Stearns, Peter N. <br/><br/>
World civilizations :  the global experience / 
Peter N. Stearns ... [et al.]. 
 - 3rd edition 
 - New York :  Longman,  c2001. 
 - xxvi, <v. 2> :  ill., col. map ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/> CONTENTS<br/><br/>PART 4: THE WORLD SHRINKS 1450-1750<br/>The transformations of the west, 1450-1750<br/>The west and the world<br/>The rise of Russia<br/>Early Latin America<br/>The Muslim empires<br/>Africa and the Africans in the age of Atlantic slave trade<br/><br/>PART 5: INDUSTRIALIZATION AND WESTERN GLOBAL HEGEMONY 1750-1914<br/>The industrialization of the west, 1760-1914<br/>Industrialization and imperialism: The making of the European global order<br/>The consolidation of Latin America, 1830-1920<br/>Civilizations in Crisis; The Ottoman empire, the Islamic heartlands and Qink China<br/><br/>PART 6: THE 20th CENTURY IN THE WORLD HISTORY<br/>International contacts and conflicts, 1914-1999<br/>The west in the 20th century<br/>Russia and eastern Europe<br/>Japan and eastern Europe<br/>Latin America: Revolution and reaction in the 20th century<br/>Decolonization and the decline of the European world order<br/>Africa and Asia in the Era of independence<br/>War and revolution in China and Vietnam<br/>A 21st-century world: Trends and prospects 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0321038134 (vol. 2) 0321038126 (vol. 1) 0321044797 (SVE version) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Civilization<br/>History.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>909  / WOR