http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal This is a collection of peer-reviewed academic world history essays and articles. We invites and encourage anyone interested in teaching, researching, or studying world history to contribute and comment. en Copyright 2013, The College of St. Scholastica http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Civilization-and-Enlightenment:-A-Study-in-Computer-Gaming-and-History-Education,-Surveying-Student-Players-of-Civilization-IV&cat=6&art=147 Abstract This paper explores the learning and logistical outcomes of a history professor’s incorporation of a computer game into his curriculum; specifically, the introduction of the historically-themed game series Civilization IV in a university survey course on the History of the Ancient World.  The author, who had no experience working... Mon, 20 May 2013 07:50:06 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=6&art=147 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Review-of-Modern-South-Asia:-History,-Culture,-Political-Economy-by-Sugata-Bose-and-Ayesha-Jalal&cat=7&art=146 Modern South Asia: History, Culture, Political Economy . Sugata Bose and Ayesha Jalal. London: Routledge , 2011. ISBN: 9780415169516 Sugata Bose and Ayesha Jalal provide an excellent study of South Asian history in Modern South Asia: History, Culture, Political Economy. The book, now in its third edition, is a concise... Mon, 13 May 2013 07:54:19 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=7&art=146 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Call-for-Reviewers:-The-Middle-Ground-Journal:-World-History-and-Global-Studies,-Spring-2013&cat=2&art=145 Call for Reviewers: The Middle Ground Journal: World History and Global Studies The Middle Ground Journal, ( http://themiddlegroundjournal.org ) an open-access, refereed, and nonprofit journal of world history and global studies, is seeking qualified reviewers. We have approximately twenty-five items available. For a list of the available books, documentaries and... Thu, 09 May 2013 05:20:56 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=2&art=145 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Review-of-Cross-Cultural-Encounters-in-Modern-World-History-by-Jon-Thares-Davidann-and-Marc-Jason-Gilbert&cat=7&art=144 Cross-Cultural Encounters in Modern World History . Jon Thares Davidann and Marc Jason Gilbert . New York: Pearson , 2013. ISBN: 9780205532667 High school AP and college world history teachers looking for a brief but entertaining supplementary text for their classes may want to consider this innovative, accessible, and well-written... Mon, 06 May 2013 07:53:38 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=7&art=144 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=The-Middle-Ground-Journal-and-Perspectives-on-History-of-the-American-Historical-Association&cat=2&art=143 The Middle Ground Journal: World History and Global Studies , is a little bit over two years old. Its modest success is due to the generosity of our host, The College of St. Scholastica , our volunteer student interns, our volunteer editors, and all of our contributors and reviewers. This... Sat, 04 May 2013 10:59:50 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=2&art=143 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Review-of-Engaging-South-Asian-Religions:-Boundaries,-Appropriations,-and-Resistances-edited-by-Matthew-N.-Schmalz-and-Peter-Gottschalk&cat=7&art=142 Engaging South Asian Religions: Boundaries, Appropriations, and Resistances . Edited by Matthew N. Schmalz and Peter Gottschalk. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press , 2011. ISBN: 9781438433233 Critical study of any subject requires an equally critical examination of the lenses we use to interpret the world. Engaging South... Mon, 29 Apr 2013 08:01:12 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=7&art=142 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Progress-Report:-Middle-Ground-Journal-Undergraduate-Student-Interns-and-North-Star-Academy-8th-Grade-Global-Studies-Classes,-Spring-2013&cat=9&art=141 Progress Report: Middle Ground Journal Undergraduate Student Interns and North Star Academy 8th Grade Global Studies Classes, Spring 2013 By Hong-Ming Liang, Kathryn Hirsch, Marin Ekstrom, Lee Bongey, Andy Fellows, Mykhaylo Ignatenko, and Stephanie Jenson. Executive Summary Below are reflections by The Middle Ground Journal's undergraduate student interns as we... Mon, 22 Apr 2013 07:18:11 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=9&art=141 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Review-of-Decolonization-and-Its-Impact:-A-Comparative-Approach-to-the-End-of-the-Colonial-Empires-by-Martin-Shipway&cat=7&art=140 Decolonization and Its Impact: A Comparative Approach to the End of the Colonial Empires . Martin Shipway. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing , 2008. ISBN: 9780631199687 To explain the process of decolonization in one nation is a difficult task. To describe clearly the patterns to be found in decolonization across the globe... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 08:34:10 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=7&art=140 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Review-of-African-Slavery-in-Latin-America-and-the-Caribbean-Second-Edition-by-Herbert-S.-Klein-and-Ben-Vinson-III&cat=7&art=139 African Slavery in Latin America and the Caribbean . Herbert S. Klein and Ben Vinson III. 2nd Edition. New York, NY: Oxford University Press , 2007. ISBN: 9780195189421   When constructing the themes for world and Latin American history courses, instructors consistently return to the subject of slavery. For world... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 08:21:51 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=7&art=139 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Agents-of-Change-or-Victims-of-Empire?-Native-Converts-to-Christianity&cat=6&art=138 Introduction As European imperialism spread around the globe, following Iberian journeys to the Americas and Asia in the 1490s, occupants of these newly accessible lands encountered Christian missionaries in growing numbers. Christianity already existed in some of these places, while elsewhere people heard the Gospel for the first time. In... Mon, 01 Apr 2013 07:15:58 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=6&art=138 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Review-of-Dreams-and-Visions-in-Islamic-Societies-edited-by-Ozgen-Felek-and-Alexander-D.-Knysh&cat=7&art=137 Dreams and Visions in Islamic Societies . Edited by Ozgen Felek and Alexander D. Knysh. Albany: NY: State University of New York Press , 2012. ISBN: 9781438439938 This essay is a part of our new series, Graduate Students and The Middle Ground Journal -- for more information, please see HERE... Mon, 25 Mar 2013 07:53:37 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=7&art=137 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Review-of-A-History-of-State-and-Religion-in-India-by-Ian-Copland,-Ian-Mabbett,-Asim-Roy,-Kate-Brittlebank,-and-Adam-Bowles&cat=7&art=136 A History of State and Religion in India . Ian Copland, Ian Mabbett, Asim Roy, Kate Brittlebank, and Adam Bowles. New York: Routledge , 2012. ISBN: 9780415580663 This essay is a part of our new series, Graduate Students and The Middle Ground Journal -- for more information, please see HERE... Mon, 18 Mar 2013 07:57:31 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=7&art=136 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Review-of-The-Decolonized-Eye:-Filipino-American-Art-and-Performance-by-Sarita-Echavez-See&cat=7&art=135 The Decolonized Eye: Filipino American Art and Performance . Sarita Echavez See. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press , 2009. ISBN: 9780816653195 This essay is a part of our new series, Graduate Students and The Middle Ground Journal -- for more information, please see HERE . In the growing body of... Mon, 11 Mar 2013 08:09:47 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=7&art=135 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=NERWHA-Autumn-Symposium:-Hispanic-America-in-World-History,-26-OCTOBER-2013&cat=1&art=134 "Hispanic America in World History," featuring a keynote address by Felipe Fernández-Armesto, William P. Reynolds Professor of History, University of Notre Dame, will be the theme of the New England Regional World History Association’s 2013 Fall Symposium, Saturday, 26 October 2013, 9:00 AM-4:00 PM, at the Dudley H. Davis Center,... Wed, 06 Mar 2013 05:20:01 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=1&art=134 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Review-of-Frontier-Forts-of-Iowa:-Indians,-Traders,-and-Soldiers,-1682-1862,-edited-by-William-E.