World Past to World Present: A Sketch of Global History provides an unusually brief and present-focused treatment of human history beginning with the advent of agriculture and ending with considerable attention to world history developments since World War II.
World Past to World Present: A Sketch of Global History provides an unusually brief and present-focused treatment of human history beginning with the advent of agriculture and ending with considerable attention to world history developments since World War II.
Peter N. Stearns is University Professor of History at George Mason University, USA. He has taught a freshman world history course every year for over three decades; he also helped introduce the Advanced Placement world history program. Stearns has written widely on a variety of topics in the field, most recently including books on time and on happiness in world history.
Inhaltsangabe
1. Introduction PART I: THE AGRICULTURAL AGE 2. The Nature of Agricultural Society 3. Early Civilizations 4. The Classical Period 5. Religion and Trade: World History from 600-1200 6. The Mongol Period, 1200-1450 7. The Early Modern Period 8. New Empires, new Ideas: Regional Developments in the early modern period PART II: THE INDUSTRIAL AGE 9. The Nature of Industrial Society 10. Global Dynamics: Imperialism and Globalization before 1914 11. Regional patterns and comparisons in the "long" 19th century 12. A Troubled Transition: Global Developments, 1914-1945 13. A More Global World, 1945-2000 14. How Regions Responded, 1945-2000 15. The 21st Century: Legacies and New Questions
1. Introduction PART I: THE AGRICULTURAL AGE 2. The Nature of Agricultural Society 3. Early Civilizations 4. The Classical Period 5. Religion and Trade: World History from 600-1200 6. The Mongol Period, 1200-1450 7. The Early Modern Period 8. New Empires, new Ideas: Regional Developments in the early modern period PART II: THE INDUSTRIAL AGE 9. The Nature of Industrial Society 10. Global Dynamics: Imperialism and Globalization before 1914 11. Regional patterns and comparisons in the "long" 19th century 12. A Troubled Transition: Global Developments, 1914-1945 13. A More Global World, 1945-2000 14. How Regions Responded, 1945-2000 15. The 21st Century: Legacies and New Questions
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