaluating the Evidence 6.2: Ovid, The Art of Love
Evaluating the Evidence 6.3: Ara Pacis
Augustus's Successors
The Julio-Claudians and the Flavians
The Age of the "Five Good Emperors"
Rome and the Provinces
Life in Imperial Rome
Approaches to Urban Problems
Popular Entertainment
Prosperity in the Roman Provinces
Trade and Commerce
The Coming of Christianity
Factors Behind the Rise of Christianity
The Life and Teachings of Jesus
The Spread of Christianity
The Growing Acceptance and Evolution of Christianity
The Empire in Disarray
Civil Wars and Military Commanders
Turmoil in Economic Life
Review & Explore
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Thinking Like a Historian: Army and Empire
Individuals in Society: Pliny the Elder
Living in the Past: Roman Epitaphs: Death Remembers Life
Mapping the Past: Production and Trade in the Pax Romana, ca. 27 b.c.e.–180 c.e.
Summative Quiz LaunchPad6. Documents from Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 6 LaunchPad
Document 6-1: Tacitus, Germania (ca. 100 C.E.)
Document 6-2: Apuleius, The Golden Ass: The Veneration of Isis (ca. 170 C.E.)
Document 6-3: The Gospel According to Matthew: The Sermon on the Mount (28 C.E.)
Document 6-4: Paul of Tarsus, Epistle to the Galatians (ca. 50–60 C.E.)
Document 6-5: The Alexamenos Graffito (ca. 100 C.E.)
Quiz for Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 67 Late Antiquity 250–600
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
Reconstruction Under Diocletian and Constantine
Political Measures
Economic Issues
The Acceptance of Christianity
The Growth of the Christian Church
The Church and Its Leaders
The Development of Christian Monasticism
Monastery Life
Christianity and Classical Culture
Christian Notions of Gender and Sexuality
Saint Augustine on Human Nature, Will, and Sin
Barbarian Society
Village and Family Life
Tribes and Hierarchies
Customary and Written Law
Celtic and Germanic Religion
Evaluating the Evidence 7.1: Tacitus on Germanic Society
Migration, Assimilation, and Conflict
Celtic and Germanic People in Gaul and Britain
Visigoths and Huns
Germanic Kingdoms and the End of the Roman Empire
Evaluating the Evidence 7.2: Battle Between Romans and Goths
Christian Missionaries and Conversion
Missionaries' Actions
The Process of Conversion
Evaluating the Evidence 7.3: Gregory of Tours on the Veneration of Relics
The Byzantine Empire
Sources of Byzantine Strength
The Law Code of Justinian
Byzantine Intellectual Life
The Orthodox Church
Review & Explore
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Thinking Like a Historian: Slavery in Roman and Germanic Society
Mapping the Past: The Barbarian Migrations, ca. 340–500
Living in the Past: The Horses of Spain
Individuals in Society: Theodora of Constantinople
Summative Quiz LaunchPad7. Documents from Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 7 LaunchPad
Document 7-1: Saint Ambrose of Milan, Emperor Theodosius Brought to Heel (390)
Document 7-2: Saint Benedict of Nursia, The Rule of Saint Benedict (529)
Document 7-3: Saint Augustine, City of God: The Two Cities (413–426)
Document 7-4: The Law of the Salian Franks (ca. 500–600)
Document 7-5: Emperor Justinian, The Institutes of Justinian (529–533)
Document 7-6: Procopius of Caesarea, The Secret History (ca. 550)
Quiz for Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 78 Europe in the Early Middle Ages 600–1000
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
The Spread of Islam
The Arabs
The Prophet Muhammad
The Teachings and Expansion of Islam
Sunni and Shi'a Divisions
Life in Muslim Spain
Muslim-Christian Relations
Cross-Cultural Influences in Science and Medicine
Evaluating the Evidence 8.1: The Muslim Conquest of Spain
Frankish Rulers and Their Territories
The Merovingians
The Rise of the Carolingians
The Warrior-Ruler Charlemagne
Carolingian Government and Society
The Imperial Coronation of Charlemagne
Evaluating the Evidence 8.2: The Capitulary de Villis
Early Medieval Culture
The Carolingian Renaissance
Northumbrian Learning and Writing
Evaluating the Evidence 8.3: The Death of Beowulf
Invasions and Migrations
Vikings in Western Europe
Slavs and Vikings in Eastern Europe
Magyars and Muslims
Political and Economic Decentralization
Decentralization and the Origins of "Feudalism"
Manorialism, Serfdom, and the Slave Trade
Review & Explore
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Living in the Past: Muslim Technology: Advances in Papermaking
Individuals in Society: The Venerable Bede
Mapping the Past: Invasions and Migrations of the Ninth and Tenth Centuries
Thinking Like a Historian: Vikings Tell Their Own Story
Summative Quiz LaunchPad8. Documents from Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 8 LaunchPad
Document 8-1: Ibn Abd-El-Hakem, The Conquest of Spain (ca. 870)
Document 8-2: Willibald, Saint Boniface Destroys the Oak of Thor (ca. 750)
Document 8-3: Charlemagne, Capitulary for Saxony (ca. 775–790)
Document 8-4: Charlemagne, General Capitulary for the Missi
Document 8-5: The Song of Roland (ca. 1100–1300)
Quiz for Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 89 State and Church in the High Middle Ages 1000–1300
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
Political Revival and the Origins of the Modern State
Central Europe
The Iberian Peninsula
Evaluating the Evidence 9.1: Marriage and Wardship in the Norman Exchequer
Law and Justice
Local Laws and Royal Courts
The Magna Carta
Law in Everyday Life
Origins and Status of the Nobility
Training, Marriage, and Inheritance
Power and Responsibility
The Papacy
The Gregorian Reforms
Emperor Versus Pope
Criticism and Heresy
The Popes and Church Law
Evaluating the Evidence 9.2: Pope Boniface VIII, Unam Sanctam
Monks, Nuns, and Friars
Monastic Revival
Life in Convents and Monasteries
The Friars
Evaluating the Evidence 9.3: Brother Henry as Composer and Singer
The Crusades and the Expansion of Christianity
Background and Motives of the Crusades
The Course of the Crusades
Consequences of the Crusades
The Expansion of Christianity
Review & Explore
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Living in the Past: Life in an English Castle
Individuals in Society: Hildegard of Bingen
Mapping the Past: The Crusades
Thinking Like a Historian: Christian and Muslim Views of the Crusades
Summative Quiz LaunchPad9. Documents from Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 9 LaunchPad
Document 9-1: Duke William of Aquitaine, On the Foundation of Cluny (909)
Document 9-2: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: William the Conqueror and the Domesday Book (1086)
Document 9-3: King John of England, From Magna Carta: The Great Charter of Liberties (1215)
Document 9-4: Pope Gregory VII and Emperor Henry IV, Mutual Recriminations: The Investiture Controversy Begins (1076)
Document 9-5: Robert the Monk of Rheims, Urban II at the Council of Clermont (ca. 1120)
Document 9-6: Guibert of Nogent/Anna Comnena, Peter the Hermit and the "People's Crusade" (ca. 1108–1148)
Document 9-7: Anonymous of Mainz, The Slaughter of the Jews (ca. 1096)
Quiz for Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 910 Life in Villages and Cities of the High Middle Ages 1000–1300
Village Life
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
Slavery, Serfdom, and Upward Mobility
The Manor
Home Life
Childbirth and Child Abandonment
Popular Religion
Christian Life in Medieval Villages
Saints and Sacraments
Muslims and Jews
Rituals of Marriage and Birth
Death and the Afterlife
Evaluating the Evidence 10.1: The Pilgrim's Guide to Santiago de Compostela
Towns and Economic Revival
The Rise of Towns
Merchant and Craft Guilds
The Revival of Long-Distance Trade
Business Procedures
The Commercial Revolution
Urban Life
City Life
Servants and the Poor
Popular Entertainment
Medieval Universities
Legal and Medical Training
Theology and Philosophy
University Students
Evaluating the Evidence 10.2: Healthy Living
Literature and Architecture
Vernacular Literature and Drama
Churches and Cathedrals
Evaluating the Evidence 10.3: Courtly Love Poetry
Review & Explore
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Thinking Like a Historian: Social and Economic Relations in Medieval English Villages
Living in the Past: Child's Play
Mapping the Past: European Population Density, ca. 1300
Individuals in Society: Francesco Datini
The Past Living Now: University Life
Summative Quiz LaunchPad10. Documents from Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 10 LaunchPad
Document 10-1: Manorial Records of Bernehorne (1307)
Document 10-2: On Laborers: A Dialogue Between Teacher and Student (ca. 1000)
Document 10-3: The Charter of the Laon Commune (ca. 1100–1120)
Document 10-4: The Ordinances of London's Leatherworkers (1346)
Document 10-5: The Commune of Florence, A Sumptuary Law: Restrictions on Dress (1373)
Document 10-6: Saint Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica: Proof of the Existence of God (1268)
Document 10-7: Jacques de Vitry, The Virgin Mary Saves a Monk and His Lover (ca. 1200)