-Whittaker&cat=7&art=133 Frontier Forts of Iowa: Indians, Traders, and Soldiers, 1682-1862 . William E. Whittaker, ed. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press , 2009. ISBN 1587298317 This essay is a part of our new series, Graduate Students and The Middle Ground Journal -- for more information, please see HERE . Frontier Forts... Mon, 04 Mar 2013 08:10:50 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=7&art=133 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=New-Issue,-New-Editors,-New-Outreach---The-Middle-Ground-Journal,-Issue-Number-6,-Spring-2013&cat=2&art=132 The Middle Ground Journal: World History and Global Studies marks an important moment this week. For the first time since our establishment in 2010, we have transitioned from limited, brief runs to a journal with a weekly publishing schedule. This has resulted in a significant increase in workload for our... Mon, 04 Mar 2013 07:50:40 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=2&art=132 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Review-of-China-in-World-History-by-Paul-S.-Ropp&cat=7&art=131 China in World History . Paul S. Ropp. Oxford: Oxford University Press , 2010. ISBN: 9780195381955   China’s meteoric rise over the last three decades has alternately provoked admiration, alarm, and awe.  Indeed, it appears to be primed to play a major role in global affairs throughout the twenty-first century. ... Mon, 25 Feb 2013 04:05:33 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=7&art=131 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Review-of-Encounters-with-Witchcraft:-Field-Notes-from-Africa-by-Norman-N.-Miller&cat=7&art=130 Encounters with Witchcraft: Field Notes from Africa . Norman N. Miller. Albany: State University of New York Press , 2012. ISBN: 9781438443584 The death of European geologist William Hanning intrigued African specialist Norman H. Miller. In 1960, as Miller arrived in East Africa, he read an article about the geologist... Mon, 18 Feb 2013 07:40:22 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=7&art=130 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Announcing-the-publication-of-World-History-Connected,-Vol.-10-no.-1-issue,-February-2013&cat=1&art=129 Announcing the publication of World History Connected , Vol. 10 no. 1 issue, February 2013 “Travelers and Traveler’s Accounts in World History” are the subjects of World History Connected's February 2013 Forum section, in which leading scholars of travel-related historical literature, both global and regional, such as Michael Fisher, offer... Sun, 17 Feb 2013 05:04:28 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=1&art=129 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Review-of-New-Terrains-in-Southeast-Asian-History-by-Abu-Talib-Ahmad-and-Tan-Liok-Ee&cat=7&art=128 New Terrains in Southeast Asian History . By Abu Talib Ahmad and Tan Liok Ee. Athens, Ohio: Center for International Studies, Ohio University Press . 2003. ISBN: 0896802280 After Orientalism  and the nation-state narrative, what is next for writing history in the Southeast Asian region? New Terrains in Southeast Asian... Mon, 11 Feb 2013 07:06:24 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=7&art=128 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Call-for-Participation:-The-WHA-and-NCSS&cat=1&art=127 A message from World History Association (WHA) president Marc J. Gilbert and James Diskant, chair of the WHA Teaching Committee. Please offer any suggestion to improve the call of or volunteer to join this effort!   The World History Association is interested in promoting world history-related activities at the National... Tue, 05 Feb 2013 04:48:06 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=1&art=127 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Examining-Spiraled-Elementary-Curricula-on-Columbus:-A-Case-Study-&cat=6&art=126 Abstract: Educators’ content background and use of accurate, age-appropriate teaching materials generates quality teaching.  Content in every grade level should supplement content from previous grades in a spiraled format.  State test results on students’ math and reading indicate, but do not prove, the presence of these two presumptions.  Because history... Mon, 04 Feb 2013 09:03:16 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=6&art=126 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Review-of-Screening-Morocco:-Contemporary-Film-in-a-Changing-Society-by-Valerie-K.-Orlando&cat=7&art=125 Screening Morocco: Contemporary Film in a Changing Society . Valerie K. Orlando. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press , 2011. ISBN: 9780896802810 What is ‘Third Cinema?’ This central question at the heart of Orlando’s book, Screening Morocco, is complicated by several issues.  Beginning in the 1960s, this loosely-named film movement is... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 05:12:02 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=7&art=125 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Conference-Report:-A-Culture-of-Congeniality-and-Collaboration,-3rd-Annual-MWWHA-Conference,-Grand-Valley-State-University,-2012&cat=1&art=124 Editor's Note: As you read this report of the MWWHA's 2012 conference, please consider becoming a member of the MWWHA, and please attend our 2013 Conference. For more information, please see HERE . The Middle Ground Journal and the MWWHA also encourage all to become members of The World History... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 07:19:09 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=1&art=124 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Review-of-City,-Country,-Empire:-Landscapes-in-Environmental-History,-edited-by-Jeffry-M.-Diefendorf-and-Kurk-Dorsey&cat=7&art=123 City, Country, Empire: Landscapes in Environmental History . Jeffry M. Diefendorf and Kurk Dorsey, eds. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press , 2005. ISBN: 9780822958765 City, Country, Empire: Landscapes in Environmental History is an intriguing collection that grew out of a 2001 conference at the University of New Hampshire. That gathering... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 06:28:25 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=7&art=123 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Mid-Year-Progress-Report:-Middle-Ground-Journal-Undergraduate-Student-Interns-and-North-Star-Academy-8th-Grade-Global-Studies-Classes,-Fall-2012&cat=9&art=122 Abstract: Under the tutelage of our host teachers, Ms. Smith and Ms. Heins, and with the leadership of lead student intern Kathryn Hirsch and a core of dedicated undergraduate student volunteers, the cooperative program with the North Star Academy eighth grade global studies classes have progressed steadily. Five of our... Mon, 14 Jan 2013 07:05:13 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=9&art=122 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Review-Essay:-Someone-Elses-Empire:-European-Colonialisms-in-South-East-Asia,-1800-to-1914&cat=7&art=121 To the last and the largest Empire, To the map that is half unrolled. —Rudyard Kipling, The Native Born This paper is a synopsis of my current research, which explores the European colonial experience in South East Asia through a comparative examination of previously unpublished documents produced by colonial personnel... Mon, 07 Jan 2013 09:07:41 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=7&art=121 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=CFP:-The-22nd-Annual-World-History-Association-conference-at-North-Hennepin-Community-College-(NHCC)---Minneapolis,-Minnesota-(June-26-29,-2013)&cat=1&art=117 From: Maryanne Rhett, WHA Program Committee Chair/H-World Co-Editor, Monmouth University   mrhett (at) monmouth.edu   Happy New Year!  