Contributor
Mitchell, Joseph R.
Imprint:Guilford, CT : McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, c2002-
Descriptionv. ; 23-24 cm.
Note:Editors, 1st ed.- : Joseph R Mitchell and Helen Buss Mitchell.
Note:v. 1: The ancient world: Did homo sapiens originate in Africa? ; Were the Aryans responsible for the demise of the Indus Valley civilization? ; Was Egyptian Civilization African? ; Was Sumerian Civilization exclusively male dominated? ; Does Alexander the Great merit his exalted historical reputation? ; Did Christianity liberate women? - The Medieval/Renaissance Worlds: Did same-sex unions exist in Medieval Europe? ; Were environmental factors responsible for the collapse of Maya Civilization? ; Were the Crusades primarily motivated by religious factors? ; Does the Modern University have its roots in the Islamic World? ; Did women and men benefit equally from the renaissance? ; Was Zen Buddhism the primary shaper of the Warrior Code of the Japanese Samurai? - The Premodern World: Were Christopher Columbus's [sic] New World discoveries a positive force in the development of World History? ; Was China's worldview responsible for its failure to continue its commercial and maritime efforts during the Ming Dynasty? ; Did Martin Luther's reform improve the lives of European Christians? ; Were European witch-hunts misogynistic? ; Was the Scientific Revolution revolutionary? ; Did the West define the Modern World?v. 2: The modern world: Did the Industrial Revolution lead to a Sexual Revolution? ; Was the French revolution worth its human costs? ; Did British policy decisions cause the mass emigration and land reforms that followed the Irish Potato Famine? ; Did the Meiji Restoration constitute a revolution in Nineteenth-Century Japan? ; Were economic factors primarily responsible for British Imperialism? ; Were indigenous sex workers in the British Empire always powerless? - The Early Twentieth Century: Were environmental factors and their psychological effect on Chinese Society responsible for the Boxer Rebellion? ; Were German Militarism and diplomacy responsible for World War I? ; Did the Bolshevik Revolution Improve the lives of Soviet women? ; Was German 'Eliminationist Antisemitism' responsible for the Holocaust? ; Should Emperor Hirohito have been held responsible for Japan's World War II actions? ; Was Stalin responsible for the Cold War? - The Contemporary World: Are Chinese Confucianism and Western Capitalism compatible? ; Does Islamic Revivalism challenge a stable World Order? ; Are Africa's leaders responsible for the continent's current problems? ; Were ethnic leaders responsible for the death of Yugoslavia? ; Will the European Economic and Monetary Union increase the potential for transatlantic conflict? ; Do the roots of modern terrorism lie in political powerlessness, economic hopelessness, and social alienation?
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
