A Brief History of the World, I-III -- 223

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1、ABriefHistoryoftheWorldPartIProfessorPeterN.StearnsTHETEACHINGCOMPANY®PeterN.Stearns,Ph.D.ProvostandProfessorofHistory,GeorgeMasonUniversityPeterN.StearnsisProvostandProfessorofHistoryatGeorgeMasonUniversity,whereheannuallyteachesaworldhistorycourseforundergraduat

2、es.HepreviouslytaughtattheUniversityofChicago,Rutgers,andCarnegieMellonandwastrainedatHarvardUniversity.WhileatCarnegieMellon,ProfessorStearnswontheSmithawardforteachingintheCollegeofHumanitiesandSocialSciencesandtheSpencerawardforexcellenceinuniversityteaching.He

3、hasworkedextensivelyfortheAdvancedPlacementprogramandchairedthecommitteethatdevisedandimplementedtheAPworldhistorycourse(1996–2006).ProfessorStearnswasVicePresidentoftheAmericanHistoricalAssociation,headingitsTeachingDivisionfrom1995to1998.Healsofoundedandstilledi

4、tstheJournalofSocialHistory.TrainedinEuropeansocialhistory,ProfessorStearnshasauthoredawidearrayofbooksandarticles(onbothEuropeandtheUnitedStates)onsuchsubjectsasemotions,childrearing,dietingandobesity,oldage,andwork.Hehasalsowrittenwidelyinworldhistory,authoringt

5、wotextbooksthathavegonethroughmultipleeditions.HeeditedthesixtheditionoftheEncyclopediaofWorldHistoryandiscurrentlyeditinganEncyclopediaofModernWorldHistory.Hehaswrittenseveralthematicstudiesinworldhistory,includingTheIndustrialndRevolutioninWorldHistory(2ed.,West

6、view,1998),GenderinWorldndndHistory(2ed.,Routledge,2006),ConsumerisminWorldHistory(2ed.,Routledge,2006),WesternCivilizationinWorldHistory(Routledge,2003),andChildhoodinWorldHistory(Routledge,2005).HisbookGlobalOutrage:TheEvolutionandImpactofWorldOpinion(OneWorld)a

7、ppearedin2005,andhiscurrentinterestinusinghistorytounderstandcontemporarypatternsofbehaviorisillustratedinAmericanFear(Routledge,2006).ProfessorStearnswas“converted”toworldhistorymorethantwodecadesagoandhastaughtitannuallysincethen,firstatCarnegieMellonandcurrentl

8、yatGeorgeMason.Hebelievesthattheframeworkofworldhistoryallowshimtolearnagreatdealabouttheworldwithoutdegeneratingintorandomdetailandhelpshisstudentstobe