World History Curriculum (Modern Volume)

Author: Qi Tao, Editor-in-Chief, Wang Wei, Co-editor-in-Chief Li Hongtu
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Publishing Date: 2001-01-01
Features: This book adopts a global historical perspective to write about modern world history, striving to "examine the whole sphere we inhabit" from a high vantage point of the development of human civilization. It analyzes the structural patterns and operational laws of the modern world from all angles, avoiding the flaw of patching together world history from national histories. Therefore, the book can be roughly positioned in history as follows:
First, modern world history is the history of the world moving from fragmentation to integration, and this integration movement is the result of the emergence of capitalist production methods.
Second, the development of capitalism is a long historical process, and modern world history is only the early stage of this process.
Third, modern national liberation movements, the struggles of domestic working classes against the exploitation of their own bourgeoisie, the struggles of the people for democratic rights and improved economic conditions, the international communist movement, capitalist social reform movements, and the struggles of small and emerging nations against the hegemony of European powers all span the entirety of modern world history. These movements present a dynamic interplay of opposition and unity with the process of capitalist integration, becoming one of the core content and developmental red lines of modern world history.
Fourth, the development of modern world history is primarily manifested in the evolution of the international relations landscape.