The WHA program committee is pleased to extend the deadline for the upcoming WHA conference at North Hennepin Community College to February 28, 2013. Please feel free to forward this Call for... Sun, 06 Jan 2013 10:38:50 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=1&art=117 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Review-of-Africa-and-the-West:-A-Documentary-History,-Volume-2:-From-Colonialism-to-Independence,-1875-to-the-Present,-Second-Edition-by-William-H.-Worger,-Nancy-L.-Clark-and-Edward-A.-Alpers&cat=7&art=116 Africa and the West: A Documentary History, Volume 2: From Colonialism to Independence , 1875 to the Present, Second Edition. William H. Worger, Nancy L. Clark and Edward A. Alpers, editors. New York: Oxford University Press , 2010. ISBN: 9780195373134   In the second edition of the documentary compilation Africa... Mon, 31 Dec 2012 05:30:57 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=7&art=116 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=(WHA)-Symposium-in-Taiwan-on-Taiwan-in-World-History&cat=1&art=115 From:   Winston Welch, The World History Association, thewha@hawaii.edu   The WHA will have a symposium in Taiwan on "Taiwan in World History" in  early December 2013.  Our host university, the Research Center for  Humanities and Social Sciences, National Chiao Tung University, is offering  to create a visiting professor/resident scholar position... Fri, 28 Dec 2012 09:38:51 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=1&art=115 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Review-of-Documentary:-Robert-Mugabe-...-What-Happened?-by-Simon-Bright&cat=7&art=114 “Robert Mugabe…What Happened?” a film by Simon Bright, Cinema Guild, 2011.  ISBN: 0781514029. See also: http://cinemaguild.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=TCGS&Product_Code=2416 This powerful documentary is really two films in one.  It’s a political history of Zimbabwe from its formation in 1980 on the ashes of Rhodesia, Britain’s breakaway former colony.  This history is told through... Mon, 24 Dec 2012 07:52:56 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=7&art=114 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=CFA:-The-Middle-Ground-Journal-Ongoing-Thematic-Forum-on-The-Border-in-the-Classroom----Approaches-to-Border-Studies&cat=1&art=113 The Middle Ground Journal: World History and Global Studies Thematic Forum on “The Border in the Classroom: Approaches to Border Studies” CALL FOR JOURNAL ARTICLES Guest Editors: Benita Heiskanen and Andrae Marak This thematic forum of The Middle Ground Journal: World History and Global Studies will explore the multiple meanings... Mon, 17 Dec 2012 11:11:44 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=1&art=113 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Review-of-Japan-in-World-History-by-James-L.-Huffman&cat=7&art=112 Japan in World History . James L. Huffman. New York: Oxford University Press , 2010. ISBN: 9780195368086 James Huffman begins and ends his book with a reference to the Sun Goddess Amaterasu, mythological progenitor of the Imperial line from the mists of prehistory. The first reference at the beginning of... Mon, 17 Dec 2012 08:01:00 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=7&art=112 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=WHA-CFP:-Empire,-Faith-and-Conflict&cat=1&art=111 Empire, Faith & Conflict Symposium, Fremantle, Australia, 3 – 5 October 2013 The University of Notre Dame Australia is proud to host the 2013 symposium "Empire, Faith and Conflict," 3-5 October 2013.  The event is part of the World History Association Symposia program and will be held in partnership with... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 10:59:39 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=1&art=111 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Review-of-Bonds-of-Alliance:-Indigenous-and-Atlantic-Slaveries-in-New-France-by-Brett-Rushforth&cat=7&art=110 Bonds of Alliance: Indigenous and Atlantic Slaveries in New France . Brett Rushforth. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press , 2012. ISBN: 9780807835586 Brett Rushforth’s Bonds of Alliance: Indigenous and Atlantic Slaveries in New France is a comparative history that examines the magnitude of 17th and 18th century slavery... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 08:00:26 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=7&art=110 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=The-Beginning-of-Two-Crises:-the-Jewish-Immigration-and-the-Partition-of-Palestine-in-1937&cat=5&art=109 Abstract This study examines the relationship between two European powers : Nazi Germany and Great Britain and two main elements of the Palestinian Question before 1948: Zionism and Palestinian Nationalism. It explores German policy, particularly the Ha’arava Agreements, toward two major Palestinian crises that began in 1936. These crises were... Mon, 03 Dec 2012 07:43:31 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=5&art=109 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Review-of-This-Violent-Empire:-The-Birth-of-an-American-National-Identity-by-Carroll-Smith-Rosenberg&cat=7&art=108 This Violent Empire: The Birth of an American National Identity Carroll Smith-Rosenberg.  Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press , 2010.  ISBN  9780807872710      It should have become abundantly clear in the years since 9/11 that the imperialist violence highly characteristic of the Bush era – from preemptive war... Mon, 26 Nov 2012 08:06:04 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=7&art=108 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Review-of-The-Japanese-Occupation-of-Borneo,-1941-1945-by-Ooi-Keat-Gin&cat=7&art=107 The Japanese Occupation of Borneo, 1941-1945 . Gin, Ooi Keat. London: Routledge , 2011. ISBN 978-0-415-45663-0 (hbk); 978-0-203-85054-1 (ebk). Because few historian-scholars and students hitherto have given much Schrift to the role of the Japanese Empire in Southeast Asia, the Occupation of both British Borneo – Brunei, Sarawak and North... Mon, 19 Nov 2012 07:48:47 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=7&art=107 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Review-of-Trans-Saharan-Africa-in-World-History-by-Ralph-A.-Austen&cat=7&art=106 Trans-Saharan Africa in World History . Ralph A. Austen. New York: Oxford University Press , 2010. ISBN 0195337883 The desert comes alive in Ralph A. Austen’s Trans-Saharan Africa in World History, as over a thousand years of vibrant trade and commerce in trans-Saharan Africa are carefully chronicled and explained. The... Mon, 12 Nov 2012 05:20:38 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=7&art=106 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Global-History:-Teaching-Colonial-North-America&cat=6&art=105 Abstract: Courses on colonial North America are world history courses.  This article discusses some of the parameters used in developing and teaching this course and the ways world history narratives continue to fall short when it comes to this era of history. Key Words: Teaching, colonial North America   One... Mon, 05 Nov 2012 05:29:34 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=6&art=105 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Review-of-Documentary:-The-Warriors-of-Qiugang,-by-Ruby-Yang-and-Thomas-Lennon&cat=7&art=104 Documentary: The Warriors of Qiugang, Director: Ruby Yang, Writer: Thomas Lennon. 2010, 39 minutes. See also, http://www.warriorsofqiugang.com/en/1AboutFilm.html The Warriors of Qiugang, a stark and powerful 39-minute documentary, offers an excellent introduction to some of China’s gravest issues, one that would be extremely helpful to students of modern China.  With no... Mon, 29 Oct 2012 04:04:52 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=7&art=104 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Review-of-Pachakutik-and-the-Rise-and-Decline-of-the-Ecuadorian-Indigenous-Movement-by-Kenneth-J.-Mijeski-and-Scott-H.-Beck&cat=7&art=103 Pachakutik and the Rise and Decline of the Ecuadorian Indigenous Movement . Kenneth J. Mijeski and Scott H. Beck. Athens: Ohio University Press , 2011. ISBN 0896802809 This slim volume tells the story of Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement-New Country (a.k.a. Pachakutik), the political arm of a social movement coalition formed... Mon, 22 Oct 2012 09:10:17 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=7&art=103 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Review-of-Small-Town-China:-Rural-Labor-and-Social-Inclusion-by-Beatriz-Carrillo&cat=7&art=102 Small Town China: Rural Labor and Social Inclusion . Beatriz Carrillo. New York: Routledge , 2011. 