Peter N. Stearns (George Mason University)

World Past to World Present

A Sketch of Global History

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 348
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. September 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 516g
• ISBN-13: 9781032052618
• ISBN-10: 1032052619
• Artikelnr.: 62115531

Autorenporträt

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