An Introductory Bibliography
This list of approximately 75 monographs, journal articles, teaching units,
sourcebooks and video series in World History, and related fields, is intended
for teachers and students at the undergraduate and high school levels. Its
purpose is to familiarize readers with evolving world historical topics
and trends. This bibliography may be compared with a similarly - sized list
for graduate course work and an expanded list of over 250 resources for
broader research in the field. For ease of navigation, the bibliography
is organized around a series of questions commonly asked about the study
of World History:
- Where
does world history fit into the study of history in general?
- What
do world historians commonly study?
- What
are some examples of a world historical approach?
- How
can world history be presented to the public?
- How can world history be brought into the classroom?
The main goal of this list is to suggest possible points of entry into the current body of World History-related materials. Selection criteria for this list was based on the following educational and historical concerns:
- produced or created in the current phase (mid 1980s - 2000) of expansion in the research and teaching of World History.
- adaptability to classroom use and public exhibition / outreach.
- exemplifies a clear sense of implementing and explaining world historical connections and approaches.
- addresses the relationship(s) between world history and other historical subjects or approaches.
The World History Resource Center Staff welcomes any questions, comments or critiques of this bibliography. Please send any related inquiries to: ttrimmer@lynx.neu.edu
I. Where does world history fit into the study of history in general?
Understanding the ways in which World History compares to other types of history will help the reader to more critically evaluate the benefits of a world historical approach. The following articles offer readers insight into the pros and cons of World History:
Arias, Simone, Marilynn Hitchens and Heidi Roupp. "Teaching World History: The Global Human Experience Through Time," ERIC Digest April 1998.
Gunder Frank, Andre. "A Plea for World Systems History," Journal of World History, (Spring 1991) pp. 1-28.
Hodgson, Marshall G.S. "World History and a World Outlook," in Edmund Burke III, ed., Rethinking World History: Essays on Europe, Islam and World History. New York; Cambridge University Press, 1993, pp. 35-43.
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II. What do world historians commonly study?
One way to begin to think about World History is to examine the types of subjects and processes that lend themselves to this type of analysis. As an historical sub-field that is continually re-evaluating its research methods and subjects studied, World History repeatedly refines itself. Because of this ongoing process of refinement, this section of the bibliography will necessarily remain "under construction." Our eventual goal is to provide a balanced representation of world historical subjectsboth topically (exploring such human experiences as disease, society and the environment) and in terms of processes (exploring human agency in developing systems of trade, migration, industrialization and urbanization). Please continue to visit this section, looking for new additions to the bibliography as it evolves.
The following sub-headings provide readers with a variety of "jumping-off points" for the study of World History:
Disease, Science, Technology and the Environment
Trade
Human Society and World Religions
Nationalism(s), Revolutions and Warfare
Migration
The World as a System / European Dominance of the System
World Society Before European Dominance
Disease, Science, Technology and the Environment
Adas, Michael. Machines as the Measure of Men: Science, Technology, and Ideologies of Western Dominance. Ithaca; 1989.
Crosby, Alfred W. The Columbian Exchange: Biological and Cultural Consequences of 1492. Westport Conn.; 1972.
------------------------Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900. Cambridge; 1986.
Diamond, Jared. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. New York; 1997.
McNeill, William H. Plagues and Peoples. New York; 1976.
Pacey, Arnold. Technology in World Civilization. Cambridge, Mass.; 1990.
Ponting, Clive. A Green History of the World: the Environment and the Collapse of Great Civilizations. New York; 1991.
Stavrianos, L.S. "Technology as a Central Theme for World History," The History Teacher, (August 1985), pp. 513-520.
Stearns, Peter. The Industrial Revolution in World History. Boulder; 1998.
White, H. Loring. A Technological Model of Global History, The History Teacher, (August 1987), pp. 497-517.
Trade
Bentley, Jerry H. Old World Encounters: Cross-Cultural Contacts and Exchanges in Pre- Modern Times. Oxford; 1993.
Curtin, Philip D. Cross-Cultural Trade in World History. Cambridge; 1984.
Kurklansky, Mark. Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World. New York; Walker & Co., 1997.
Liu, Xinru. Ancient India and Ancient China : Trade and Religious Exchanges Ad 1-600. New Delhi; 1995.
Mazumdar, Sucheta. Sugar and Society in China: Peasants, Technology and the World Market. Cambridge; Harvard East Asia Center, 1998.
Markovitz, Claude, The Global World of Indian Merchants, 1750-1947: Traders of Sind from Bukara to Panama. University of Cambridge Press, 2000.