212 pp. ISBN 978-0-415-60023-1 China is a society in the midst of transformation. One of the most visible and studied aspects of this transformation is the large scale migration of workers from the rural... Mon, 15 Oct 2012 03:58:38 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=7&art=102 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Review-of-Black-Political-Activism-and-the-Cuban-Republic-by-Melina-Pappademos&cat=7&art=101 Black Political Activism and the Cuban Republic . By Melina Pappademos. Chapel Hill, N.C.: The University of North Carolina Press , 2011. 978-0-807-83490-9 Melina Pappademos’s work is intended as a corrective to the influential body of literature that explores the intersection of race, nationalism, and political mobilization in twentieth century... Mon, 08 Oct 2012 03:47:05 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=7&art=101 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=The-New-Imperial-History:-A-Pedagogical-Approach&cat=6&art=100 Students of British imperial history will, no doubt, be familiar with the notion of the “New Imperial History,” an historiographic tradition that argues for the synergy between Britain’s domestic and imperial histories.  As Kathleen Wilson suggests in the introduction to her edited volume A New Imperial History: Culture, Identity, and... Mon, 01 Oct 2012 05:02:47 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=6&art=100 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Call-for-Proposals---Conflict-and-Peace-in-World-History-4th-Annual-Conference-of-the-Midwest-World-History-Association&cat=1&art=99 Call for Proposals - Conflict and Peace in World History 4th Annual Conference of the Midwest World History Association  27-29 September 2013, Wittenberg University (Springfield, Ohio)   The Midwest World History Association is happy to announce a call for paper, poster, panel, roundtable, and workshop proposals for its annual conference... Mon, 24 Sep 2012 06:32:34 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=1&art=99 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Review-of-In-the-Shadow-of-Slavery:-Africas-Botanical-Legacy-in-the-Atlantic-World-by-Judith-A.-Carney-and-Richard-Nicholas-Rosomoff&cat=7&art=98 In the Shadow of Slavery: Africa’s Botanical Legacy in the Atlantic World .  By Judith A. Carney and Richard Nicholas Rosomoff. Berkeley: University of California Press , 2009. ISBN: 978-0-520-25750-4  When I lived in Mexico City in 1999-2000, one of my greatest joys was drinking agua de Jamaica (hibiscus tea)... Mon, 24 Sep 2012 03:35:47 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=7&art=98 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Review-of-The-Islamic-World-system:-a-Study-in-Polity-market-Interaction-by-Masudul-Alam-Choudhury&cat=7&art=94 The Islamic World-system: a Study in Polity-market Interaction . Masudul Alam Choudhury. London: Routledge Curzon , 2004.  ISBN 978-0-415-61315-6   Masdul Alam Choudhury is a professor of economics at Sultan Qaboos University, in Oman, where a number of scholars are working on economic models that operate through a Shuratic process,... Mon, 17 Sep 2012 07:07:31 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=7&art=94 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Cooperative-Agreement-and-Call-for-Papers:-North-American-Taiwan-Studies-Association-(NATSA)-19th-Annual-Conference&cat=2&art=93 The Middle Ground Journal: World History and Global Studies , is pleased to announce its continued cooperative efforts with the North American Taiwan Studies Association (NATSA). We invite you to help forward NATSA's call for papers below to all who may wish to contribute. We also continue to seek creative... Sat, 15 Sep 2012 11:48:43 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=2&art=93 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Vietnamese-Print-Culture-and-the-Making-of-Contemporary-America:-From-Giai-Pham-Nhan-Van-to-Khe-Iem&cat=6&art=92 Abstract: While extensive scholarship, popular novels, and films have been devoted to the conflict in Vietnam, by comparison, significantly fewer works have focused on the connections between literary and intellectual movements in Vietnam and the United States in combination with their relevance to contemporary policy. Through an examination of primary... Mon, 10 Sep 2012 06:32:51 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=6&art=92 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=The-22nd-Annual-World-History-Association-conference-at-North-Hennepin-Community-College-June-26-29,-2013&cat=1&art=89 From: Maryanne Rhett WHA Program Committee Chair/H-World Co-Editor Monmouth University mrhett@monmouth.edu The 22nd Annual World History Association conference at North Hennepin Community College (NHCC) - Minneapolis, Minnesota (June 26-29, 2013) Call for Papers Deadline: January 15, 2013 This year's conference themes are: "Diasporas and Refugees in World History" and "Roads,... Fri, 07 Sep 2012 01:20:36 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=1&art=89 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Social-and-Cultural-Change-on-the-Jesuit-Missions-of-Paraguay-and-the-Chiquitos-Mission-Frontier&cat=5&art=88 A key element of the Jesuit mission program on the frontiers of Spanish America was to recast the social structure, religion and world view, and work habits of the different native groups congregated on the missions. The goal was to create stable politically autonomous sedentary native communities on the model... Tue, 04 Sep 2012 04:14:33 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=5&art=88 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=The-Middle-Ground-Journal,-2011-to-2012&cat=2&art=87 The Middle Ground Journal, 2011-2012. Prepared by Hong-Ming Liang, Chief Editor. Assistant Professor of History and Politics, The College of St. Scholastica, Duluth, MN. Special thanks to Professor Paul Jentz for presenting this summary to the 2012 World History Association (WHA) Executive Committee Meeting, and to the 2012 Midwest World... Tue, 26 Jun 2012 06:36:51 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=2&art=87 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=The-Middle-Ground-Journal-Call-for-Submissions-and-Reviewers&cat=2&art=86 *Note: The Middle Ground Journal will be on hiatus until September, 2012. Our editors and student interns will be hard at work during this period, and you may continue to reach the journal at HLIANG (at) CSS.EDU .... Happy summer! HML* The Middle Ground Journal: Call for Submissions (4.0) and... Tue, 26 Jun 2012 06:30:21 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=2&art=86 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Review-of-The-Horse,-the-Wheel-and-Language:-How-Bronze-Age-Riders-from-the-Eurasian-Steppes-Shaped-the-Modern-World-by-David-W.-Anthony&cat=7&art=85 The Horse, the Wheel and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World . David W. Anthony. Princeton: Princeton University Press , 2007. ISBN 978-0691058870.   A traditional, but perhaps unfair, saying is that when archaeologists find a new shard or other object they rush to... Mon, 25 Jun 2012 07:10:48 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=7&art=85 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Welcome-to-the-WHA-2012-Albuquerque-Conference&cat=1&art=84 Dear WHA 2012 Albuquerque Conference Attendee,   We will welcome you to the conference in a week and wanted to confirm some conference details for your final planning purposes.  Please take a moment to read the entire email carefully.   The conference venues, times, panel information, hotel information, transportation, tours,... Sat, 23 Jun 2012 10:03:29 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=1&art=84 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Column---In-the-Trenches:-Teaching-Teachers&cat=6&art=81 We know that teaching teachers is a tough challenge- we are a tough crowd!  But we also know that teachers are life-long learners, so they also must play the role of student regularly.  AP (Advanced Placement) Institutes takes experienced secondary teachers and prepares them to teach college level courses, write... Fri, 22 Jun 2012 07:16:04 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=6&art=81 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=A-Response-to-Edward-L.