Quiz for Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 1011 The Later Middle Ages 1300–1450
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
Prelude to Disaster
Climate Change and Famine
Social Consequences
The Black Death
Spread of the Disease
Care of the Sick
Economic, Religious, and Cultural Effects
Evaluating the Evidence 11.1: Dance of Death
The Hundred Years' War
English Successes
Joan of Arc and France's Victory
Evaluating the Evidence 11.2: The Trial of Joan of Arc
Challenges to the Church
The Babylonian Captivity and Great Schism
Critiques, Divisions, and Councils
Lay Piety and Mysticism
Social Unrest in a Changing Society
Peasant Revolts
Urban Conflicts
Sex in the City
Fur-Collar Crime
Ethnic Tensions and Restrictions
Literacy and Vernacular Literature
Evaluating the Evidence 11.3: Christine de Pizan, Advice to the Wives of Artisans
Review & Explore
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Mapping the Past: The Course of the Black Death in Fourteenth-Century Europe
Living in the Past: Treating the Plague
Individuals in Society: Meister Eckhart
Thinking Like a Historian: Popular Revolts in the Late Middle Ages
Summative Quiz LaunchPad11. Documents from Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 11 LaunchPad
Document 11-1: Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron: The Plague Hits Florence (ca. 1350)
Document 11-2: Angelo di Tura, Sienese Chronicle (1348–1351)
Document 11-3: The Anonimalle Chronicle: The English Peasants' Revolt (1381)
Document 11-4: Petrarca-Meister, The Social Order (ca. 1515)
Document 11-5: Catherine of Siena, Letter to Gregory XI (1372)
Document 11-6: The Debate Over Joan of Arc's Clothes (1429)
Quiz for Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 1112 European Society in the Age of the Renaissance 1350–1550
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
Wealth and Power in Renaissance Italy
Trade and Prosperity
Communes and Republics of Northern Italy
City-States and the Balance of Power
Evaluating the Evidence 12.1: A Sermon of Savonarola
Intellectual Change
Political Thought
Christian Humanism
The Printed Word
Evaluating the Evidence 12.2: Thomas More, Utopia
Art and the Artist
Patronage and Power
Changing Artistic Style
The Renaissance Artist
Social Hierarchies
Race and Slavery
Wealth and the Nobility
Gender Roles
Politics and the State in Western Europe
Evaluating the Evidence 12.3: A Gold Coin of Ferdinand and Isabella
Review & Explore
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Thinking Like a Historian: Humanist Learning
Mapping the Past: The Growth of Printing in Europe, 1448–1552
Individuals in Society: Leonardo da Vinci
Living in the Past: Male Clothing and Masculinity
Summative Quiz LaunchPad12. Documents from Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 12 LaunchPad
Document 12-1: Petrarch, Letter to Livy (1350)
Document 12-2: Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince (1513)
Document 12-3: Baldassare Castiglione, The Book of the Courtier (1528)
Document 12-4: Desiderius Erasmus, The Education of a Christian Prince (1404)
Document 12-5: Christine de Pizan, The Book of the City of Ladies: Against Those Men Who Claim It Is Not Good for Women to Be Educated (1404)
Document 12-6: Artemisia Gentileschi, Susannah and the Elders (1610)
Document 12-7: Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith and Holofernes (1610)
Quiz for Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 1213 Reformations and Religious Wars 1500–1600
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
The Early Reformation
The Christian Church in the Early Sixteenth Century
Martin Luther
Protestant Thought
The Appeal of Protestant Ideas
The Radical Reformation and the German Peasants' War
Marriage, Sexuality, and the Role of Women
Evaluating the Evidence 13.1: Martin Luther, On Christian Liberty
Evaluating the Evidence 13.2: Domestic Scene
The Reformation and German Politics
The Rise of the Habsburg Dynasty
Religious Wars in Switzerland and Germany
The Spread of Protestant Ideas
Henry VIII and the Reformation in England
Upholding Protestantism in England
The Reformation in Eastern Europe
Evaluating the Evidence 13.3: Elizabethan Injunctions About Religion
The Catholic Reformation
Papal Reform and the Council of Trent
New and Reformed Religious Orders
Religious Violence
French Religious Wars
The Netherlands Under Charles V
The Great European Witch-Hunt
Review & Explore
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Living in the Past: Uses of Art in the Reformation
Individuals in Society: Anna Jansz of Rotterdam
Thinking Like a Historian: Social Discipline in the Reformation
Mapping the Past: Religious Divisions in Europe, ca. 1555
Summative Quiz LaunchPad13. Documents from Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 13 LaunchPad
Document 13-1: Martin Luther, Ninety-five Theses on the Power of Indulgences (1517)
Document 13-2: Hans Holbein the Younger, Luther as the German Hercules (ca. 1519)
Document 13-3: Jean Bodin, On the Demon-Mania of Witches (1580)
Document 13-4: Elizabeth Fox Confesses to Witchcraft (1566)
Document 13-5: John Calvin, The Institutes of Christian Religion (1559)
Document 13-6: Ignatius of Loyola, Rules for Right Thinking (1548)
Quiz for Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 1314 European Exploration and Conquest 1450–1650
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
World Contacts Before Columbus
The Trade World of the Indian Ocean
The Trading States of Africa
The Ottoman and Persian Empires
Genoese and Venetian Middlemen
The European Voyages of Discovery
Causes of European Expansion
Technology and the Rise of Exploration
The Portuguese Overseas Empire
Spain's Voyages to the Americas
Spain "Discovers" the Pacific
Early Exploration by Northern European Powers
Evaluating the Evidence 14.1: Columbus Describes His First Voyage
Conquest and Settlement
Spanish Conquest of the Aztec and Inca Empires
Portuguese Brazil
Colonial Empires of England and France
Colonial Administration
The Era of Global Contact
Indigenous Population Loss and Economic Exploitation
Life in the Colonies
The Columbian Exchange
Sugar and SlaverySpanish Silver and Its Economic Effects
The Birth of the Global Economy
Evaluating the Evidence 14.2: Interpreting the Spread of Disease Among Natives
Changing Attitudes and Beliefs
Religious Conversion
European Debates About Indigenous Peoples
New Ideas About Race
Michel de Montaigne and Cultural Curiosity
William Shakespeare and His Influence
Evaluating the Evidence 14.3: Tenochtitlan Leaders Respond to Spanish Missionaries
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LearningCurve LaunchPad
Mapping the Past: Overseas Exploration and Conquest in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries
Thinking Like a Historian: Who Was Doña Marina
Living in the Past: Foods of the Columbian Exchange
Individuals in Society: Juan de Pareja
Summative Quiz LaunchPad14. Documents from Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 14 LaunchPad
Document 14-1: Christopher Columbus, Diario (1492)
Document 14-2: Hernando Cortés, Two Letters to Charles V: On the Conquest of the Aztecs (1521)
Document 14-3: Alvise da Ca' da Mosto, Description of Capo Bianco and the Islands Nearest to It: Fifteenth-Century Slave Trade in West Africa (1455–1456)
Document 14-4: King Nzinga Mbemba Affonso of Congo, Letters on the Slave Trade (1526)
Document 14-5: Saint Francis Xavier, Missionaries in Japan (1552)
Document 14-6: Michel de Montaigne, Of Cannibals (1580)
Quiz for Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 1415 Absolutism and Constitutionalism ca. 1589–1725
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
Seventeenth-Century Crisis and Rebuilding
The Social Order and Peasant Life
Famine and Economic Crisis
The Thirty Years' War
Achievements in State-Building
Warfare and the Growth of Army Size
Popular Political Action
Absolutism in France and Spain
The Foundations of French Absolutism
Louis XIV and Absolutism
Life at Versailles
The French Economic Policy of Mercantilism
Louis XIV's Wars
The Decline of Absolutist Spain in the Seventeenth Century
Evaluating the Evidence 15.1: Letter from Versailles
Absolutism in Austria and Prussia
The Return of Serfdom in the East
The Austrian Habsburgs
Prussia in the Seventeenth Century
The Consolidation of Prussian Absolutism
The Development of Russia and the Ottoman Empire
Mongol Rule in Russia and the Rise of Moscow
Building the Russian Empire
The Reforms of Peter the Great
The Ottoman Empire
Evaluating the Evidence 15.2: Peter the Great and Foreign Experts
Constitutional Rule in England and the Dutch Republic
Religious Divides and Civil War
The Puritan Protectorate
The Restoration of the English Monarchy
Constitutional Monarchy
The Dutch Republic in the Seventeenth Century
Baroque Art and Music
Evaluating the Evidence 15.3: John Locke, Two Treatises of Government
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Thinking Like a Historian: What Was Absolutism?
