HY 150 BISK
DECISIVE YEARS
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McNEILL
THE HUMAN COMMUNITY

CHAPTER 21:
THE DECISIVE YEARS 1850 to 1865

INTRODUCTION
The Breakdown of Traditional Social Order (544)
Europe’s Irresistible Impact (545)
Europe’s Civilized Rivals (546)
China (546)
Islam (546)
Japan and India (546)
The Crimean War and its Consequences (547)
Russian Reaction to Defeat (549)
Attempts at Social Reform (549)
The Lady with the Lamp (550)
The Consequences of Ottoman Victory (552)
Moslem Reform (552)
Ottoman Sovereignty (553)
Reforms in India (554)
Collapse of the Far Eastern Citadels (557)
China (557)
Japan (560)
Civil War in the United States (563)
The Rest of the World (564)
Latin America (566)
Conclusion (566)
Bibliography (566)

JOURNAL 6 QUESTIONS

Read the material above and McNeill, The Human Community: The Decisive Years 1850 to 1865
1. Describe the breakdown of the traditional social order in Europe and beyond.
2. Describe the causes, course, and consequences of the Crimean War and evaluate the effect of the war on Russia’s government.
3. Compare and contrast China’s and Japan’s response to western influence for the period of 1850 to 1865.

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