-Farmer-How-Comparison-Led-Me-to-World-History-and-Globalization&cat=5&art=79 A Response to Edward L. Farmer's How Comparison Led Me to World History and Globalization Global networks of communication and personalized communication devices, their forms and capabilities changing and morphing almost, daily, have erased barriers of time and space that formerly separated us.  Physical borders still exist, national identities still... Thu, 21 Jun 2012 07:18:38 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=5&art=79 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=The-Middle-Ground-Journal:-Call-for-Submissions-4.0&cat=2&art=78 The Middle Ground Journal is an open-access, refereed publication. Everyone, no matter where you teach, research and study, is warmly invited to contribute. The middle ground is the common space shared between teachers and students, between research and teaching, among all levels and types of places of learning, and among... Tue, 29 May 2012 06:28:34 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=2&art=78 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Review-of-The-Silk-Road-in-World-History-by-Xinru-Liu&cat=7&art=77 The Silk Road in World History . Xinru Liu. New York: Oxford University Press , 2010. ISBN 978-0-19-533810-2 This book more than more exemplifies the themes underlying Oxford University Press’ New Oxford World History series: presenting comprehensive histories of the local , the regional and the national while emphasizing their links... Tue, 29 May 2012 05:57:19 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=7&art=77 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=A-Survey-of-World-History-Studies:-Theory,-Methodology-and-Networks&cat=6&art=76 Today the terms world, global, and transnational appear ubiquitously across historical and social science literature. In a brief survey, one can find a course in world history covering “everything” from 1500 to the present, a global history of migration, a transnational history of 1968 protests or a globalized look at... Mon, 14 May 2012 04:14:19 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=6&art=76 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Call-for-Papers:-Third-Annual-Midwest-World-History-Association-Conference&cat=1&art=75 The deadline for paper and panel proposals is May 30 for the 3rd Annual Conference of the Midwest World History Association 2 - 5 August at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Also, if you would like to join any of the following three panels that are currently... Thu, 10 May 2012 10:55:36 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=1&art=75 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Middle-Ground-Journal:-Call-for-Reviewers-1.2&cat=2&art=74 Call for reviewers 1.2 May 2012 The Middle Ground Journal, a refereed and open-access journal of world history and global studies, is seeking qualified reviewers. Graduate students, K-12 teachers, independent scholars and professors are warmly welcomed. We currently have approximately thirty items available. Next call will take place during the... Tue, 08 May 2012 08:29:34 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=2&art=74 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Review-of-After-the-Fact:-The-Art-of-Historical-Detection-(6th-edition)-by-James-West-Davidson-and-Mark-Hamilton-Lytle&cat=7&art=73 After the Fact: The Art of Historical Detection 6th edition. James West Davidson and Mark Hamilton Lytle. New York: McGraw-Hill , 2010. ISBN 9780073385489   Those familiar with Davidson and Lytle’s long-time classic, After the Fact: The Art of Historical Detection, will find that the latest, 2010 edition has significant... Mon, 30 Apr 2012 04:15:30 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=7&art=73 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Globalizing-the-Great-Man:-Teaching-the-Legacy-of-Alexander-the-Great-from-an-International-Perspective&cat=6&art=72 In the twenty-three centuries since his death, Alexander of Macedon has come to hold a prominent place in the Western canon, symbolizing for some the military hero personified while others view his legacy as a tragic tale of greatness lost amidst self-indulgence and megalomania.  In more recent decades, world historians... Mon, 16 Apr 2012 04:04:22 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=6&art=72 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=2012-MWWHA-Conference-Registration-Open&cat=1&art=68 2012 MWWHA Conference Registration Open Registration now open for the 3rd Annual Midwest World History Association Conference, August 2 - 5 at Grand Valley State University in Michigan! Please visit: http://www.mwwha.org/2012_Conference.html The MWWHA keynote address for the 2012 conference will be presented by Dr. Lawrence Gundersen, environmental historian for the... Fri, 06 Apr 2012 01:17:00 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=1&art=68 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Review-of-Technology:-a-World-History,-by-Daniel-Headrick-&cat=7&art=67 Review of Daniel Headrick’s Technology: a World History ( Oxford University Press , 2010) offers students of history a comparative and global approach to thinking about the role of technology in the development of human communities.  This is a slim book – 179 pages that are jam packed with details. ... Mon, 02 Apr 2012 05:13:00 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=7&art=67 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Middle-Ground-Journal:-Call-for-Reviewers&cat=2&art=66 The Middle Ground Journal, a refereed journal of world history and global studies, is seeking qualified reviewers. Independent scholars, graduate students, K-12 teachers, and professors are warmly welcomed. For a list of the available books please visit: http://faculty.css.edu/hliang/Middle%20Ground%20Journal.html The reviews are due twelve weeks after the receipt of the book.... Fri, 30 Mar 2012 08:30:30 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=2&art=66 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Review-of-Cambodian-American-Experiences:-Histories,-Communities,-Cultures,-and-Identities,-edited-by-Jonathan-H.X.-Lee&cat=7&art=65 Review of Cambodian American Experiences: Histories, Communities, Cultures, and Identities .  Edited by Jonathan H.X. Lee.  Dubuque: Kendall Hunt Publishing Company , 2010.  484 pages including text and annotated videography; accompanied with a Study Guide, 136 pages.  Cambodian Americans are dark, dirty, poor, pitiful, hopeless, and helpless victims of the... Mon, 19 Mar 2012 08:31:46 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=7&art=65 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=The-William-and-Edwyna-Gilbert-Award-Award-for-Articles-on-History-Teaching&cat=1&art=64 March 06, 2012 The William and Edwyna Gilbert Award Award for Articles on History Teaching The American Historical Association is pleased to announce the expansion of the William Gilbert Award   for the Best Article on History Teaching. Starting this year, the award will be conferred annually and the winning... Wed, 07 Mar 2012 12:25:41 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=1&art=64 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Creating-Critical-Thinking-in-World-History-Surveys:-Innovations-With-Primary-Sources,-Film,-and-the-Internet&cat=6&art=63 In most colleges and universities, a World History survey course is an essential part of the liberal arts curriculum.  It is the belief by many colleges and universities that a student taking one or two world history courses (as well as other parts of a core curriculum) would be challenged... Mon, 05 Mar 2012 04:31:47 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=6&art=63 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Sowers-of-Discord,-Agents-of-Decline:-Demons-in-World-History&cat=5&art=62 In the early 1580s, the Mughal ruler Jalal al-Din Muhammad Akbar brought to his court scholars from many of the religious traditions followed in the Mughal Empire, building for them the Ibadat Khana (“House of Worship”), where they could discuss their beliefs and practices in front of the emperor. These... Mon, 27 Feb 2012 04:31:27 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=5&art=62 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=February-Issue-of-World-History-Connected&cat=1&art=61 The February issue of WHC is out now featuring an overview of Resurgent Asia, a simulation ("The Trial of Chinggis Khan"), Captain Jack Sparrow as a vehicle to teach global piracy and other efforts to re-conceptualize Asia.   