Russell-Wood, A.J.R. The Ebb and Flow of Commodities, (Chapter IV) in A World on the Move: the Portuguese in Africa, Asia and America, 1415-1808. New York; St. Martinıs Press, 1992, pp. 123-147.
Tracy, James D., ed. The Rise of Merchant Empires: Long-Distance Trade in the Early Modern World. New York; Cambridge University Press, 1990.
Human Society and World Religions
Busse, Heribert. Islam, Judaism and Christianity: Theological and Historical Affiliations. Princeton; Markus Weiner, 1988.
Ebrey, Patricia Buckley. The Cambridge Illustrated History of China. New York; Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Foltx, Richard. Religions of the Silk Road: Overland Trade and Cultural Exchange from Antiquity to the Fifteenth Century. St. AMrtin's Press, 1999.
Fossier, Robert, ed. The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Middle Ages. New York; Cambridge University Press, 1986.
McPherson, Kenneth. The Indian Ocean: A History of People and the Sea. Delhi; Oxford University Press, 1993.
Pearson, Michael N. Pilgrimage to Mecca: The Indian Experience, 1500-1800. Princeton; Markus-Weiner, 1999.
Robinson, Francis. The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Islamic World. New York; Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Sowell, Thomas. Race and Culture. New York; Basic Books, 1994.
Nationalism(s), Revolutions and Warfare
Gandhi, Mahatma. Hind Swaraj: or, Indian Home Rule. Ahmedabad; Navajivan Publishing House, 1996 (1938).
Goldstone, Jack A. Revolutions and Rebellions in the Early Modern World. Berkeley; 1991.
Hersey, John. Hiroshima. New York; Vintage Books, 1989.
Hobsbawm, Eric. The Age of Extremes: A History of the World, 1914-1941. New York; Vintage Books, 1996.
Keegan, John. History of Warfare. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1993.
Marx, Karl and Frederick Engels. Communist Manifesto. New York; Monthly Review Press, 1998.
Popovic, Alexandre. The Revolt of the African Slaves in Iraq in the 3rd 9th century. Princeton; Markus Weiner, 1999.
Reese, Lyn. I Will Not Bow My Head: Documenting Womens Political Resistance in World History. Women in World History Curriculum Resource Project, 1030 Spruce Street, Berkeley CA, 94707.
Stearns, Peter N. Nationalisms: An Invitation to Comparative Analysis, Journal of World History, (Spring 1997), pp. 57-74.
Migration
Cohen, Robin. Global Diasporas : An Introduction. Seattle; 1997.
Manning, Patrick. Migrations of Africans to the Americas: The Impact of Africans, Africa and the New World, in The New World History: A Teacherıs Companion. Boston; St. Martinıs Press, 2000, pp. 206-221.
Sowell, Thomas. Migrations and Culture. New York; Basic Books, 1996.
Stave, Bruce M., John F. Sutherland, and Aldo Salerno. From the Old Country: An Oral History of European Migration to America. Hanover, University Press of New England, 1994.
The World as a System / European Dominance of the System
Blaut, J. M. The Colonizer's Model of the World: Geographical Diffusionism and Eurocentric History. New York; 1993.
Hodgson, Marshall G.S. The Interrelations of Societies in History, in Edmund Burke III, ed., Rethinking World History: Essays on Europe, Islam and World History. New York; Cambridge University Press, 1993, pp. 2-28.
Mintz, Sydney. Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History. New York; Penguin, 1985.
Russell-Wood, A.J.R. Transmissions of Styles, Mores and Ideas, in A World on the Move: the Portuguese in Africa, Asia and America, 1415-1808. New York; St. Martins Press, 1992, pp. 183-208.
Wolf, Eric. Europe and the People Without History. Berkeley; 1982.
World Society Before European Dominance
Abu Lughod, Janet. Before European Hegemony: the World System A.D. 1250-1350. New York; 1989.
Shaffer, Lynda. Southernization, in The New World History: A Teacherıs Companion. Boston; St. Martins Press, 2000, pp. 175-191.
III. What are some examples of a world historical approach?
In order for readers to investigate how World Historians construct their arguments, they must have a basic understanding of the methods and tools commonly used in this type of history. The following examples illustrate a variety of possible approaches to World Historical topics:
Bentley, Jerry H., Cross-Cultural Interaction and Periodization in World History, American Historical Review, vol. 101 (1996),749-70.