Mapping the Past: Europe After the Peace of Utrecht, 1715
Living in the Past: The Absolutist Palace
Individuals in Society: Hürrem
Summative Quiz LaunchPad15. Documents from Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 15 LaunchPad
Document 15-1: Henry IV, Edict of Nantes (1598)
Document 15-2: Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, Politics Drawn from the Very Words of Holy Scripture (1679)
Document 15-3: The Bill of Rights (1689)
Document 15-4: Peter the Great, Edicts and Decrees (1699–1723)
Document 15-5: Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan (1651)
Document 15-6: John Locke, Second Treatise of Civil Government: Vindication for the Glorious Revolution (1690)
Quiz for Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 1516 Toward a New Worldview 1540–1789
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
The Scientific Revolution
Why Europe?
Scientific Thought to 1500
The Copernican Hypothesis
Brahe, Kepler, and Galileo: Proving Copernicus Right
Newton's Synthesis
Natural History and Empire
Magic and Alchemy
Evaluating the Evidence 16.1: Galileo Galilei, The Sidereal Messenger
Important Changes in Scientific Thinking and Practice
The Methods of Science: Bacon and Descartes
Medicine, the Body, and Chemistry
Science and Religion
Science and Society
Evaluating the Evidence 16.2: "An Account of a Particular Species of Cocoon"
The Rise and Spread of Enlightenment Thought
The Early Enlightenment
The Influence of the Philosophes
Enlightenment Movements Across Europe
The Social Life of the Enlightenment
Global Contacts
Enlightenment Debates About Race
Women and the Enlightenment
Urban Culture and Life in the Public Sphere
Evaluating the Evidence 16.3: Denis Diderot, "Supplement to Bougainville's Voyage"
Enlightened Absolutism
Frederick the Great of Prussia
Catherine the Great of Russia
The Austrian Habsburgs
Jewish Life and the Limits of Enlightened Absolutism
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Thinking Like a Historian: The Enlightenment Debate on Religious Tolerance
Living in the Past: Coffeehouse Culture
Mapping the Past: The Partition of Poland, 1772–1795
Individuals in Society: Moses Mendelssohn and the Jewish Enlightenment
Summative Quiz LaunchPad16. Documents from Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 16 LaunchPad
Document 16-1: Nicolaus Copernicus, On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres (1542)
Document 16-2: Francis Bacon, On Superstition and the Virtue of Science (1620)
Document 16-3: Frederick the Great, Essay on the Forms of Government (ca. 1740)
Document 16-4: Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu, From The Spirit of Laws: On the Separation of Governmental Powers (1748)
Document 16-5: Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract: On Popular Sovereignty and the General Will (1762)
Document 16-6: Voltaire, A Treatise on Toleration (1763)
Quiz for Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 1617 The Expansion of Europe 1650–1800
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
Working the Land
The Legacy of the Open-Field System
New Methods of Agriculture
The Leadership of the Low Countries and England
Evaluating the Evidence 17.1: Arthur Young on the Benefits of Enclosure
The Beginning of the Population Explosion
Long-Standing Obstacles to Population Growth
The New Pattern of the Eighteenth Century
The Growth of Rural Industry
The Putting-Out System
The Lives of Rural Textile Workers
The Industrious Revolution
The Debate over Urban Guilds
Urban Guilds
Adam Smith and Economic Liberalism
Evaluating the Evidence 17.2: Adam Smith on the Division of Labor
The Atlantic World and Global Trade
Mercantilism and Colonial Competition
The Atlantic Economy
The Atlantic Slave Trade
Identities and Communities of the Atlantic World
The Atlantic Enlightenment
Trade and Empire in Asia and the Pacific
Evaluating the Evidence 17.3: Olaudah Equiano's Economic Arguments for Ending Slavery
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Mapping the Past: Industry and Population in Eighteenth-Century Europe
Thinking Like a Historian: Rural Industry: Progress or Exploitation?
Living in the Past: The Remaking of London
Individuals in Society: Rebecca Protten
Summative Quiz LaunchPad17. Documents from Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 17 LaunchPad
Document 17-1: The Guild System in Germany (1704–1719)
Document 17-2: Thomas Mun, England's Treasure by Foreign Trade (1664)
Document 17-3: Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations (1776)
Document 17-4: Olaudah Equiano, A Description of the Middle Passage (1789)
Document 17-5: Robert, First Baron Clive, Speech in the House of Commons on India (1772)
Quiz for Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 1718 Life in the Era of Expansion 1650–1800
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
Marriage and the Family
Late Marriage and Nuclear Families
Work Away from Home
Premarital Sex and Community Controls
New Patterns of Marriage and Illegitimacy
Sex on the Margins of Society
Children and Education
Child Care and Nursing
Foundlings and Infanticide
Attitudes Toward Children
The Spread of Elementary Schools
Evaluating the Evidence 18.1: Parisian Boyhood
Popular Culture and Consumerism
Popular Literature
Leisure and Recreation
New Foods and Appetites
Toward a Consumer Society
Evaluating the Evidence 18.2: A Day in the Life of Paris
Religious Authority and Beliefs
Church Hierarchy
Protestant Revival
Catholic Piety
Marginal Beliefs and Practices
Evaluating the Evidence 18.3: Advice to Methodists
Medical Practice
Faith Healing and General Practice
Improvements in Surgery
The Conquest of Smallpox
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Mapping the Past: Literacy in France, ca. 1789
The Past Living Now: The Commercialization of Sports
Individuals in Society: Rose Bertin, "Minister of Fashion"
Thinking Like a Historian: A New Subjectivity
Living in the Past: Improvements in Childbirth
Summative Quiz LaunchPad18. Documents from Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 18 LaunchPad
Document 18-1: Edmond Williamson, Births and Deaths in an English Gentry Family (1709–1720)
Document 18-2: Mary Wortley Montagu, On Smallpox Inoculations (ca. 1717)
Document 18-3: John Locke, Some Thoughts Concerning Education (1693)
Document 18-4: John Wesley, The Ground Rules for Methodism (1749)
Document 18-5: Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason (1794)
Quiz for Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 1819 Revolutions in Politics 1775–1815
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
Background to Revolution
Social Change
Growing Demands for Liberty and Equality
The Seven Years' War
The American Revolutionary Era, 1775–1789
The Origins of the Revolution
Independence from Britain
Framing the Constitution
Limitations of Liberty and Equality
Evaluating the Evidence 19.1: Abigail Adams, "Remember the Ladies"
Revolution in France, 1789–1791
Breakdown of the Old Order
The Formation of the National Assembly
Popular Uprising and the Rights of Man
A Constitutional Monarchy and Its Challenges
Evaluating the Evidence 19.2: Abbé Sieyès, What Is the Third Estate?
World War and Republican France, 1791–1799
The International Response
The Second Revolution and the New Republic
Total War and the Terror
The Thermidorian Reaction and the Directory
Evaluating the Evidence 19.3: Contrasting Visions of the Sans-Culottes
The Napoleonic Era, 1799–1815
Napoleon's Rule of France
Napoleon's Expansion in Europe
The Grand Empire and Its End
The Haitian Revolution, 1791–1804
Revolutionary Aspirations in Saint-Domingue
The Outbreak of Revolt
The War of Haitian Independence
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Thinking Like a Historian: The Rights of Which Men?
Living in the Past: A Revolution of Culture and Daily Life
Mapping the Past: Napoleonic Europe in 1812
Individuals in Society: Toussaint L'Ouverture
Summative Quiz LaunchPad19. Documents from Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 19 LaunchPad
Document 19-1: Commissioners of the Third Estate of the Carcassonne, Notebooks of Grievances (1789)
Document 19-2: Abbé Sieyès, What Is the Third Estate? (1789)
Document 19-3: National Assembly of France, Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789)
Document 19-4: The Law of 22 Prairial (1794)
Document 19-5: Napoleon Bonaparte, The Napoleonic Code (1804)
Document 19-6: Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792)
Document 19-7: François Dominique Toussaint L'Ouverture, A Black Revolutionary Leader in Haiti (1797)
Quiz for Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 1920 The Revolution in Energy and Industry ca. 1780–1850
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The Industrial Revolution in Britain
Why Britain?
