World civilizations : sources, images, and interpretations

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World civilizations : sources, images, and interpretations

edited by Dennis Sherman ... [et al.]

McGraw Hill, c1994

  • v. 1
  • v. 2

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Volume

v. 1 ISBN 9780070568310

Description

This work provides a broad introduction to the evolution of world civilizations from ancient times to 1700. Short documents, photographs and charts, along with introductions, commentaries, guides and questions, are included to help clarify the material presented. Organized chronologically and regionally, the text also offers an alternate topical table of contents. This anthology aims to give students insight into how historians use evidence and make the interpretations that underlie our understandings of world civilizations.

Table of Contents

  • Early civilizations of southwestern Asia and northeastern Africa
  • India, to AD 500
  • China, to AD 500
  • the Mediterranean basin - Greek civilization
  • the Mediterranean basin - Roman civilization and the origins of Christianity
  • the rise of Islam
  • India and Southeast Asia, 500-1500
  • China and Japan, 500-1500
  • the Mongols, the Turks and the Middle East, 1000-1500
  • Europe's Middle Ages, 500-1300
  • Medieval Europe in transition, 1300-1500
  • civilizations of sub-Saharan Africa and the Americas, to 1500
  • European expansion and global encounters, 1500-1700
  • Europe's early modern era, 1500-1789
  • Asia, 1500-1700.
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v. 2 ISBN 9780070568334

Description

This volume provides a broad introduction to the evolution of world civilizations since 1500. A wide selection of short documents, photographs and charts is presented along with introductions, commentaries, guides and questions designed to clarify the material and stimulate discussion. Organized chronologically and regionally, the anthology gives students insights into how historians use evidence (primary and visual sources) and make interpretations (secondary sources) that underlie our understanding of world civilizations. The text includes a strong mixture of women's history and social history.

Table of Contents

  • European expansion and global encounters
  • Europe's early modern era, 1500-1789
  • Asia, 1500-1700
  • the scientific revolution and the enlightenment in Europe
  • revolution, nationalism and the state in Europe, 1789-1914
  • industrialism, social change and culture in the West, 1700s-1914
  • the Americas, 1700s-1914
  • Asia, 1700-1914
  • Africa, 1500-1880
  • the new imperialism, 1880-1914
  • war, revolution and authoritarianism in the West, 1914-1945
  • Asia and Africa between World Wars I and II
  • the world in the post-World War II era
  • the present in perspective.

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