World History

Capitalism and Culture: the acceleration of globalization  (1945- present) this chapter has to do with the history of capitalism. to start off the chapter Strayer brings up a woman named Memey. She is from Java in Indonesia and had a rough life. her husband died and she was left to raise her son alone. to provide for her family she heard about a job in Malaysia so she came to the country illegally and met her "contact person" who was supposed to get her the waitressing job. The man who came to get her took her to get makeup and clothes then all of a sudden she was taken to a hotel where she realized she was being used for sex trafficking, not for a waitress job. She was too afraid to run away. Then a "sympathetic client" helped her escape. Memey, later on, found work with an organization helping stop sex trafficking. She came back home and was reunited with her son. but she obviously suffered from a lot of terrible memories that will stick with her for the ...

The End of Empire: The Global South On The Global Stage (1914-present): this chapter starts off with national leader Nelson Mandela. He was "South Africa`s nationalist leader, first uttered these words in 1964 for his trial for treason, sabotage, and conspiracy to overthrow the apartheid government of his country. Convicted of those charges, he spent the next twenty- seven years in prison"(975, Strayer). As this chapter went on topics like the struggles for independence came up. "in 1900, European colonial empires in Arica, Asia, the Caribbean region, and the Pacific Ocean appeared as enduring features of the worlds political Landscape. Well before the 20th century, they were gone." (976, Strayer) There is a timeline on the page (977, Strayer)  that helped me a lot. It summarized all of the events like in 1915 Gandi comes back to India after being in South Africa, 1923-1938 Turkeys secular modernized intiaated under Kernal Ataturk, 1928 muslim brotherh...

Revolution, socialism, and Global conflict- The rise and fall of world communism  (1917-present)  This chapter starts off with discussing a joke between an Englishman, a Frenchman, and a Soviet Russian. Each person said that Adam and Eve were from their country. It pretty much says that these communist leaders think only their country matters. A quote that stood out to me relating to communism was "In the century communism had been greeted with enthusiasm by many people - in Russia, China, Cuba, Vietnam, and elsewhere- as a promise of liberation from inequality, oppression, exploitation, and backwardness" (Strayer, 929). This shows the beginning of communism and how it started off as a positive thing.  The people of the country thought it was the solution to all their countries problems. The leaders of these nations convinced the people it was the right thing to do. These leaders kind of answered all their prayers. Global Communism Looking at modern co...