World civilizations : the global experience / Peter N. Stearns ... [et al.].

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: New York : Longman, c2001.Edition: 3rd editionDescription: xxvi, <v. 2> : ill., col. map ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 0321038134 (vol. 2)
  • 0321038126 (vol. 1)
  • 0321044797 (SVE version)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 909 23 WOR
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CONTENTS

PART 4: THE WORLD SHRINKS 1450-1750
The transformations of the west, 1450-1750
The west and the world
The rise of Russia
Early Latin America
The Muslim empires
Africa and the Africans in the age of Atlantic slave trade

PART 5: INDUSTRIALIZATION AND WESTERN GLOBAL HEGEMONY 1750-1914
The industrialization of the west, 1760-1914
Industrialization and imperialism: The making of the European global order
The consolidation of Latin America, 1830-1920
Civilizations in Crisis; The Ottoman empire, the Islamic heartlands and Qink China

PART 6: THE 20th CENTURY IN THE WORLD HISTORY
International contacts and conflicts, 1914-1999
The west in the 20th century
Russia and eastern Europe
Japan and eastern Europe
Latin America: Revolution and reaction in the 20th century
Decolonization and the decline of the European world order
Africa and Asia in the Era of independence
War and revolution in China and Vietnam
A 21st-century world: Trends and prospects

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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