Technological Innovations and Early Factories
The Steam Engine Breakthrough
Steam-Powered Transportation
Industry and Population
Industrialization in Europe and the World
National and International Variations
Industrialization in Continental Europe
Agents of Industrialization
The Global Picture
New Patterns of Working and Living
Work in Early Factories
Working Families and Children
The New Sexual Division of Labor
Living Standards of the Working Class
Evaluating the Evidence 20.1: Debate over Child Labor Laws
Evaluating the Evidence 20.2: The Testimony of Young Mine Workers
Relations Between Capital and Labor
The New Class of Factory Owners
Responses to Industrialization
The Early British Labor Movement
The Impact of Slavery
Evaluating the Evidence 20.3: Advice for Middle-Class Women
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Individuals in Society: Samuel Crompton
Living in the Past: The Steam Age
Mapping the Past: Continental Industrialization, ca. 1850
Thinking Like a Historian: Making the Industrialized Worker
Summative Quiz LaunchPad20. Documents from Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 20 LaunchPad
Document 20-1: Thomas Malthus, An Essay on the Principle of Population (1798)
Document 20-2: Friedrich Engels, The Condition of the Working Class in England in 1844 (1844)
Document 20-3: Factory Rules in Berlin (1844)
Document 20-4: Ned Ludd, Yorkshire Textile Workers Threaten a Factory Owner (ca. 1811–1812)
Document 20-5: Robert Owen, A New View of Society (1813)
Document 20-6: The Child of the Factory (1842)
Quiz for Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 2021 Ideologies and Upheavals 1815–1850
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
The Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars
The European Balance of Power
Metternich and Conservatism
Repressing the Revolutionary Spirit
Limits to Conservative Power and Revolution in South America
Evaluating the Evidence 21.1: The Karlsbad Decrees: Conservative Reaction in the German Confederation
The Spread of Radical Ideas
Liberalism and the Middle Class
The Growing Appeal of Nationalism
The Foundations of Modern Socialism
The Birth of Marxist Socialism
The Romantic Movement
The Tenets of Romanticism
Romantic Literature
Romanticism in Art and Music
Evaluating the Evidence 21.2: English Romantic Poets
Evaluating the Evidence 21.3: Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Children's Stories and Household Tales
Reforms and Revolutions Before 1848
National Liberation in Greece
Liberal Reform in Great Britain
Ireland and the Great Famine
The Revolution of 1830 in France
The Revolutions of 1848
A Democratic Republic in France
Revolution and Reaction in the Austrian Empire
Prussia, the German Confederation, and the Frankfurt National Parliament
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Mapping the Past: Europe in 1815
Thinking Like a Historian: The Republican Spirit in 1848
Individuals in Society: Germaine de Staël
Living in the Past: Revolutionary Experiences in 1848
Summative Quiz LaunchPad21. Documents from Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 21 LaunchPad
Document 21-1: David Ricardo, On Wages (1817)
Document 21-2: Klemens von Metternich, Political Confession of Faith (1820)
Document 21-3: John Stuart Mill, On Liberty (1859)
Document 21-4: Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, The Communist Manifesto (1848)
Document 21-5: Eugène Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People (1830)
Document 21-6: The People's Charter (1838)
Document 21-7: William Steuart Trench, Realities of Irish Life (1847)
Quiz for Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 2122 Life in the Emerging Urban Society 1840–1914
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Taming the City
Industry and the Growth of Cities
The Advent of the Public Health Movement
The Bacterial Revolution
Improvements in Urban Planning
Public Transportation
Evaluating the Evidence 22.1: First Impressions of the World's Biggest City
Rich and Poor and Those in Between
Middle-Class Culture and Values
The Distribution of Income
The People and Occupations of the Middle Classes
Middle-Class Culture and Values
The People and Occupations of the Working Classes
Working-Class Leisure and Religion
Changing Family Lifestyles
Middle-Class Marriage and Courtship Rituals
Middle- and Working-Class Sexuality
Separate Spheres and the Importance of Homemaking
Child Rearing
The Feminist Movement
Evaluating the Evidence 22.2: Stephan Zweig on Middle-Class Youth and Sexuality
Science and Thought
The Triumph of Science in Industry
Darwin and Natural Selection
The Modern University and the Social Sciences
Realism in Art and Literature
Evaluating the Evidence 22.3: Émile Zola and Realism in Literature
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Mapping the Past: European Cities of 100,000 or More, 1800–1900
The Past Living Now: Modern Sewage Systems
Living in the Past: Nineteenth-Century Women's Fashion
Individuals in Society: Franziska Tiburtius
Thinking Like a Historian: The Promise of Electricity
Summative Quiz LaunchPad22. Documents from Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 22 LaunchPad
Document 22-1: Edwin Chadwick, Inquiry into the Sanitary Condition of the Poor (1842)
Document 22-2: Jack London, The People of the Abyss (1902)
Document 22-3: Isabella Beeton, Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management (1861)
Document 22-4: Dressing the Respectable Woman (ca. 1890)
Document 22-5: Clara Zetkin, Women's Work and the Trade Unions (1887)
Document 22-6: Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man (1871)
Document 22-7: Herbert Spencer, Social Statics: Survival of the Fittest Applied to Humankind (1851)
Quiz for Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 2223 The Age of Nationalism 1850–1914
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
Napoleon III in France
France's Second Republic
Napoleon III's Second Empire
Nation Building in Italy, Germany, and the United States
Italy to 1850
Cavour and Garibaldi in Italy
Growing Austro-Prussian Rivalry
Bismarck and the Austro-Prussian War
Taming the German Parliament
The Franco-Prussian War
Slavery and Nation Building in the United States
Evaluating the Evidence 23.1: The Struggle for the Italian Nation
The Modernization of Russia and the Ottoman Empire
The "Great Reforms" in Russia
The Russian Revolution of 1905
Reform and Readjustment in the Ottoman Empire
Evaluating the Evidence 23.2: Eyewitness Accounts of Bloody Sunday
The Responsive National State, 1871–1914
The German Empire
Republican France
Great Britain and Ireland
The Austro-Hungarian Empire
The Nation and the People
Making National Citizens
Nationalism and Racism
Jewish Emancipation and Modern Anti-Semitism
Marxism and the Socialist Movement
The Socialist International
Labor Unions and Marxist Revisionism
Evaluating the Evidence 23.3: Adelheid Popp, the Making of a Socialist
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Mapping the Past: The Unification of Germany, 1864–1871
Living in the Past: Peasant Life in Post-Reform Russia
Thinking Like a Historian: How to Build a Nation
Individuals in Society: Theodor Herzl
Summative Quiz LaunchPad23. Documents from Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 23 LaunchPad
Document 23-1: The First Meeting Between Mazzini and Garibaldi (1833)
Document 23-2: Giorgio Asproni, Reflections on the Death of Cavour (1860)
Document 23-3: Otto von Bismarck, Speech Before the Reichstag: On the Law for Workers' Compensation (1884)
Document 23-4: John Leighton, Paris Under the Commune (1871)
Document 23-5: Émile Zola, "J'Accuse" the French Army (1898)
Quiz for Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 2324 The West and the World 1815–1914
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Industrialization and the World Economy
The Rise of Global Inequality
The World Market
The Opening of China
Japan and the United States
Western Penetration of Egypt
Global Migration Around 1900
The Pressure of Population
European Emigration
Asian Emigration
Evaluating the Evidence 24.1: Nativism in the United States
Western Imperialism, 1880–1914
The European Presence in Africa Before 1880
The Scramble for Africa After 1880
Imperialism in Asia
Causes of the New Imperialism
A "Civilizing Mission"
Critics of Imperialism
Evaluating the Evidence 24.2: The White Man's Burden
Evaluating the Evidence 24.3: The Brown Man's Burden
Responding to Western Imperialism
The Pattern of Response
Empire in India
The Example of Japan
Toward Revolution in China
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Mapping the Past: The Partition of Africa
Living in the Past: The Immigrant Experience
Thinking Like a Historian: Women and Empire
Individuals in Society: Cecil Rhodes
Summative Quiz LaunchPad24. Documents from Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 24 LaunchPad
Document 24-1: Commissioner Lin Zexu, Letter to Queen Victoria (1839)
Document 24-2: Jules Ferry, Speech Before the French Chamber of Deputies (1884)
Document 24-3: The Rhodes Colossus (1892)
Document 24-4: Henry Morton Stanley, Autobiography (1909)
Document 24-5: Mark Twain, King Leopold's Soliloquy (1905)
Document 24-6: J. A. Hobson, Imperialism (1902)
Quiz for Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 2425 War and Revolution 1914–1919
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The Road to War
Growing International Conflict
The Mood of 1914
The Outbreak of War
Waging Total War
Stalemate and Slaughter on the Western Front
The Widening War
Evaluating the Evidence 25.1: Poetry in the Trenches
The Home Front
Mobilizing for Total War
The Social Impact
Growing Political Tensions
Evaluating the Evidence 25.2: Wartime Propaganda Posters
The Russian Revolution
The Fall of Imperial Russia
The Provisional Government
Lenin and the Bolshevik Revolution