See also the accompanying commentary by Patrick Manning, "The Problem of Interactions in World History," American Historical Review, vol. 101 (1996), 771-82.
Blom, Ida. World History as Gender History, in The New World History: A Teachers Companion. Boston; St. Martins Press, 2000, pp. 446-461.
Christian, David. The Case for Big History, in Dunn, Ross E., ed. The New World History: A Teacherıs Companion. Boston; St. Martins Press, 2000, pp. 575-586.
Comparisons and Themes, (Chapter 8) in The New World History: A Teacherıs Companion. Boston; St. Martins Press, 2000, pp. 407-437.
White, Rodney and Dawn Harris. A Consideration of Methodology in a World History Class, Southern Social Studies Journal 17 (Spring 1992), pp. 25-32.
Wright, Donald. The World and a Very Small Place in Africa. Armonk; M.E. Sharpe, 1997.
IV. How can world history be presented to the public?
If interest and involvement in the study of World History is to grow, then an effort must be made to find ways of clearly presenting the subject to the public. The following materials illustrate an attempt to begin this process:
Davidson, Basil. Africa: The Story of a Continent video series. R.M. Arts, 1984.
Nash, Gary B., Charlotte Crabtree and Ross E. Dunn. "In the Matter of History" (Chapter I) in History on Trial: Culture Wars and the Teaching of the Past. New York; Alfred A. Knopf, 1998, pp. 3-24.
The Silk Road video series (10 volumes). New York; Central Park Media, 1990.
Tibbles, Anthony, ed. Transatlantic Slavery: Against Human Dignity. London; National Museum Galleries on Merryside, 1994.
V. How can world history be brought into the classroom?
In order to sustain the development of World History, a new generation of students both willing and able to carry on the study of World Historical topics needs to be created. The following series of lesson plans and in-class simulations, sourcebooks and primary source possibilities help students to begin exploring global themes and connections:
Teaching Units:
The Crusades from Medieval European and Muslim Perspectives. UCLA; National Center For History in the Schools, 1998.
The Industrial Revolution: A Global Event. A Simulation for Grades 9-12. UCLA; National Center For History in the Schools, 1998.
Mao and Gandhi: Alternate Paths to National Independence and Social Change. A Unit of Study for Grades 9-12. UCLA; National Center For History in the Schools, 1999.
Women at the Heart of War. UCLA; National Center For History in the Schools, 1999.
Sourcebooks:
Andrea, Alfred and James Overfield. The Human Record: Sources of Global History. 3rd edition. Houghton Mifflin, 1998.
Dunn, Ross E. Bring History Alive!: A Sourcebook for Teaching World History. UCLA; National Center For History in the Schools, 1998.
Frazee, Charles. World History: Original and Secondary Source Readings. Greenhaven, 1999.
Kishlansky, Mark. Sources of World History: Readings for World Civilization. 2nd edition. Wadsworth, 1999.
Meyer, Marc. The Search for Order: Landmarks of World Civilization. Dushkin, 1994.
Nelson, Lynn et al. The Human Perspective: Readings in World Civilization. 2nd edition. Harcourt Brace Jovanovic, 1997 (Secondary readings).
Reilly, Kevin. Worlds of History: A Comparative Reader. 4th edition. St. Martinıs Press, 1999 (Primary and secondary readings).
Roupp, Heidi ed. Teaching World History: A Resource Book. Armonk, NY; M.E. Sharpe, 1997.
Schwartz, Stuart et al. The Global Experience: Readings in World History. 2nd edition. Addison-Wesley, 1997 (Primary and secondary readings).
Stearns, Peter. World History in Documents: A Comparative Reader. New York University, 1998.
Wiesner, Merry et al. Discovering the Global Past: A Look at the Evidence. Houghton Mifflin, 1997.
Primary Source Possibilities:
Dunn, Ross E. The Adventures of Ibn Battuta: A Muslim Traveler of the 14th Century. Berkeley, 1989.
Olaudah Equiano, Robert J. Allison (Editor), The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano. Boston, Bedford Books, 1995.
Narayan, R.K. (trans). The Ramayana. New York; Viking Press, 1972.
Niane, D.T. Sundiata: an Epic of Old Mali. Essex, England; Longman, 1965.
Suggested Reading For Teachers:
Adams, Steven, Michael Adas, and Kevin Reilly, eds. World History: Selected Course Outlines and Reading Lists from American Colleges and Universities. Princeton; Markus Weiner, 1998.
