William Woodruff

Biographic Data

ID1068188
NAMEWilliam Woodruff
GIVEN NAMESWilliam
FAMILY NAMEWoodruff
SIGNATUREWOODRUFF W
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Florida
ORCID0000-0002-1962-3836
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS44
TOTAL CITATIONS11
WORKS AS AUTHOR44
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1951
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • Racial Preferences

    William Woodruff, William A WoodruffARTICLEAcademic Questions2025

    The Supreme Court decision in SFFA v. Harvard (2023), which declared the use of racial preferences in college admissions unconstitutional, did not directly apply to the military service academies. The SFFA then sued the Naval Academy for its racial preferences and lost in district court. William A. Woodruff explains why the judge in the district court case, Richard Bennett, was mistaken for showing deference to the judgement of military leaders

  • Clinical Legal Education - eine Option für die deutsche Juristenausbildung?

    Andreas Bücker, William Woodruff et al.ARTICLEJuristenZeitung2008

    »Vielmehr bietet [der Kommentar] auf höchstem Niveau eine substantielle Auseinandersetzung mit den Hintergründen, den Zusammenhängen, der Theorie und der Praxis des Grundgesetzes. Besseres lässt sich von einem Verfassungskommentar nicht sagen.“ Herbert Günther Staaatsanzeiger für das Land Hessen 2018 (50), 1494–1495

  • A Concise History of the Modern World

    Open AccessWilliam Woodruff, William H WoodruffBOOKConcise History of the Modern…2002

    By investigating the major changes of world history during the past five hundred years, this book provides the necessary global perspective to understand the geopolitical and geoeconomic changes facin

  • ‘White Peril’ in the East

    Open AccessWilliam WoodruffCHAPTERConcise History of the Modern…2002

    Although western traders and evangelists had been banished from Japan and China in earlier centuries, the people of East Asia deceived themselves in believing that western expansion in the Orient had been halted. In the eighteenth century western traders continued to demand the right to trade where they wished and on equal terms (an idea inconceivable to the Chinese mind). Britain was determined to obtain commercial access to the Chinese market, …

  • The Impact of Western Man

    Open AccessWilliam WoodruffCHAPTERConcise History of the Modern…2002

    The importance of Christopher Columbus is not that he discovered America. America had been discovered long before 1492. 1 His importance lies in the fact that he began a process whereby western man extended his influence across the entire earth. By the end of the eighteenth century — whether in the cause of God, greed or glory — most of the world’s seas and coastlines had been explored by Europeans; the first stages of western colonialism and glo…

  • The Expansion of the American Empires

    Open AccessWilliam Woodruff, William H WoodruffCHAPTERConcise History of the Modern…2002

    Although Columbus’ discovery of America in 1492 is a landmark in the history of the human race, he went to his grave convinced that what he had found were islands off the landmass of Asia. His four voyages (1492, 1493, 1498 and 1502) did nothing to dissuade him. 1 Not until 1513 when Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1475–1519) set eyes on the Pacific (the whole of which he claimed for the king of Spain) did the Europeans realize their error. By then, the s…

  • Africa

    Open AccessWilliam Woodruff, William H WoodruffCHAPTERConcise History of the Modern…2002

    For the non-African, Africa is the ambiguous continent. Since paleolithic times it has sustained human life; some paleontologists believe it is where human life began. From at least 1500 Africa has been an integral part of world history. Until the nineteenth century it remained largely divided, diverse, tribal, remote, insular and oriented (where it was oriented to the outside world at all) either towards the Mediterranean or the Indian Ocean. Th…

  • The Decolonization of Africa

    Open AccessWilliam Woodruff, William H WoodruffCHAPTERConcise History of the Modern…2002

    The declaration of principles by Churchill and Roosevelt in the Atlantic Charter in 1941, with its promise of self-determination and self-government for all, heralded the end of European colonialism in Africa. 1 As the Second World War progressed, a new generation of black leaders intent on securing self-rule emerged out of the native resistance movements. Among them were Kwame Nkrumah (1909–72) of the Gold Coast, Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906–2001…

  • A Concise History of the Modern World

    Open AccessWilliam WoodruffBOOKA Concise History of the Modern…1998

    By investigating the major changes in world history during the past five hundred years, Woodruff explains to what extent world forces have been responsible for shaping both the past and the present. T

  • Concise History of the Modern World

    William WoodruffBOOKConcise History of the Modern World1998

  • The Impact of Western Man

    William WoodruffCHAPTERA Concise History of the Modern…1998

    The importance of Christopher Columbus is not that he discov­ered America. America had been discovered long before 1492.1 His importance lies in the fact that he began a process whereby western man extended his influence across the entire earth. By the end of the eighteenth century — whether in the cause of God, greed or glory — most of the world’s seas and coastlines had been explored by Europeans; the first stages of western colonialism and glo…

  • Africa

    William WoodruffCHAPTERA Concise History of the Modern…1998

    For the non-African, Africa is the ambiguous continent. Since paleolithic times it has sustained human life; some paleontolo­gists believe it is where human life began. From at least 1500 Africa has been an integral part of world history. Until the nine­teenth century it remained largely divided, diverse, tribal, remote, insular and oriented (where it was oriented to the outside world at all) either towards the Mediterranean or the Indian Ocean.