Announcing the February 2012 issue of World History Connected: Re-Conceptualizing Asia in... Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:25:00 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=1&art=61 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=A-Message-From-the-Founding-President-of-the-Midwest-World-History-Association-(MWWHA)-Paul-Jentz&cat=1&art=60 This is my last report as president of the Midwest World History Association. It has been a great honor and a wonderful experience to have served as president these last two years, but it is now time for the second MWWHA administration to take the reins. The affiliate is going... Mon, 19 Dec 2011 07:08:54 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=1&art=60 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=The-Postwar-Return-of-Eugenics-and-the-Dialectics-of-Scientific-Practice-in-China&cat=5&art=59 Abstract In communist China, the return of eugenics, together with the one-child policy since the 1980s, was to reverse Mao Zedong’s policy of population expansion in order to supply manual labor for productivity. This article explores Chinese geneticists who survived the anti-Rightist campaigns and the Cultural Revolution, reinvented themselves and... Tue, 06 Dec 2011 04:25:56 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=5&art=59 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Call-for-Papers---Third-Annual-MWWHA-Conference,-The-Reshaping-of-Planet-Earth&cat=1&art=58 CALL FOR PAPERS Third Annual Midwest World History Association Conference Theme: "The Reshaping of Planet Earth: Connections Between Humans and the Environment in World History" Proposal submission deadline: March 15, 2012 Grand Valley State University Allendale, Michigan 2 - 5 August 2012 The Midwest World History Association (MWWHA), an affiliate... Tue, 22 Nov 2011 05:59:06 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=1&art=58 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=The-Good,-the-Bad,-and-It-is-Only-Going-to-Get-Uglier---Looking-at-the-New-Texas-State-Standards-in-World-History&cat=6&art=57 Abstract This article looks at the World History portion of the recently adopted Texas state standards by noting some of the positive aspects, the discussion of certain content not found in other states, and the negative aspects, how implementation could portray an overly Eurocentric view.  This discussion is framed with... Mon, 21 Nov 2011 04:37:24 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=6&art=57 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Review-of-Faith-Misplaced:-The-Broken-Promise-of-U.S.-Arab-Relations:-1820-2001,-by-Ussama-Makdisi&cat=7&art=53 Ussama Makdisi’s Faith Misplaced: The Broken Promise of U.S.—Arab Relations: 1820-2001 provides critical insights into how the United States and the “Arab World” have encountered each other over the last two centuries, offering historicized answers to the question, “Why do they hate us?”  Makdisi seeks to contextualize contemporary American and... Mon, 07 Nov 2011 03:53:05 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=7&art=53 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Propaganda-and-the-21st-Century-Student&cat=6&art=52 This short piece provides a way of thinking about the Enlightenment’s legacy and the strength of modern propaganda in order to enable world history teachers to use these themes in their classes, both for teaching history and for helping students to reflect on their own lives. The authors provide background... Mon, 24 Oct 2011 06:47:15 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=6&art=52 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=From-the-Chief-Editor,-Fall-2011&cat=2&art=51 From the Chief Editor, Fall 2011 A few weeks ago someone asked why my Google Calendar is blocked off from 3:45 AM to 9:00 AM every day. That is the time that I use to work for The Middle Ground Journal, before classes and other tasks. Many of the editors... Mon, 10 Oct 2011 09:02:40 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=2&art=51 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Review-of-The-Environment-in-World-History,-by-Stephen-Mosley&cat=7&art=50 Review of The Environment in World History . By Stephen Mosley. New York: Routledge , 2010. 126pp., $29.95. In redesigning a course on modern world history at my university, I took on the rather quixotic idea to structure the class along thematic lines. I framed the course within the frameworks... Mon, 10 Oct 2011 04:16:43 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=7&art=50 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=The-Windmill-of-Slavery:-The-British-and-Foreign-Antislavery-Society-and-Bonded-Labor-in-East-Africa-&cat=5&art=48 Traditionally, scholars of British initiative against slavery and the slave trade have focused more upon the Caribbean and the trans Atlantic slave trade but have devoted less attention to British endeavors in other non Western parts of the world.   For example, the historian Howard Temperley’s much cited book, British AntiSlavery,... Mon, 26 Sep 2011 05:06:09 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=5&art=48 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Beefing-Up-the-'Thin-Gruel'---The-World-History-Survey-with-Comparative-Case-Studies&cat=5&art=47 I was drawn to world history as a graduate student at the University of Minnesota where I had the great fortune of working with Professor Edward L. Farmer, an early innovator in the realm of comparative approaches to studying and teaching world history. I am forever indebted to Ted for... Mon, 19 Sep 2011 05:16:12 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=5&art=47 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Teaching-the-Emergence-of-the-Islamic-World-through-Art-and-Architecture:-A-Lesson-in-Cross-Cultural-Exchange-&cat=6&art=46 Teaching the Emergence of the Islamic World through Art and Architecture: A Lesson in Cross-Cultural Exchange [Figure 1] Frequently in the world history classroom we teach the emergence of the Islamic World and the expanding dar al-Islam via dramatic maps and dates of the “Arab Conquest.”   [Figure 2] Yet such... Mon, 12 Sep 2011 06:43:46 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=6&art=46 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=A-Comment-on-Edward-Farmer's-Reflections&cat=5&art=45 Edward Farmer offered some very flattering views on my essay and my career, for which I am grateful. His comments are especially appreciated coming from a scholar of Farmer’s stature and accomplishments. In his interesting reflections on his own career and how he became a world historian Farmer reveals some... Wed, 08 Jun 2011 06:21:31 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=5&art=45 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=CALL-FOR-SUBMISSIONS-The-Middle-Ground-Journal&cat=2&art=44 The Middle Ground (ISSN: 2155-1103) is a peer-reviewed journal for everyone with an interest in world history. All students of world history, no matter where we teach, research and study, are warmly invited to contribute. The middle ground is the common space shared between teachers and students, between research and... Wed, 08 Jun 2011 06:07:30 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=2&art=44 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=From-Border-Crossing-to-Middle-Ground:-A-Response-to-Professor-Lockard's-Last-Lecture&cat=5&art=43 ABSTRACT: In response to the theme of border crossing proposed by Professor Craig Lockard in his “Crossing Borders: Disciplines, Cultures and Histories,” the author considers her own intellectual and professional “border crossings” and suggests the theme of “middle ground” as a prompt for furthering world historical research, teaching, and professional... Wed, 08 Jun 2011 06:01:21 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=5&art=43 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Mourning-an-Empire?