Trotsky and the Seizure of Power
Dictatorship and Civil War
Evaluating the Evidence 25.3: Peace, Land, and Bread for the Russian People
The Peace Settlement
The End of the War
Revolution in Austria-Hungary and Germany
The Treaty of Versailles
The Peace Settlement in the Middle East
The Human Costs of the War
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Individuals in Society: Vera Brittain
Living in the Past: Life and Death on the Western Front
Mapping the Past: Territorial Changes After World War I
Thinking Like a Historian: The Partition of the Ottoman Empire and the Mandate System
Summative Quiz LaunchPad25. Documents from Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 25 LaunchPad
Document 25-1: Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, Telegram to the German Ambassador at Vienna (July 6, 1914)
Document 25-2: Klaxon Horn Used to Warn of Gas Attacks (1917)
Document 25-3: Baron Manfred von Richthofen (1917)
Document 25-4: Helena Swanwick, The War in Its Effect Upon Women (1916)
Document 25-5: Vladimir I. Lenin, What Is to Be Done? (1902)
Document 25-6: Woodrow Wilson, The Fourteen Points (1918)
Document 25-7: A Defeated Germany Contemplates the Peace Treaty (1919)
Quiz for Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 2526 The Age of Anxiety 1880–1940
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Uncertainty in Modern Thought
Modern Philosophy
The Revival of Christianity
The New Physics
Freudian Psychology
Evaluating the Evidence 26.1: Friedrich Nietzsche Pronounces the Death of God
Modernism in Architecture, Art, Literature, and Music
Architecture and Design
New Artistic Movements
Twentieth-Century Literature
Modern Music
Evaluating the Evidence 26.2: The Futurist Manifesto
An Emerging Consumer Society
Mass Culture
The Appeal of CinemaThe Arrival of Radio
The Search for Peace and Political Stability
Germany and the Western Powers
Hope in Foreign Affairs
Hope in Democratic Government
The Great Depression, 1929–1939
The Economic Crisis
Mass Unemployment
The New Deal in the United States
The Scandinavian Response to the Depression
Recovery and Reform in Britain and France
Evaluating the Evidence 26.3: George Orwell on Life on the Dole
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Living in the Past: Modern Design for Everyday Use
Thinking Like a Historian: The Radio Age
Individuals in Society: Gustav Stresemann
Mapping the Past: The Great Depression in the United States and Europe, 1929–1939
Summative Quiz LaunchPad26. Documents from Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 26 LaunchPad
Document 26-1: Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams (1900)
Document 26-2: Mary Cassatt, Reading Le Figaro (1878)
Document 26-3: John Maynard Keynes, The Economic Consequences of the Peace (1920)
Document 26-4: Hyperinflation in Germany (1923)
Document 26-5: Sir Percy Malcolm Stewart, Parliament Addresses the Great Depression in Britain (1934)
Document 26-6: Heinrich Hauser, With the Unemployed in Germany (1933)
Document 26-7: German Communist Party Poster (1932)
Quiz for Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 2627 Dictatorships and the Second World War 1919–1945
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Authoritarian States
Conservative Authoritarianism and Radical Totalitarian Dictatorships
Communism and Fascism
Stalin's Soviet Union
From Lenin to Stalin
The Five-Year Plans
Life and Culture in Soviet Society
Stalinist Terror and the Great Purges
Evaluating the Evidence 27.1: Stalin Justifies the Five-Year Plan
Evaluating the Evidence 27.2: Famine and Recovery on a Soviet Collective Farm
Mussolini and Fascism in Italy
The Seizure of Power
The Regime in Action
Hitler and Nazism in Germany
The Roots of National Socialism
Hitler's Road to Power
State and Society in Nazi Germany
Popular Support for National Socialism
Aggression and Appeasement
The Second World War
German Victories in Europe
Europe Under Nazi Occupation
The Holocaust
Japanese Empire and the War in the Pacific
The "Hinge of Fate"
Allied Victory
Evaluating the Evidence 27.3: Everyday Life in the London Blitz
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Individuals in Society: Primo Levi
Thinking Like a Historian: Normalizing Eugenics and "Racial Hygiene" in Nazi Germany
Living in the Past: Nazi Propaganda and Consumer Goods
Mapping the Past: World War II in Europe and Africa, 1939–1945
Summative Quiz LaunchPad27. Documents from Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 27 LaunchPad
Document 27-1: Richard Washburn Child, Foreword to the Autobiography of Benito Mussolini (1928)
Document 27-2: Vladimir Tchernavin, I Speak for the Silent (1930)
Document 27-3: Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf: The Art of Propaganda (1924)
Document 27-4: Soviet Propaganda Posters (1941 and 1945)
Document 27-5: Winston Churchill, Speech Before the House of Commons (June 18, 1940)
Document 27-6: The Nuremberg Laws: The Centerpiece of Nazi Racial Legislation (1935)
Document 27-7: Alfred Rosenberg, The Jewish Question as a World Problem (1941)
Quiz for Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 2728 Cold War Conflict and Consensus 1945–1965
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Postwar Europe and the Origins of the Cold War
The Legacies of the Second World War
The Peace Settlement and Cold War Origins
West Versus East
Big Science in the Nuclear Age
The Western Renaissance/Recovery in Western Europe
The Search for Political and Social Consensus
Toward European Unity
The Consumer Revolution
Evaluating the Evidence 28.1: Western European Recovery and the Promise of Prosperity
Developments in the Soviet Union and the East Bloc
Postwar Life in the East Bloc
Reform and De-Stalinization
Foreign Policy and Domestic Rebellion
The Limits of Reform
Evaluating the Evidence 28.2: The Nixon-Khrushchev "Kitchen Debate"
The End of Empires
Decolonization and the Global Cold War
The Struggle for Power in Asia
Independence and Conflict in the Middle East
Decolonization in Africa
Evaluating the Evidence 28.3: Frantz Fanon on Violence, Decolonization, and Human Dignity
Postwar Social Transformations
Changing Class Structures
Patterns of Postwar Migration
New Roles for Women
Youth Culture and the Generation Gap
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Mapping the Past: The Aftermath of World War II in Europe, ca. 1945–1950
Living in the Past: A Model Socialist Steel Town
Thinking Like a Historian: Violence and the Algerian War
Individuals in Society: Armando Rodrigues
Summative Quiz LaunchPad28. Documents from Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 28 LaunchPad
Document 28-1: George C. Marshall, An American Plan to Rebuild a Shattered Europe (June 5, 1947)
Document 28-2: Alexander Solzhenitsyn, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1962)
Document 28-3: Joseph Stalin, Interview Regarding Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech (March 14, 1946)
Document 28-4: Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth (1961)
Document 28-5: Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex (1949)
Quiz for Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 2829 Challenging the Postwar Order 1960–1991
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Reform and Protest in the 1960s
Cold War Tensions Thaw
The Affluent Society
The Counterculture Movement
The United States and Vietnam
Student Revolts and 1968
The 1960s in the East Bloc
Evaluating the Evidence 29.1: Human Rights Under the Helsinki Accords
Crisis and Change in Western Europe
Economic Crisis and Hardship
The New Conservatism
Challenges and Victories for Women
The Rise of the Environmental Movement
Separatism and Right-Wing Extremism
Evaluating the Evidence 29.2: Simone de Beauvoir's Feminist Critique of Marriage
The Decline of "Developed Socialism"
State and Society in the East Bloc
Dissent in Czechoslovakia and Poland
From Détente Back to Cold War
Gorbachev's Reforms in the Soviet Union
Evaluating the Evidence 29.3: Dissent in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
The Revolutions of 1989
The Collapse of Communism in the East Bloc
German Unification and the End of the Cold War
The Disintegration of the Soviet Union
Looking Back / Looking Ahead
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Living in the Past: The Supermarket Revolution
Individuals in Society: Margaret Thatcher
Thinking Like a Historian: The New Environmentalism
Mapping the Past: Democratic Movements in Eastern Europe, 1989
Summative Quiz LaunchPad29. Documents from Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 29 LaunchPad
Document 29-1: Solidarity Union, Twenty-One Demands: A Call for Workers' Rights and Freedoms (1980)
Document 29-2: Mikhail Gorbachev, Perestroika: A Soviet Leader Calls for Change (1987)
Document 29-3: Jeff Widener, Tank Man (1989)
Document 29-4: Betty Friedan, Statement of Purpose of the National Organization for Women: Defining Full Equality (1966)
Document 29-5: Vaclav Havel, New Year's Address to the Nation (1990)
Quiz for Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 2930 Life in an Age of Globalization 1990 to the Present
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
Reshaping the Soviet Union and the Former East Bloc
Economic Shock Therapy in Russia
Russian Revival Under Vladimir Putin
Coping with Change in the Former East Bloc
Tragedy in Yugoslavia
Instability in the Former Soviet Republics
Evaluating the Evidence 30.1: President Putin on Global Security
The New Global System
The Global Economy
The New European Union
Supranational Organizations
The Human Side of Globalization
Life in the Digital Age
Ethnic Diversity in Contemporary Europe
The Prospect of Population Decline
Changing Immigration Flows
Toward a Multicultural Continent
Europe and Its Muslim Population
Evaluating the Evidence 30.2: William Pfaff, Will the French Riots Change Anything?