Embree, Ainslie T., and Gluck, Carol, eds. Asia in Western and World History: A Guide for Teaching. Armonk; M.E. Sharpe, 1997.
Lockhard, Craig. Integrating African History into the World History Course: The Period Before 1500, World History Bulletin, (Fall/Winter 1993-94), pp. 21-31.
-------------------- `Integrating Southeast Asia into the World History Course: The Period Before 1500, The History Teacher, (November 1995) pp. 1-29.
Nash, Gary B., Charlotte Crabtree and Ross E. Dunn. History on Trial: Culture Wars and the Teaching of the Past. New York; Alfred A. Knopf, 1998.
Teaching Regions and Civilizations in World Context. (Chapter 6) and Constructing World History Programs and Curricula (Chapter 10) in Dunn, Ross E. The New World History: A Teacherıs Companion. Boston; St. Martinıs Press, 2000, pp. 289-358.
The World History Resource Center has a variety of sourcebooks, textbooks, primary sources, and other teaching materials to assist both teachers and students.
Resource Center borrowing policies.
II. What do world historians commonly study?
One way to begin to think about World History is to examine the types of subjects and processes that lend themselves to this type of analysis. As an historical sub-field that is continually re-evaluating its research methods and subjects studied, World History repeatedly refines itself. Because of this ongoing process of refinement, this section of the bibliography will necessarily remain "under construction." Our eventual goal is to provide a balanced representation of world historical subjectsboth topically (exploring such human experiences as disease, society and the environment) and in terms of processes (exploring human agency in developing systems of trade, migration, industrialization and urbanization). Please continue to visit this section, looking for new additions to the bibliography as it evolves.
The following sub-headings provide readers with a variety of "jumping-off points" for the study of World History:
Disease, Science, Technology and the Environment
Trade
Human Society and World Religions
Nationalism(s), Revolutions and Warfare
Migration
The World as a System / European Dominance of the System
World Society Before European Dominance
Disease, Science, Technology and the Environment
Adas, Michael. Machines as the Measure of Men: Science, Technology, and Ideologies of Western Dominance. Ithaca; 1989.
Crosby, Alfred W. The Columbian Exchange: Biological and Cultural Consequences of 1492. Westport Conn.; 1972.
------------------------Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900. Cambridge; 1986.
Diamond, Jared. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. New York; 1997.
McNeill, William H. Plagues and Peoples. New York; 1976.
Pacey, Arnold. Technology in World Civilization. Cambridge, Mass.; 1990.
Ponting, Clive. A Green History of the World: the Environment and the Collapse of Great Civilizations. New York; 1991.
Stavrianos, L.S. "Technology as a Central Theme for World History," The History Teacher, (August 1985), pp. 513-520.
Stearns, Peter. The Industrial Revolution in World History. Boulder; 1998.
White, H. Loring. A Technological Model of Global History, The History Teacher, (August 1987), pp. 497-517.
Trade
Bentley, Jerry H. Old World Encounters: Cross-Cultural Contacts and Exchanges in Pre- Modern Times. Oxford; 1993.
Curtin, Philip D. Cross-Cultural Trade in World History. Cambridge; 1984.
Kurklansky, Mark. Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World. New York; Walker & Co., 1997.
Liu, Xinru. Ancient India and Ancient China : Trade and Religious Exchanges Ad 1-600. New Delhi; 1995.
Mazumdar, Sucheta. Sugar and Society in China: Peasants, Technology and the World Market. Cambridge; Harvard East Asia Center, 1998.
Markovitz, Claude, The Global World of Indian Merchants, 1750-1947: Traders of Sind from Bukara to Panama. University of Cambridge Press, 2000.
Russell-Wood, A.J.R. The Ebb and Flow of Commodities, (Chapter IV) in A World on the Move: the Portuguese in Africa, Asia and America, 1415-1808. New York; St. Martinıs Press, 1992, pp. 123-147.
Tracy, James D., ed. The Rise of Merchant Empires: Long-Distance Trade in the Early Modern World. New York; Cambridge University Press, 1990.
Human Society and World Religions
Busse, Heribert. Islam, Judaism and Christianity: Theological and Historical Affiliations. Princeton; Markus Weiner, 1988.
Ebrey, Patricia Buckley. The Cambridge Illustrated History of China. New York; Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Foltx, Richard. Religions of the Silk Road: Overland Trade and Cultural Exchange from Antiquity to the Fifteenth Century. St. AMrtin's Press, 1999.
Fossier, Robert, ed. The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Middle Ages. New York; Cambridge University Press, 1986.