-Looking-at-the-legacy-of-the-Estado-da-India&cat=5&art=42 Abstract: The Legacy of the Estado da India The Portuguese arrived in India in 1498; yet there are few apparent traces of their presence today, ‘colonialism’ being equated almost wholly with the English. Yet traces of Portugal linger ineradicably on the west coast; a possible basis for a cordial re-engagement... Fri, 06 May 2011 06:45:19 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=5&art=42 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Cooperative-agreement-between-The-Middle-Ground-Journal-and-the-North-American-Taiwan-Studies-Association's-(NATSA)-2011-Conference&cat=2&art=41 The Middle Ground Journal is pleased to announce a cooperative agreement with the North American Taiwan Studies Association's (NATSA) 2011 Conference. As a part of our ongoing efforts to seek the middle ground between different areas of historical and global studies, the journal has reached an agreement with the 2011... Wed, 04 May 2011 07:37:44 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=2&art=41 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Tremors-in-the-Web-of-Trade:-Complexity,-Connectivity-and-Criticality-in-the-Mid-Eighth-Century-Eurasian-World-&cat=5&art=40 Abstract: Events within a fifteen-year period in mid-eighth century Eurasia included the Abbasid revolution, An Lu-shan’s Rebellion in Tang China, and the collapse or emergence of empires from Frankish Europe to Tibet to the kingdom of Srivajaya. Rather than study these events in isolation, this paper views the interconnected peoples... Mon, 02 May 2011 04:06:13 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=5&art=40 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Review-of-Societies,-Networks,-and-Transitions:-A-Global-History.-2nd-ed.-by-Craig-A.-Lockard&cat=7&art=39 Societies, Networks, and Transitions: A Global History. 2nd ed ., by Craig A. Lockard. Boston: Wadsworth , 2011. 1120 pages. ISBN-10: 143908520X  ISBN-13: 9781439085202  The first thing that strikes a reader about the new edition of Craig Lockard’s world history textbook are the maps, both in a short introductory geography... Mon, 25 Apr 2011 04:00:50 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=7&art=39 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Cooperative-Agreement-Between-the-2011-Midwest-Conference-on-Asian-Affairs-and-The-Middle-Ground-Journal&cat=2&art=38 The Middle Ground Journal is pleased to announce a cooperative agreement with the Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs's (MCAA) 2011 Conference. As a part of our ongoing efforts to seek the middle ground between different areas of historical and global studies, the journal has reached an agreement with Professor Arjun... Sun, 17 Apr 2011 08:08:06 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=2&art=38 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Review-of-Empires-of-the-Atlantic-World:-Britain-and-Spain-in-America,-1492-1830,-by-J.H.-Elliott&cat=7&art=37 Empires of the Atlantic World: Britain and Spain in America, 1492-1830 , by J.H. Elliott. New Haven and London: Yale University Press , 2006. 546 pp. ISBN 0-300-11431-1   The act of comparison has a long history, as a useful tool for understanding and also as a rationale for intolerance.... Mon, 11 Apr 2011 03:53:26 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=7&art=37 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=From-the-President-of-the-World-History-Association:-Why-Join-the-World-History-Association?&cat=1&art=36 Benefits of Membership Subscriptions to WHA publications Diverse membership: K-12, community college, four-year college, and university faculty, students, and independent scholars. Eligibility for the different prize competitions sponsored by the WHA. Deeply discounted registration fees at its annual conferences and symposia. One of the least expensive memberships in the profession... Fri, 01 Apr 2011 09:12:17 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=1&art=36 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=The-Middle-Ground-Journal:-Student-Ambassador-Program&cat=2&art=35 College and advanced high-school students are invited to volunteer to become ambassadors on behalf of the Middle Ground Journal. This is a unique leadership opportunity for students, particularly those interested in a career in teaching and research. Ambassadors will participate and help coordinate the complex relationships between research, publication, and... Wed, 30 Mar 2011 06:28:18 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=2&art=35 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Teaching-the-Middle-East:-A-New-Online-Resource-for-Educators-&cat=6&art=33 Teaching the Middle East: A Resource for Educators is a new Web site created by three University of Chicago partners: the Oriental Institute, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies and the eCUIP Digital Library Project. The goal of Teaching the Middle East: A Resource for Educators is to provide teachers... Mon, 28 Mar 2011 06:25:17 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=6&art=33 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Column---In-the-Trenches:-Public-Education-Under-Attack--A-Response-to-Waiting-for-Superman&cat=6&art=32 Is there no one left to defend public education?   The attacks grow more ferocious, as the blood is in the political water, so to speak.  Who will defend the purveyor of nascent democratic ideals, the socializing force of the rough American prairie frontiers, the facilitator of public, open-minded controversial discussion,... Mon, 07 Mar 2011 04:08:16 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=6&art=32 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Call-for-Papers:-2011-Midwest-World-History-Association-Conference&cat=1&art=31 Second Annual Midwest World History Association Conference Theme: “Harmony and Discord: Making Connections in World History” 16-18 September 2011, Alverno College, Milwaukee, WI Held in conjunction with the sixth annual Alverno College World Music Festival, Global Union at Humboldt Park, Milwaukee, WI The Midwest World History Association, an affiliate of... Wed, 23 Feb 2011 12:19:07 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=1&art=31 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Thoughts-On-How-History-Teachers-Can-Positively-Impact-Student-Race-Relations&cat=6&art=30 As a recent graduate of Metropolitan State University, Minnesota, I look back over my years as a history major and see a missed opportunity by several history departments (I have attended four colleges and universities) to foster better race relations between white students and black, and the teachers of world... Fri, 18 Feb 2011 03:56:17 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=6&art=30 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=A-Message-from-the-President-of-the-Midwest-World-History-Association-for-Issue-Number-2-Spring-2011&cat=1&art=29 The launch of our second issue opens an exciting new chapter for Middle Ground Journal, and the same kind of energy and dedication that went into the inaugural issue last fall has successfully produced this far more ambitious and very fine-looking Spring 2011 issue. With this issue, chief editor Hong-Ming... Thu, 17 Feb 2011 06:00:44 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=1&art=29 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Collaboration-Would-Be-Wonderful:-a-Response-to-Edward-L.-Farmer's-'How-Comparison-Led-Me-to-World-History-and-Globalization'&cat=5&art=28 I have always loved a good biography, so Dr. Farmer’s “How Comparison Led Me to World History and Globalization” was a delight.  Having had a fairly convoluted career path myself, I appreciate a complex life with lots of twists and turns.  For one thing, it’s so historical.  And I especially... Thu, 17 Feb 2011 08:53:56 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=5&art=28 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=How-Comparison-Led-Me-to-World-History-and-Globalization&cat=5&art=27 This essay was inspired by Craig A. Lockard’s “Crossing Borders: Disciplines, Cultures, and Histories.” It reflects how the author’s perspective has changed over a career of university teaching and research in Chinese, Asian, and world history. It describes a comparative approach to the study and teaching of global history.  ... Wed, 16 Feb 2011 04:55:30 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=5&art=27 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Related-Links&cat=8&art=26 The Middle Ground Journal: World History and Global Studies (ISSN: 2155-1103), is an open-access, refereed and nonprofit journal housed at The College of St. Scholastica and published by the Midwest World History Association, an affiliate of the World History Association. We do not charge fees of any type to authors,... Tue, 08 Feb 2011 01:38:19 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=8&art=26 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Digital-Approaches-to-Teaching-World-History&cat=6&art=25 Can web 2.0 tools enhance students’ understanding of historical concepts? Do digital natives really want more technology in the classroom? This article covers a world history research project, including the learning goals, free digital tools used, student responses, and lessons learned for the next version of the assignment.   The... Tue, 08 Feb 2011 12:07:48 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=6&art=25 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=CROSSING-BORDERS:-DISCIPLINES,-CULTURES,-AND-HISTORIES:-A-roundtable-series-initiated-by-Professors-Craig-Lockard-and-Edward-Farmer-&cat=5&art=23 We gratefully acknowledge the generosity of Professor Lockard, who not only contributed the keynote article for this roundtable, but also expended considerable time and energy responding to the other contributors. Professor Edward Farmer's equally generous and thoughtful article in response to Professor Lockard's essay will serve as the keynote to... Sun, 06 Feb 2011 12:00:00 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=5&art=23 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=A-Message-from-the-President-of-the-Midwest-World-History-Association&cat=1&art=22 The Middle Ground exists only because of the energy and dedication of its chief editor and of its editorial staff. Hong-Ming Liang as chief editor brings to The Middle Ground his expertise in the history of Chinese intellectual journals, an invaluable background that assures this journal’s integrity and vision. The... Sun, 06 Feb 2011 12:00:00 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=1&art=22 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=The-Difference-of-Freedom:-A-Response-to-Craig-Lockard's-Essay,-Crossing-Borders-for-the-Inaugural-Issue-of-the-Middle-Ground-Journal&cat=5&art=21 The freedom to be lords of our own tiny skull-sized kingdoms, alone at the center of all creation. This kind of freedom has much to recommend it. But of course there are all different kinds of freedom, and the kind that is most precious you will not hear much talked... Sun, 06 Feb 2011 12:00:00 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=5&art=21 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name='Beyond-Borders?':-Response-to-Lockard,-Crossing-Borders:-Disciplines,-Cultures,-and-Histories&cat=5&art=20 Edited by Jeanne E. Grant  It was with great interest that I read Dr. Lockard's case for various kinds of border crossing as a means to facilitate student and faculty engagement in the world around them. As Lockard's career with one University of Wisconsin comprehensive university ends, mine has just... Sun, 06 Feb 2011 12:00:00 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=5&art=20 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=In-Response-to-Professor-Craig-Lockard's-'Last-Lecture'&cat=5&art=18 Edited by Jeanne E. Grant It was a pleasure to read Professor Lockard's essay and reflect on the central points of his "last lecture," Crossing Borders: Disciplines, Cultures, and Histories. It is wonderful that Paul Jentz and Liang Hong-Ming decided to request responses to Lockard's piece for inclusion in the... Sun, 06 Feb 2011 12:00:00 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=5&art=18 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Afterthoughts-on-Crossing-Borders&cat=5&art=17 It is quite gratifying that my musings in the Last Lecture prompted the editors to seek responses from a few of my fellow world history teachers and scholars. I appreciate their mostly generous appraisals of my work and delighted that they found the essay thought-provoking enough to engage with some... Sun, 06 Feb 2011 12:00:00 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=5&art=17 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Review-of-Empires-in-World-History:-Power-and-the-Politics-of-Difference,-by-Jane-Burbank-and-Frederick-Cooper&cat=7&art=16 Empires in World History: Power and the Politics of Difference . By Jane Burbank and Frederick Cooper. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press , 2010. 511 pp. + maps and illustrations. $35.00 (hardcover).   Although we live in a world of some two hundred nation-states - each of which flaunts... Sun, 06 Feb 2011 12:00:00 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=7&art=16 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Submission-Guidelines&cat=4&art=15 Publishers should send all books for review, clearly marked "for The Middle Ground Journal," to: Professor Hong-Ming Liang, The Middle Ground Journal, History, The College of St. Scholastica, Duluth, MN 55811, USA ***** The Middle Ground Journal Submission Guidelines The Middle Ground Journal: World History and Global Studies (ISSN: 2155-1103),... Sun, 06 Feb 2011 12:00:00 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=4&art=15 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name='Students-Without-Borders':-Building-on-Students'-Experiences&cat=5&art=14 A Response to "Crossing Borders: Disciplines, Cultures, and Histories" by Dr. Craig A. Lockard, UWGB Dr. Lockard has provided us with much to ruminate not least of which is how to teach students of world history to navigate the border crossings he has outlined.  World history surveys involve teaching wide... Sat, 05 Feb 2011 12:00:00 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=5&art=14 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Review-of-The-Horse-in-Human-History-by-Pita-Kelekna&cat=7&art=13 The Horse in Human History. By Pita Kelekna. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press , 2009.. 460 pages. $99.00 (hardcover) $27.99 (paperback). Pita Kelekna provides a masterful statement regarding current archeological, anthropological, and historical understanding of the increasing complexity of early equestrian cultures and of the worldwide rise of importance of the... Sat, 05 Feb 2011 12:00:00 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=7&art=13 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Column---In-the-Trenches-of-Public-Education&cat=6&art=12 [Edited by the author] No employee of the public school systems in the U.S. can escape the hovering shadow of the "No Child Left Behind" legislation, the updated "Race to the Top" competition and the limited educational reform funds of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, while struggling with increasingly... Sat, 05 Feb 2011 12:00:00 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=6&art=12 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Crossing-Borders:-Disciplines,-Cultures,-and-Histories*&cat=5&art=11 Based on the author’s long career as a university teacher and scholar, this essay discusses how interdisciplinarity, studying other cultures, and learning world history offer paths and insights to help us as teachers and our students to better understand the multicultural, globalized, and rapidly changing world we live in.     ... Fri, 04 Feb 2011 12:00:00 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=5&art=11 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=Editorial-Staff&cat=3&art=10 The Middle Ground Journal: World History and Global Studies (ISSN: 2155-1103), is an open-access, refereed and nonprofit journal housed at The College of St. Scholastica and published by the Midwest World History Association, an affiliate of the World History Association. We do not charge fees of any type to authors,... Fri, 04 Feb 2011 12:00:00 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=3&art=10 http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?name=From-the-Editor&cat=2&art=9 Less than a year ago, the Midwest World History Association (MWWHA) was founded. The editing team of this journal has had even less time to begin the process of staffing, recruitment, outreach and editing. I am delighted to report that in this short time we have had submissions and serious... Thu, 03 Feb 2011 12:00:00 CST http://www2.css.edu/app/depts/his/historyjournal/index.cfm?cat=2&art=9