Confronting Long-Term Challenges
Growing Strains in U.S.-European Relations
Turmoil in the Muslim World
The Global Recession and the Viability of the Eurozone
Dependence on Fossil Fuels
Climate Change and Environmental Degradation
Promoting Human Rights
Evaluating the Evidence 30.3: The Thessaloniki Programme
Looking Back / Looking Ahead
Review & Explore
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Mapping the Past: The European Union, 2016
Living in the Past: The Euro
Individuals in Society: Edward Snowden
Thinking Like a Historian: The Conservative Reaction to Immigration and Islamist Terrorism
The Past Living Now: Remembering the Holocaust
Summative Quiz LaunchPad30. Documents from Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 30 LaunchPad
Document 30-1: Amartya Sen, A World Not Neatly Divided (November 23, 2001)
Document 30-2: Tariq Ramadan, Western Muslims and the Future of Islam (2004)
Document 30-3: A Greenpeace Activist at the G8 Summit (2001)
Document 30-4: A Tunisian Woman Casts Her Vote (2011)
Quiz for Sources for A History of Western Society, Chapter 30
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Worst statistical graphic nominated
Apr 28, 2011
Phil, over at the Gelman blog, nominates this jaw-dropping graphic as the worst of the year. I have to agree:
Should we complain about the "pie chart"/4 quadrants representation with no reference to the underlying data? Or the "pie within a pie within a pie" invention, again defiantly not to scale? Or the creative liense to exaggerate the smallest numbers in the chart ($2 billion, $0.3 billion) making it disproportionate with the other pieces? Or the complete usurping of proportions (e.g. the $0.2 billion green strip on the top right quadrant compared to the $0.3 billion tiny blue arc on the top left quadrant)?
Or the random sprinkling of labels and numbers around the circle even though if one takes the time, one notices that the entire chart contains only 8 numbers, as follows:
Instead, we can display the data with a small multiples layout showing readers how the data is structured along two dimensions.
Or a profile chart may also work:

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by Lauren, CEO of propel careers
this post is reposted from the propel careers blog.
The topic of career planning is something that I discuss with almost everyone I speak with, regardless of whether they are a graduate student or industry professional. I emphasize that regardless of where someone is in their career, steps can be taken to develop the hard (e.g. techniques) and soft (e.g. management) skills necessary for career advancement. Since successful careers develop over years, even decades, the earlier someone starts to plan, the better. Even as a graduate student or postdoctoral fellow, ample opportunities exist to develop skills. Below are two examples of proactive career development. By sharing these, I hope to inspire others to take similar initiative.
Ph.D. student passionate about research in industry:
I recently talked with a Ph.D student who is extremely interested in performing bench research for a biotech company. She described her background and how she developed marketable skills. During her Ph.D, she honed her technical skills and took every opportunity to learn about industry relevant work. She took the initiative to lead a collaboration with an industry partner to focus on small molecule screening against a drug target. She also had the opportunity to write grants and a patent for her work. During her 4th and 5th years, she trained interns, RA's and other grad students on research techniques. During her 5th year, she also became involved with the Boston chapter of the national disease association related to her research. She did this to learn more about the current state of industry research in her field and also to increase the size of her professional network. She has just started her job search and her preparedness will certainly pay off.
Postdoctoral fellow passionate about starting a company:
I recently talked with a postdoctoral fellow who has a strong record of accomplishment (Nature and Cell papers) and a 10-year goal of starting a biotech company. During his Ph.D. and postdoc, he has been very focused on building business skills to increase his chance of success. As a 3rd year Ph.D. student, he began to build business skills by interning in the university Technology Transfer office, performing scientific due diligence on technologies relevant to his research background. This work also provided exposure to market research and competitive landscape assessments and insight into what makes a technology commercially attractive. As a 4th and 5th year Ph.D. student, he interned for ~ 5-10 hours a week at a venture capital firm and performed scientific diligence on technologies of interest to the firm. After his Ph.D, he chose to do a postdoc at a top lab in his field to gain new scientific skills and deepen his disease area knowledge. During his postdoc, he also became involved with the Technology Transfer office where he evaluated technologies for commercial potential. Now, as a 3rd year postdoc, he is actively pursuing roles at boutique life sciences consulting firms that focus mainly on business development work – merger, acquisition, and partnership strategy, as compared to the general strategy consulting firms. These firms will provide him with relevant knowledge and experiences for his career goal, which is to start a biotech company and have a successful exit.
The individuals in these examples may seem more proactive than most, but I chose to highlight them since these types of profiles are very attractive to companies.


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Nan's horror at choking game
Lesley Edwards was visiting Orrell Water Park when the behaviour of a cheering group of 20 teenagers caught her attention.
She was stunned to see one of the friends trying voluntarily to throttle himself into unconsciousness. When that didn't work, one of his friends helped him until he passed out, banging his head in the process.
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Supermarket worker Lesley didn't know of the craze, called Blackout, which originates in America and has subsequently spread to the UK via YouTube "nominations".
Wigan Council chiefs today condemned the practice and urged children who felt pressured into taking part in such acts to confide in an adult.
Another disturbing self-asphysiaxtion practice is called Space Monkey in which people deliberately hyperventilate for a long period which itself can bring on a collapse into unconsciousness.
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Mrs Edwards was so alarmed by what she saw at the Water Park that she challenged the group of 11 to 14-year-olds and threatened to call the authorities if they didn't stop. And after hurling abuse at her, they fled.
Since reporting it on social media Lesley has been hailed by other parents for having the courage to intervene.
But she said: "I feel like everyone is trying to make me out into some sort of hero, which I am definitely not.
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Hide Ad"But the whole situation is scary and had to be stopped, not only for the young boy who collapsed but for the sake of the other little ones on the park and the parents who didn't feel able to speak up because we all know some teenagers can be scary creatures.
"I have been going to Orrell Water Park for years, but I have to say these events have made me seriously rethink my afternoons out."
Talking to other parents, she said that although this was the very first time she had become aware of the craze, she has now established it is "a lot bigger and closer to home" than she first thought.
The craze has caused panic in the States where more than 80 young teens have died practising what is technically known as cerebral hypoxia.
The average age of the victims was just 13 years old.
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A Wigan Council spokesman said: "We have not received any reports of children involved in auto-asphyxiation games in Orrell Park, but would advise all young people who feel bullied or pressured to participate in dangerous and potentially fatal activities to immediately confide in an adult that they trust.
"Members of the public with concerns about the welfare of children or adults in public places should immediately report the incident to the police."


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Iselin, NJ – The NHL and the National Hockey League Players' Association met with federal mediators for a second straight day Thursday, but the meetings apparently were unproductive again.
The two sides decided to meet again Thursday after getting together for a little more than six hours Wednesday.
On Thursday, the NHL was represented by legal counsel Bob Batterman at the office of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service in Iselin, NJ. NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr and special counsel Steve Fehr were among the union representatives present.
Meanwhile, Steve Fehr and Batterman sat in on a meeting with mediator Scot Beckenbaugh and agreed to talk Friday, either by phone or in person.
"I think we're done with contact tonight; we're still working on a bunch of stuff as we always are," Steve Fehr said. "I expect there will be contact (with the League on Friday); not sure if it will be by telephone or in person, or if it is in person where it will be.
"It's good that we're talking. It's better than not talking and we'll see what happens."
The two sides also met with mediators on Nov. 28 and 29, but those meetings broke off without progress being made.
Thursday's meeting comes three days after the National Hockey League eliminated another block of games from the schedule with the lockout nearing a full three months.
Games from Dec. 15 through Dec. 30 were the latest to be wiped out, bringing the total to 526 lost to the lockout that started Sept. 16. The Winter Classic on New Year's Day was also canceled, as was the All-Star Weekend in late January.


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More Wrenches In Our Summer Plans
They say when it rains it pours and I guess our time to get sloppy wet is now. There's never a good time in life for bad news, and when you're living in an RV it's really no different. Everybody has plans whether they live stationary or not, and those plans can disintegrate on a dime when unexpected "stuff" comes along. I can't say I like it, but it's a part of life and as long as I'm present here on earth I do my best to accept it.
Now before you all go into a panic I should say that this particular wrench wasn't for us, but instead hit our sweet 14-year old kitty, Taggart. Now I fully understand that not everyone is as attached to their pets as we are. The cats have been with us since very early on in our relationship and have traveled (literally) around the world with us. Our paws are our nearest family so anything that affects them also affects us deeply. It's just how it is in "the beast", and I'm not ashamed to admit it. That said, I feel like a bad kitty mom in that I missed this particular problem for a while.