McPherson, Kenneth. The Indian Ocean: A History of People and the Sea. Delhi; Oxford University Press, 1993.
Pearson, Michael N. Pilgrimage to Mecca: The Indian Experience, 1500-1800. Princeton; Markus-Weiner, 1999.
Robinson, Francis. The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Islamic World. New York; Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Sowell, Thomas. Race and Culture. New York; Basic Books, 1994.
Nationalism(s), Revolutions and Warfare
Gandhi, Mahatma. Hind Swaraj: or, Indian Home Rule. Ahmedabad; Navajivan Publishing House, 1996 (1938).
Goldstone, Jack A. Revolutions and Rebellions in the Early Modern World. Berkeley; 1991.
Hersey, John. Hiroshima. New York; Vintage Books, 1989.
Hobsbawm, Eric. The Age of Extremes: A History of the World, 1914-1941. New York; Vintage Books, 1996.
Keegan, John. History of Warfare. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1993.
Marx, Karl and Frederick Engels. Communist Manifesto. New York; Monthly Review Press, 1998.
Popovic, Alexandre. The Revolt of the African Slaves in Iraq in the 3rd 9th century. Princeton; Markus Weiner, 1999.
Reese, Lyn. I Will Not Bow My Head: Documenting Womens Political Resistance in World History. Women in World History Curriculum Resource Project, 1030 Spruce Street, Berkeley CA, 94707.
Stearns, Peter N. Nationalisms: An Invitation to Comparative Analysis, Journal of World History, (Spring 1997), pp. 57-74.
Migration
Cohen, Robin. Global Diasporas : An Introduction. Seattle; 1997.
Manning, Patrick. Migrations of Africans to the Americas: The Impact of Africans, Africa and the New World, in The New World History: A Teacherıs Companion. Boston; St. Martinıs Press, 2000, pp. 206-221.
Sowell, Thomas. Migrations and Culture. New York; Basic Books, 1996.
Stave, Bruce M., John F. Sutherland, and Aldo Salerno. From the Old Country: An Oral History of European Migration to America. Hanover, University Press of New England, 1994.
The World as a System / European Dominance of the System
Blaut, J. M. The Colonizer's Model of the World: Geographical Diffusionism and Eurocentric History. New York; 1993.
Hodgson, Marshall G.S. The Interrelations of Societies in History, in Edmund Burke III, ed., Rethinking World History: Essays on Europe, Islam and World History. New York; Cambridge University Press, 1993, pp. 2-28.
Mintz, Sydney. Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History. New York; Penguin, 1985.
Russell-Wood, A.J.R. Transmissions of Styles, Mores and Ideas, in A World on the Move: the Portuguese in Africa, Asia and America, 1415-1808. New York; St. Martins Press, 1992, pp. 183-208.
Wolf, Eric. Europe and the People Without History. Berkeley; 1982.
World Society Before European Dominance
Abu Lughod, Janet. Before European Hegemony: the World System A.D. 1250-1350. New York; 1989.
Shaffer, Lynda. Southernization, in The New World History: A Teacherıs Companion. Boston; St. Martins Press, 2000, pp. 175-191.
III. What are some examples of a world historical approach?
In order for readers to investigate how World Historians construct their arguments, they must have a basic understanding of the methods and tools commonly used in this type of history. The following examples illustrate a variety of possible approaches to World Historical topics:
Bentley, Jerry H., Cross-Cultural Interaction and Periodization in World History, American Historical Review, vol. 101 (1996),749-70.
See also the accompanying commentary by Patrick Manning, "The Problem of Interactions in World History," American Historical Review, vol. 101 (1996), 771-82.
Blom, Ida. World History as Gender History, in The New World History: A Teachers Companion. Boston; St. Martins Press, 2000, pp. 446-461.
Christian, David. The Case for Big History, in Dunn, Ross E., ed. The New World History: A Teacherıs Companion. Boston; St. Martins Press, 2000, pp. 575-586.
Comparisons and Themes, (Chapter 8) in The New World History: A Teacherıs Companion. Boston; St. Martins Press, 2000, pp. 407-437.
White, Rodney and Dawn Harris. A Consideration of Methodology in a World History Class, Southern Social Studies Journal 17 (Spring 1992), pp. 25-32.
Wright, Donald. The World and a Very Small Place in Africa. Armonk; M.E. Sharpe, 1997.
IV. How can world history be presented to the public?
If interest and involvement in the study of World History is to grow, then an effort must be made to find ways of clearly presenting the subject to the public. The following materials illustrate an attempt to begin this process:
Davidson, Basil. Africa: The Story of a Continent video series. R.M. Arts, 1984.
