History of the Modern World is a careful, well-written narrative of major events from the late Middle Ages to the political and religious conflicts at the beginning of the twenty-first century. It offers a wide-ranging survey that helps readers understand both the complexities of great events (e.g., the French Revolution, the First World War, or the collapse of great imperial systems) and the importance of historical analysis. It also provides a careful summary of the modern political changes that have affected the social and cultural development of all modern cultures. Throughout the book's lifetime, A History of the Modern World has been hailed as an elegantly written historical narrative, filled with analysis and balanced historical insights as well as its traditional attention to the processes of historical change, conflict, and political transformations. The tenth edition has been updated to include the clear maps, the survey of global economic connections, the chronologies, the illustrations, and the up-to-date bibliographies that today's students need and expect.
Table of contents:
List of Illustrations List of Chronologies, Maps, Charts, and Tables Preface Geography and History 1 THE RISE OF EUROPE 2 THE UPHEAVAL IN WESTERN CHRISTENDOM, 1300-1560 3 ECONOMIC RENEWAL AND WARS OF RELIGION, 1560-1648 4 THE GROWING POWER OF WESTERN EUROPE, 1640-1715 5 THE TRANSFORMATION OF EASTERN EUROPE, 1648-1740 6 THE SCIENTIFIC VIEW OF THE WORLD 7 THE STRUGGLE FOR WEALTH AND EMPIRE 8 THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT 9 THE FRENCH REVOLUTION 10 NAPOLEONIC EUROPE 11 INDUSTRIES, IDEAS, AND THE STRUGGLE FOR REFORM, 1815-1848 12 REVOLUTIONS AND THE REIMPOSITION OF ORDER, 1848-1870 13 THE GLOBAL CONSOLIDATION OF LARGE NATION-STATES, 1859-1871 14 EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION, 1871-1914: ECONOMY AND POLITICS 15 EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION, 1871-1914: SOCIETY AND CULTURE 16 EUROPE’S WORLD SUPREMACY, 1871-1914 17 THE FIRST WORLD WAR 18 THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION AND THE SOVIET UNION 19 DEMOCRACY, ANTI-IMPERIALISM, AND THE ECONOMIC CRISIS AFTER THE FIRST WORLD WAR 20 DEMOCRACY AND DICTATORSHIP IN THE 1930s 21 THE SECOND WORLD WAR 22 THE COLD WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR 23 POSTCOLONIAL NATIONS IN ASIA AND LATIN AMERICA 24 EMPIRES INTO NATIONS: AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR 25 COEXISTENCE, CONFRONTATION, AND THE NEW GLOBAL ECONOMY 26 THE INTERNATIONAL REVOLT AGAINST SOVIET COMMUNISM 27 THE CHANGING MODERN WORLD Appendix Rulers and Regimes Suggestions for Further Reading Index
Table of contents:
List of Illustrations List of Chronologies, Maps, Charts, and Tables Preface Geography and History 1 THE RISE OF EUROPE 2 THE UPHEAVAL IN WESTERN CHRISTENDOM, 1300-1560 3 ECONOMIC RENEWAL AND WARS OF RELIGION, 1560-1648 4 THE GROWING POWER OF WESTERN EUROPE, 1640-1715 5 THE TRANSFORMATION OF EASTERN EUROPE, 1648-1740 6 THE SCIENTIFIC VIEW OF THE WORLD 7 THE STRUGGLE FOR WEALTH AND EMPIRE 8 THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT 9 THE FRENCH REVOLUTION 10 NAPOLEONIC EUROPE 11 INDUSTRIES, IDEAS, AND THE STRUGGLE FOR REFORM, 1815-1848 12 REVOLUTIONS AND THE REIMPOSITION OF ORDER, 1848-1870 13 THE GLOBAL CONSOLIDATION OF LARGE NATION-STATES, 1859-1871 14 EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION, 1871-1914: ECONOMY AND POLITICS 15 EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION, 1871-1914: SOCIETY AND CULTURE 16 EUROPE’S WORLD SUPREMACY, 1871-1914 17 THE FIRST WORLD WAR 18 THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION AND THE SOVIET UNION 19 DEMOCRACY, ANTI-IMPERIALISM, AND THE ECONOMIC CRISIS AFTER THE FIRST WORLD WAR 20 DEMOCRACY AND DICTATORSHIP IN THE 1930s 21 THE SECOND WORLD WAR 22 THE COLD WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR 23 POSTCOLONIAL NATIONS IN ASIA AND LATIN AMERICA 24 EMPIRES INTO NATIONS: AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR 25 COEXISTENCE, CONFRONTATION, AND THE NEW GLOBAL ECONOMY 26 THE INTERNATIONAL REVOLT AGAINST SOVIET COMMUNISM 27 THE CHANGING MODERN WORLD Appendix Rulers and Regimes Suggestions for Further Reading Index