What has happened is this…(folks not interested in detailed kitty stuff can skip the rest of this post)
Taggart has been acting more "playful" over the last 6-8 months, almost kitten-like, something I thought was just a reflection of her good diet and healthy outdoor walks. Who doesn't admire a playful 14 year old gal? I didn't actually realize anything was wrong until she started loosing weight despite having a rather ravenous appetite, and honestly I didn't even notice that until the weight loss was quite significant (several pounds). One day it suddenly clicked, and in the distant recesses of my mind I remembered this was a sign of something I'd read several years ago in my kitty forums (yes, I was a member of several kitty forums and even owned/ran a forum on Feline Urinary Tract Disease for ~4 years = that's how paw-crazy I am). I knew something was wrong.
So, after Paul flew off to Miami I booked a visit to the vet and got her T4 (thyroxine = thyroid hormone) levels tested. The diagnosis was immediately confirmed. Taggart has hyperthyroidism (= her thyroid gland is over-active). It's a serious problem that will only get worse over time. Poor little kitty cat!
The result of this is that we have a sick kitty that requires one of either two treatments. Either life-long thyroid meds dosed twice/day which taste horrible, require gloves to handle and have a slew of lovely side-effects (plus they only control/slow down the progression of the condition and don't cure it) OR/ an expensive radioactive Iodine (I-131) treatment which requires an in-hospital stay of 4-10 days, plus an additional ~15 days of special handling at home due to residual radioactivity, especially the "hot" radioactive pee. Plus, not many clinics offer the treatment aaand do it correctly (such as conducting a thyroid scan prior to treatment, dosing individual to the cat etc.). The latter does however completely cure the problem, assuming kitty is a candidate for treatment.
What a fun choice, right?
We're honestly not sure what we're going to do at this point. We've started the meds, which is recommended in cases like this to see if the hyper-T has masked any underlying kidney issues (a common problem and something you can only "see" once the thyroid levels come down). Once we know THAT result we'll know whether kitty is a good candidate for the radioactive treatment, and THEN we'll decide if we need to drive "the beast" to a clinic, somewhere in this great country, to have the I-131 treatment done.
Phew! New jello plans on top of new jello plans, and all for a kitty! Who knows WHERE we'll end up this summer?
For the short term we're just doing the meds, and we're sticking with our plans to host all June in Cape Disappointment State Park. This will give us time to do any dosage adjustments, if needed (each dosage change needs ~3 weeks to see effects) and monitor her kidney function. Plus we need to stay near a major airport anyway for Paul's family issues. Then once June is done and (hopefully) all family issue are squared away we can decide on our next move. Where we go from there we do not know.
So, how is Queen Taggart doing so far? Well first few days on the horrible meds were pretty horrible. Kitty was vomiting, nauseous and wouldn't eat any food (which is a great?!#$ side-effect for a kitty that's already too thin, right?). I re-joined all my old kitty groups on Yahoo Groups (remember those?) and immediately got feedback that revealed the vet had over-prescribed the thyroid meds, apparently a very, very common mistake. Once I lowered the dose and added some nausea support (Slippery Elm Bark, a fabulous gastro-soothing herb that every pet owner should always have on-hand) kitty did much, much better. We're going to take it slow and easy, re-test the thyroid and blood values in ~3 weeks and then go from there.
And how are the kitty parents doing? Honestly I'm the kind of person that gets super-analytical and hyper-practical whenever a problem like this comes up. Understand the issue, do the research, make a plan and go from there. I feel terrible that I didn't catch this earlier, but I'm also determined and Paul feels the same. We'll just do whatever we need to do. Plus, we have the advantage of wheels. No matter what we can just take our "home" to wherever we need to take care of this. There's definitely a plus side to being mobile!
So there you go. New wrenches and new, completely unknown plans. Here's just hoping no other "unexpected" issues crop up this summer. We're definitely crossing all fingers and 12 paws for that….!


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The first instructions from the captain were for the passengers to put on life jackets and stay put, and it was not until about 30 minutes later that he ordered an evacuation, Oh Yong-seok, a 58-year-old crew member, told The Associated Press. But Oh said he wasn't sure if the captain's order, given to crew members, was actually relayed to passengers on the public address system.
Several survivors also told the AP that they never heard any evacuation order.
The loss of that precious time may have deprived many passengers of the opportunity to escape as The Sewol sank on Wednesday, not too far from the southern city of Mokpo.
Nine people, including five students and two teachers, were confirmed dead, but the toll was expected to jump amid fears that the missing 287 passengers - many high school students - were dead. The confirmed fatalities include a female crew member in her 20s, five high school students and two teachers. Coast guard officials put the number of survivors Thursday at 179.
The increasingly anxious search for the missing was hampered Thursday by strong currents, rain and bad visibility.
There were 475 people aboard, including 325 students on a school trip to the tourist island of Jeju in the south of the country. The ferry had traveled overnight from Incheon on the northwestern coast of South Korea, and was three hours short of its destination when the ship began to list. The cause is not yet known.
The Sewol now sits - with just part of its keel visible - in waters off Mokpo, about 470 kilometers (290 miles) from Seoul.
Oh, a helmsmen on the ferry with 10 years' shipping experience, said that when the crew gathered on the bridge and sent a distress call the ship was already listing more than 5 degrees, the critical angle at which the ship can be brought back to even keel.
At about that time, a third mate reported that the ship could not be righted, and the captain ordered another attempt, which also failed, Oh said. A crew member then tried to reach a lifeboat but tripped, prompting the first mate to suggest to the captain that everyone should evacuate, Oh said.
The captain agreed and ordered an evacuation, but Oh said that amid the confusion and chaos on the bridge he does not recall the message being conveyed on the public address system.
By then it was impossible for crew members to move to passengers' rooms to help them because the ship was tilted at an impossibly acute angle. The delay in evacuation also likely prevented lifeboats being deployed.
"We couldn't even move one step. The slope was too big," said Oh, who escaped with about a dozen others, including the captain.
Passenger Koo Bon-hee, 36, told the AP that many people were trapped inside by windows that were too hard to break. He wanted to escape earlier but an announcement said passengers should stay put.
"The rescue wasn't done well. We were wearing life jackets. We had time," Koo, who was on a business trip to Jeju with a co-worker, said from a hospital bed in Mokpo where he was treated for minor injuries. "If people had jumped into the water ... they could have been rescued. But we were told not to go out."
It is not clear if the captain's actions violated any procedures, and he may have believed at the time that it was still possible to control the vessel, which would have made the order to evacuate unnecessary.
Worried and angry parents of the students gathered at Danwon High School in Ansan, which is near Seoul, while other relatives assembled on Jindo, an island near where the ferry slipped beneath the surface, leaving only the blue-tipped, forward edge of the keel visible.
In Mokpo, a city close to the accident site, relatives of the dead students wailed and sobbed as ambulances drove away with the bodies, headed to Ansan. The families, who spent a mostly sleepless night at the Mokpo hospital, followed the ambulances in their cars. At the school, some desperate relatives lashed out in frustration, screaming threats at journalists. On Jindo Island, also near the accident site, one woman passed out and was carried to an ambulance.
The family of one of the dead, 24-year-old teacher Choi Hye-jung, spoke about a young woman who loved to boast of how her students would come to her office and give her hugs.
"She was very active and wanted to be a good leader," her father, Choi Jae-kyu, 53, said at Mokpo Jung-Ang Hospital while waiting for the arrival of his daughter's body. Choi's mother, sitting on a bench at the hospital, sobbed quietly with her head bent down on her knee.
While more than 400 rescuers searched nearby waters, coast guard spokesman Kim Jae-in said that in the next two days, three vessels with cranes onboard would arrive to help with the rescue and salvage the ship. Divers were working in shifts in an attempt to get inside the vessel, he said, but strong currents wouldn't allow them to enter.
Kim said that divers planned to pump oxygen into the ship to help any survivors, but first they had to get inside the ferry.
The water temperature in the area was about 12 degrees Celsius (54 Fahrenheit), cold enough to cause signs of hypothermia after about 90 minutes of exposure, officials said. The ocean was 37 meters (121 feet) deep in the area.
Kim said coast guard officials were questioning the captain, but declined to provide details or speculate on the cause of sinking.
"I am really sorry and deeply ashamed," a man identified by broadcaster YTN and Yonhap news agency as the captain, 68-year-old Lee Joon-seok, said in brief comments shown on TV, his face hidden beneath a gray hoodie. "I don't know what to say."
The Sewol, a 146-meter (480-foot) vessel that can reportedly hold more than 900 people, set sail Tuesday from Incheon, in northwestern South Korea, on an overnight, 14-hour journey to the tourist island of Jeju.
The last major ferry disaster in South Korea was in 1993, when 292 people were killed.
Associated Press writers Hyung-jin Kim in Ansan and Jung-yoon Choi in Seoul contributed to this report.


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Barack Obama on TechnologyDemocratic nomine for President; Junior Senator (IL) |
OBAMA: I worked with Tom Coburn, one of the most conservative Republicans, who John already mentioned, to set up what we call Google for Government, which says that we are going to list every dollar of federal spending to make sure that the taxpayer can take a look and see who, in fact, is promoting some of these spending projects that John�s been railing about.
