World tensions and ways of dealing wiht them -- Developing an understanding of world affairs / Howard R. Anderson -- World tensions: roots and causes / Ryland W. Crary -- Economic realities / Clarence W. Sorensen -- Nations cooperate / Donald G. Bishop -- Ways of living in the modern world -- The United States and world affairs / Fred Harvey Harrington -- Latin America -- Preston E. James -- Western Europe / Geoffrey Bruun -- Central-Eastern Europe / Joseph S. Roucek -- Perspective in studying Russian history / Anatole G. Mazour -- China / George B. Cressey -- East and southeast Asia / Justus M. van der Kroef -- India and Pakistan / T. Walter Wallbank -- The Islamic world / Mehdi Nakosteen -- Africa -- Section one: resources and change / Donald R. Petterson -- Section two: Africa in today's world / Cornelis W. de Kiewiet -- Great Britain and the commonwealth of nations / Goldwin Smith -- Suggestions for teaching an understanding of world affairs -- Developing international understanding in the elementary school / Loretta Klee Schell -- Developing international understanding in the secondary school -- Developing international understanding in the first two years of college -- Developing world-minded teachers / Leonard S. Kenworthy -- Practices in other lands / Herbert J. Abraham -- History instruction and international understanding: the problem of international textbook improvement / Georg Eckert -- The improvement of instructional materials / Merrill F. Hartshorn.