  • ‘White Peril’ in the East

    William WoodruffCHAPTERA Concise History of the Modern…1998

    Although western traders and evangelists had been banished from Japan and China in earlier centuries, the people of East Asia deceived themselves in believing that western expansion in the Orient had been halted. In the eighteenth century western trad­ers continued to demand the right to trade where they wished and on equal terms (an idea inconceivable to the Chinese mind). Britain was determined to obtain commercial access to the Chinese market,…

  • The Decolonization of Africa

    William WoodruffCHAPTERA Concise History of the Modern…1998

    The First World War strengthened the native African resistance movements;’ the Second World War provided the opportunity to achieve success. The declaration of principles by Churchill and Roosevelt in the Atlantic Charter in 1941, with its promise of self-determination and self-government for all, brought new hope. As the Second World War progressed, there emerged a new genera­tion of black leaders intent on obtaining self-rule. Among them were K…

  • A Concise History of the Modern World

    Open AccessWilliam Woodruff, William H WoodruffBOOKA Concise History of the Modern…1993

    In an ever-shrinking world, the need for a global perspective in dealing with the modern world has become acute. This book attempts to provide such a perspective by investigating the major changes in

  • Concise History of the Modern World

    William WoodruffBOOKConcise History of the Modern World1993

  • The Rise of the West

    William Woodruff, William H WoodruffCHAPTERA Concise History of the Modern…1993

    Whatever the importance of Asia before 1500, the modern world was created not in the East but in the West. Christopher Columbus’ journey to the New World and Vasco da Gama’s rounding of the Cape were the forerunners of a movement which culminated in the triumph of Europe’s power in the world. How such a relatively undistinguished group of Europeans ever came to lay claim to the entire world is one of the riddles of the past.

  • “White Peril” in the East

    William WoodruffCHAPTERA Concise History of the Modern…1993

    In 1515 a group of Portuguese traders and buccaneers — Arab, Persian, and Indian sea-traders had long preceded them — appeared off the southern Chinese coast. In 1543 a group of Portuguese merchants, bound from Indonesia to China, were blown off course and shipwrecked at Tanegashima, an island off Kyushu, the southern island of Japan. By the mid-sixteenth century, the Chinese government having forbidden its subjects to trade directly with Japan, …

  • The Impact of Western Man

    William WoodruffCHAPTERA Concise History of the Modern…1993

    The importance of Christopher Columbus is not that he discovered America. America had been discovered long before 1492. Columbus’ importance lies in the fact that he began a process whereby Western man extended his influence across the entire earth. By the end of the eighteenth century most of the world’s seas and coastlines had been explored by Europeans. The first stages of global integration had been completed (see Map III).

  • The Expansion of the American Empires

    William Woodruff, William H WoodruffCHAPTERA Concise History of the Modern…1993

    Columbus’ discovery of America in 1492 opened a dramatic chapter in the history of the human race. The discovery of the New World was fortuitous. In 1506 Columbus went to his grave convinced that what he had found were islands off the landmass of Asia. Not until 1513 when Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1475–1517) set eyes on the Pacific (the whole of which he claimed for the king of Spain) did the Europeans realize their error. By then, the southern half…

  • Origin of our Times

    William WoodruffCHAPTERA Concise History of the Modern…1993

    The purpose of this book is to provide an overview of world history from ad 1500 to the present. In a global age the need for historical understanding is both vital and pressing. Only by using the past to cast light on the present1 can we hope to know how the world has come to be what it is and where it might be headed.

  • A Concise History of the Modern World

    Open AccessWilliam WoodruffBOOKConcise History of the Modern World1991

  • The Rise of the West

    William WoodruffCHAPTERConcise History of the Modern World1991

    Whatever the importance of Asia before 1500, the modern world was created not in the East but in the West. Christopher Columbus' journey to the New World and Vasco da Gama's rounding of the Cape were the forerunners of a movement which culminated in the triumph of Europe's power in the world. How such a relatively undistinguished group of Europeans ever came to lay claim to the entire world is one of the riddles of the past.KeywordsModern WorldCo…

  • The Expansion of the American Empires

    William WoodruffCHAPTERConcise History of the Modern World1991

    Columbus' discovery of America in 1492 opened a dramatic chapter in the history of the human race. The discovery of the New World was fortuitous. In 1506 Columbus went to his grave convinced that what he had found were islands off the landmass of Asia. Not until 1513 when Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1475–1517) set eyes on the Pacific (the whole of which he claimed for the king of Spain) did the Europeans realize their error. By then, the southern half…

  • Concise History of the Modern World

    William WoodruffBOOKConcise History of the Modern World1991