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Become a more sophisticated thinker with THINKING CRITICALLY, which
teaches you a surefire process for developing the thinking
abilities you need for academic and career success. First, you'll
build your confidence by learning and practicing basic skills
related to your personal experiences. Next, you'll progress to the
types of reasoning skills required for abstract contexts -- such as
your academic courses. Activities and writing assignments invite
your active participation and prompt you and your peers to
critically examine each other's thinking. Thought-provoking and
current readings from a wide variety of thinkers engage you in
thinking about complex issues from different perspectives. Along
the way, monitor your own progress as a critical thinker with
self-assessment activities.
With the closure of the overland Silk Road in the fourteenth
century following the collapse of the Mongol empire, the Indian
Ocean provided the remaining vital link for wider cultural,
political, and societal integrations prior to the Western colonial
presence. Collectively, these studies explore the history of
non-metropolitan urban settings c. 1400-1800 in the Indian Ocean
realm, from the Ottoman Empire and the African coastline at the
mouth of the Red Sea in the west to China in the east. This was an
age of heightened international commercial exchange that pre-dated
the European arrival, which in the Indian Ocean paired Islamic
expansionism and political authority, and, alternately, in the case
of mainland Southeast Asia, partnered Buddhism with new
centralizing monarchies. While grounded in multi-disciplinary urban
studies literature, the twelve studies in this collection explore
secondary center networking, as this networking distinguishes
secondary cities from metropolitan centers, which have
traditionally received the most scholarly attention. The book
features the research of international scholars, whose work
addresses the representative history of small cities and urban
networking in various parts of the Indian Ocean world in an era of
change, allowing them the opportunity to compare approaches,
methods, and sources in the hopes of discovering common features as
well as notable differences. This volume is the result of a 2007
conference on "The Small City in Global Context," hosted by the
Center for Middletown Studies at Ball State University, Muncie,
Indiana, intended to expand the field of urban studies by
encouraging scholars of diverse global interests and
specializations to explore the history of non-metropolitan urban
settings.
With the closure of the overland Silk Road in the fourteenth
century following the collapse of the Mongol empire, the Indian
Ocean provided the remaining vital link for wider cultural,
political, and societal integrations prior to the Western colonial
presence. Collectively, these studies explore the history of
non-metropolitan urban settings c. 1400-1800 in the Indian Ocean
realm, from the Ottoman Empire and the African coastline at the
mouth of the Red Sea in the west to China in the east. This was an
age of heightened international commercial exchange that pre-dated
the European arrival, which in the Indian Ocean paired Islamic
expansionism and political authority, and, alternately, in the case
of mainland Southeast Asia, partnered Buddhism with new
centralizing monarchies. While grounded in multi-disciplinary urban
studies literature, the twelve studies in this collection explore
secondary center networking, as this networking distinguishes
secondary cities from metropolitan centers, which have
traditionally received the most scholarly attention. The book
features the research of international scholars, whose work
addresses the representative history of small cities and urban
networking in various parts of the Indian Ocean world in an era of
change, allowing them the opportunity to compare approaches,
methods, and sources in the hopes of discovering common features as
well as notable differences. This volume is the result of a 2007
conference on 'The Small City in Global Context, ' hosted by the
Center for Middletown Studies at Ball State University, Muncie,
Indiana, intended to expand the field of urban studies by
encouraging scholars of diverse global interests and
specializations to explore the history of non-metropolitan urban
settings.
THINKING CRITICALLY helps students become sophisticated thinkers by
teaching the fundamental cognitive process that allows them to
develop the higher-order thinking abilities needed for academic
study and career success. The text compels students to use their
intellect to think critically about subjects drawn from academic
disciplines, contemporary issues, and their life experiences. The
text begins with basic skills related to personal experience and
then carefully progresses to the more sophisticated reasoning
skills required for abstract, academic contexts. Each chapter
provides an overview of an aspect of critical thinking, such as
problem-solving, perception, and the nature of beliefs. Thinking
Activities, thematic boxes, and writing assignments encourage
active participation and prompt students to critically examine
others' thinking, as well as their own. Thought-provoking and
current readings from a wide variety of thinkers get students to
think about complex issues from different perspectives. Each
chapter ends with self-assessment activities that help students
monitor their own progress as critical thinkers.
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