Nash, Gary B., Charlotte Crabtree and Ross E. Dunn. "In the Matter of History" (Chapter I) in History on Trial: Culture Wars and the Teaching of the Past. New York; Alfred A. Knopf, 1998, pp. 3-24.
The Silk Road video series (10 volumes). New York; Central Park Media, 1990.
Tibbles, Anthony, ed. Transatlantic Slavery: Against Human Dignity. London; National Museum Galleries on Merryside, 1994.
V. How can world history be brought into the classroom?
In order to sustain the development of World History, a new generation of students both willing and able to carry on the study of World Historical topics needs to be created. The following series of lesson plans and in-class simulations, sourcebooks and primary source possibilities help students to begin exploring global themes and connections:
Teaching Units:
The Crusades from Medieval European and Muslim Perspectives. UCLA; National Center For History in the Schools, 1998.
The Industrial Revolution: A Global Event. A Simulation for Grades 9-12. UCLA; National Center For History in the Schools, 1998.
Mao and Gandhi: Alternate Paths to National Independence and Social Change. A Unit of Study for Grades 9-12. UCLA; National Center For History in the Schools, 1999.
Women at the Heart of War. UCLA; National Center For History in the Schools, 1999.
Sourcebooks:
Andrea, Alfred and James Overfield. The Human Record: Sources of Global History. 3rd edition. Houghton Mifflin, 1998.
Dunn, Ross E. Bring History Alive!: A Sourcebook for Teaching World History. UCLA; National Center For History in the Schools, 1998.
Frazee, Charles. World History: Original and Secondary Source Readings. Greenhaven, 1999.
Kishlansky, Mark. Sources of World History: Readings for World Civilization. 2nd edition. Wadsworth, 1999.
Meyer, Marc. The Search for Order: Landmarks of World Civilization. Dushkin, 1994.
Nelson, Lynn et al. The Human Perspective: Readings in World Civilization. 2nd edition. Harcourt Brace Jovanovic, 1997 (Secondary readings).
Reilly, Kevin. Worlds of History: A Comparative Reader. 4th edition. St. Martinıs Press, 1999 (Primary and secondary readings).
Roupp, Heidi ed. Teaching World History: A Resource Book. Armonk, NY; M.E. Sharpe, 1997.
Schwartz, Stuart et al. The Global Experience: Readings in World History. 2nd edition. Addison-Wesley, 1997 (Primary and secondary readings).
Stearns, Peter. World History in Documents: A Comparative Reader. New York University, 1998.
Wiesner, Merry et al. Discovering the Global Past: A Look at the Evidence. Houghton Mifflin, 1997.
Primary Source Possibilities:
Dunn, Ross E. The Adventures of Ibn Battuta: A Muslim Traveler of the 14th Century. Berkeley, 1989.
Olaudah Equiano, Robert J. Allison (Editor), The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano. Boston, Bedford Books, 1995.
Narayan, R.K. (trans). The Ramayana. New York; Viking Press, 1972.
Niane, D.T. Sundiata: an Epic of Old Mali. Essex, England; Longman, 1965.
Suggested Reading For Teachers:
Adams, Steven, Michael Adas, and Kevin Reilly, eds. World History: Selected Course Outlines and Reading Lists from American Colleges and Universities. Princeton; Markus Weiner, 1998.
Embree, Ainslie T., and Gluck, Carol, eds. Asia in Western and World History: A Guide for Teaching. Armonk; M.E. Sharpe, 1997.
Lockhard, Craig. Integrating African History into the World History Course: The Period Before 1500, World History Bulletin, (Fall/Winter 1993-94), pp. 21-31.
-------------------- `Integrating Southeast Asia into the World History Course: The Period Before 1500, The History Teacher, (November 1995) pp. 1-29.
Nash, Gary B., Charlotte Crabtree and Ross E. Dunn. History on Trial: Culture Wars and the Teaching of the Past. New York; Alfred A. Knopf, 1998.
Teaching Regions and Civilizations in World Context. (Chapter 6) and Constructing World History Programs and Curricula (Chapter 10) in Dunn, Ross E. The New World History: A Teacherıs Companion. Boston; St. Martinıs Press, 2000, pp. 289-358.
The World History Resource Center has a variety of sourcebooks, textbooks, primary sources, and other teaching materials to assist both teachers and students.
Resource Center borrowing policies.