As President, I wil launch a National Infrastructure Reinvestment Bank that will invest $60 billion over ten years--a bank that can leverage private investment in infrastructure improvements, and create nearly two million new jobs. The work will be determined by what will maximize our safety and security and ability to compete. We will fund this bank as we bring the war in Iraq to a responsible close. We can modernize our power grid, which will help conservation and spur on the development and distribution of clean energy
Obama drew thousands to a university rally organized online by students using Facebook. Obama hadn�t even met the student organizers until he arrived at the event. By March 1, 2007, just a few weeks after Obama began his campaign, his website My.BarackObama.com attracted 3,306 grassroots volunteer groups, 4,416 personal fundraisin pages, 6,706 blogs, and 38,799 people with individual profiles building networks to support Obama.
This new age of decentralized politics takes much of the power out of the hands of political consultants and into the grasp of individuals.
A: [One thing is] emphasizing math and science instruction, finding innovative ways to make it interesting for students. This is an area where the president has the power to use the bully pulpit and to make math and science interesting and vibrant again. One of the things that I�m always struck by when I talk to engineers and scientists who are in their 50s and 60s is how many say they were inspired by JFK and the space program for going into science and math. And one area where I think we could actually do that is to really make a huge effort around energy independence. And if a president is talking about the importance of us engaging in research and development, doubling the amount of research dollars that are being put into basic science and basic research, all that can help lift up the importance of these areas of study for young people who basically take their cues from the larger culture.
In his two years in the minority party in the US Senate, he had the clout to pass only one substantial piece of legislation or that he avoided conflict at all costs, spending none of his heavily amassed political capital on even a single controversial issue he believed in. Indeed, through his first year in the Senate, he had to argue with his cautious political advisors to speak out, however carefully, on a topic dear to him--the impact of Hurricane Katrina and its racial and economic ramifications.
Sen. DORGAN. "The issue of Internet freedom is also known as net neutrality. I have long fought in Congress against media concentration, to prevent the consolidation of control over what Americans see in the media. Now, Americans face an equally great threat to the democratic vehicle of the Internet, which we have always taken for granted as an open and free engine for creative growth.
"The Internet became a robust engine of economic development by enabling anyone with a good idea to connect to consumers and compete on a level playing field for consumers' business. The marketplace picked winners and losers, and not some central gatekeeper.
"But now we face a situation where the FCC has removed nondiscrimination rules that applied to Internet providers for years. Broadband operators soon thereafter announced their interest in acting in discriminatory ways, planning to create tiers on the Internet that could restrict content providers' access to the Internet unless they pay extra for faster speeds or better service. Under their plan, the Internet would become a new world where those content providers who can afford to pay special fees would have better access to consumers.
"This fundamentally changes the way the Internet has operated and threaten to derail the democratic nature of the Internet. American consumers and businesses will be worse off for it. Today we introduce the Internet Freedom Preservation Act to ensure that the Internet remains a platform that spawns innovation and economic development for generations to come.
Directs the Secretary of Education to establish and maintain, on the public website of the Department of Education, a database of information on public and private programs of financial assistance for the study of postsecondary and graduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
A bill to strengthen transparency and accountability in Federal spending.
Congressional Summary:Disapproves the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on February 22, 2008, relating to broadcast media ownership. Declares that the rule shall have no force or effect.
Proponents' Argument in Favor:Sen. DORGAN: The FCC loosened the ban on cross-ownership of newspapers and broadcast stations. We seek with this resolution of disapproval to reverse the FCC's fast march to ease media ownership rules. The FCC has taken a series of destructive actions in the past two decades that I believe have undermined the public interest. [Now they have given] a further green light to media concentration.
The FCC voted to allow cross-ownership of newspapers and broadcast stations in the top 20 markets, with loopholes for mergers outside of the top 20 markets. The newspapers would be allowed to buy stations ranked above fifth and above.
The rule change was framed as a modest compromise. But make no mistake, this is a big deal. As much as 44% of the population lives in the top 20 markets. The last time the FCC tried to do this, in 2003, the Senate voted to block it.
This rule will undercut localism and diversity of ownership around the country. Studies show that removing the ban on newspaper/broadcast cross-ownership results in a net loss in the amount of local news produced in the market as a whole. In addition, while the FCC suggests that cross-ownership is necessary to save failing newspapers, the publicly traded newspapers earn annual rates of return between 16% and 18%.
This Resolution of Disapproval will ensure this rule change has no effect. This is again a bipartisan effort to stop the FCC from destroying the local interests that we have always felt must be a part of broadcasting.


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If you love swinging in your backyard, why not get really comfortable and go for an inexpensive rustic option? You can relax in style and comfort in the shade with a DIY pallet bed. It's a smart twist on a hammock, because this pallet bed won't be tough to get in and out of, and will also last longer.
All it takes are just a few easy cuts, and you don't have to be a wood-working expert to complete your very own pallet bed. Watch the video below to get complete step-by-step instructions for this DIY project.
How to make a DIY summer pallet swing bed
1. Start with two pallets. If your pallet has uneven spacing, use a hammer and a pry bar or chisel to remove some of the slats. Make sure there aren't any stray pieces of metal by pulling out old staples or nails with the claw end of your hammer. If some nails are sticking out just a little, just hammer them in so they don't snag anything.
2. Measure the pallets to ensure they are large enough for the mattress you plan to use. This DIY project measured a length of 81" with the pallets laid horizontally together for a full-size mattress.
3. Cut through the pallet wood with a circular saw at the 81" mark all the way across.
4. Measure and cut three 2x4s to 85" each. Slide them through the pallets on the ground where the braces are, letting a little hang off each of the edges.
5. Use a power drill to make six pilot holes evenly spaced on each side. Then, attach the 2x4s to the pallet braces using 3" plated, coated deck screws.
6. Drill every slat through to the supporting 2x4s using 2" drywall screws. This will help your pallet bed stay strong and sturdy for longer durability.
7. Attach a spade bit to your power drill and make holes in the four corners of your pallet through the 2x4s.
8. Sand everything thoroughly using either a sand block or a power sander. You don't want to get splinters while you're relaxing on your outdoor bed.
9. Loop and tie rope through two corners on one side of the bed after pulling the rope over a sturdy branch in a well-shaded area of your yard. Then, do the same thing for the other side of the bed.
10. Make sure to level it before tying it off and also make sure it's at a comfortable height for you to get on and off, so you aren't jumping up into the bed. Put on your mattress and pillow, and you're finished!
Pro tip: Use braided polyester rope for your swing, since it holds up exceptionally well to the elements and won't stretch over time. It's also a very strong rope. This will help your bed stay in place longer for you to enjoy!


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In the fifth installment of the series, our focus will begin to shift on application of the diminished idea into more pragmatic areas
More Detailed Diminished Part I Part II Part III Part IV Part V Part VI |
The Dorian scale (1 – 2 – b3 – 4 – 5 – 6 – b7) creates an easy way to implement the diminished concept and create a strange and beautiful tension that can be resolved without requiring any half or whole step movement. The sixth tone of the Dorian mode represents a diminished chord and is therefore perfect as a launching pad for diminished ideas.
One of the most common areas of melody for rock guitarists is the blues scale (1 – b3 – 4 – b5 – 5 – b7) .In the following examples we'll take a diminished idea and combine them with this scale, providing the everyday guitarist with some great approaches. In each of the five examples given I'll take a diminished line and then resolve into a cool blues lick. The diminished line provides the tension, while the pentatonic line resolves the tension.
We're making good progress in our comprehension and application of diminished ideas into pentatonic and blues scales. If you have difficulty in understanding this lesson, please review the previous installments and feel free to contact me with any questions. Hang in there and I'll see you next month here in Lethal Guitar, thank you for logging on and tuning in. God bless!
Ex. 1 - Download Example Audio
We descend with the A blues scale (A – C – D – Eb – E – G), then ascend with an ear-catching F# diminished arpeggio (F# – A – C – Eb) resolving on the tonic on the beat 1 of the second measure.
Ex. 2 - Download Example Audio
Begin with a descending F# diminished arpeggio beginning on C. Since the notes of a diminished chord are each a minor third apart, you can move this shape up three frets and play another inversion of the chord. This resolves into the A minor pentatonic scale in the 7th position.
Ex. 3 - Download Example Audio
Here we descend initially with the F# diminished starting on C and resolve into the A blues scale ala Jimmy Page.
Ex. 4 - Download Example Audio
This example begins with the F# diminished arpeggio beginning on the A and continues up before resolving into the blues scale on beat 4.
Ex. 5 - Download Example Audio
One of my personal favorites, start with an ascending five note diminished arpeggio and then resolving into the A blues scale in the ninth position.