Community College of Denver: History 


Western Civilization 2



 

Text Book


A History of World Societies 5/e, 2000, McKay, Butler, Hill and Ebrey, New York, Houghton Mifflin.

World Civilizations Students' Resource Center

Primary Sources in Western Civilization from Houghton Mifflin Company

Authors

John P. McKay, professor of history at the University of Illinois, received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1968. Author of three books, he won the Herbert Baxter Adams Award from the American Historical Association with his Pioneers for Profit. He is a Senior Fulbright Fellow and recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship.

Bennett D. Hill, formerly chairman and professor of history at the University of Illinois, received his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1963. He has taught at the University of Maryland and is now a visiting Professor at Georgetown University. He has published two books and many journal articles.

John Buckler, professor of history at the University of Illinois, earned his doctorate at Harvard University in 1973. He has published numerous journal articles and written a monograph, The Theban Hegemony, published by the Harvard University Press.

Patricia Ebrey, a noted historian who specializes in Asian history.



Primary Sources

Table of Contents

Note: Each chapter includes a Summary, Notes, and Suggested Reading.


Primary Sources


Cortés on the Aztecs: Two Letters to Charles V
Chapter: 14, 16
Date: 1521
Author: Hernando Cortés
Description: Letters/Sociological Observations

The Council of Trent and Catholic Reformation
Chapter: 15, 16
Date: 1563
Author: Acts of the Council of Trent
Description: Church Decrees

The Book Of Descriptions Of Countries
Chapter: 16
Date: 1340
Author: Francesco Pegolotti
Description: Merchant Handbook

15th-Century Slave Trade: 
The Portuguese in West Africa

Chapter: 16
Date: 1455-1456
Author: Alvise da Cadamosto
Description: Account

Columbus Announces His Discovery
Chapter: 16
Date: 1493
Author: Christopher Columbus
Description: Letter/Sociological Observations

History and Description of Africa
Chapter: 16, 20
Date: 1526
Author: Leo Africanus
Description: Sociological Observations

Galileo Discovers the Moons of Jupiter
Chapter: 18
Date: 1610
Author: Galileo Galilei
Description: Astromomical Study

An Eyewitness Describes
 the Slave Trade in Guinea

Chapter: 20
Date: c. 1700
Author: Captain Willem Bosman
Description: First-hand Account

An African Slave Relates His First Impressions Upon Boarding a Slave Ship
Chapter: 20
Date: 1793
Author: Olaudah Equiano
Description: Memoir/First-hand Account

Declaration of Independence
Chapter: 23
Date: 1776
Author: Thomas Jefferson
Description: Political Declaration

What Is the Third Estate?
Chapter: 23
Date: 1789
Author: Abbé Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès
Description: Polemical Pamphlet

The Wealth of Nations
Chapter: 24, 25
Date: 1776
Author: Adam Smith
Description: Economic Theory

Czech Nationalism Finds a Literary Outlet
Chapter: 25, 26
Date: 1855
Author: Bozena Nemcova
Description: Fiction

The 'Poet Laureate of Empire' 
Issues a Word of Warning

Chapter: 27
Date: 1897
Author: Rudyard Kipling
Description: Poem

An Indian Nationalist Condemns the British Empire
Chapter: 27
Date: 1920
Author: Sarojini Naidu
Description: Speech

A Black Revolutionary Leader in Haiti: 
Toussaint L'Ouverture

Chapter: 28
Date: 1797
Author: François Dominique Toussaint L'Ouverture
Description: Political Declaration

The Mexican View of the War
Chapter: 28, 29
Date: 1850
Author: Ramon Alvarez et al.
Description: Historical Account

The Fourteen Points
Chapter: 29
Date: 1918
Author: Woodrow Wilson
Description: Diplomatic Guidelines

The Centerpiece of Nazi Racial Legislation: 
The Nuremberg Laws

Chapter: 32
Date: 1935
Author: Nazi German Government
Description: Law

Third World Advocate Decries 
Colonized Peoples' Loss of Identity

Chapter: 33, 34
Date: 1952
Author: Frantz Fanon
Description: Socio-political Commentary

The Helsinki Final Act: Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms Enunciated
Chapter: 33
Date: 1975
Author: Helsinki Conference on European Security
Description: International Accord

The Gulf War
Chapter: 36
Date: 1990
Author: George Bush
Description: Political Speech/Policy