Modern travel in world history
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Modern travel in world history
（Themes in world history）
Routledge, 2022
- : hbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
- Traveler's accounts are a regularly assigned subject in world history courses
- Focuses on people's lives in order to draw students into the discussion of the larger political, social, and economic contexts
- Author is a well-respected name and teacher in the field of World History
- Examines the historical methodology of travel
Table of Contents
0. Introduction, 1. Global Travel and the Making of the Modern World, 2. The Jesuits and the Making of a Global Missionary Order, 3. Travelers and Travel in the Islamic World, 4. The Atlantic Slave Trade, 5. Enlightened Travelers and the Search for Laws of Nature, 6. The Industrial Revolution and Global Transportation, 7. Global Migration in the Nineteenth Century, 8. Political and Social Reformers in the Nineteenth Century, 9. Travel and Imperialism, 10. Cars, Planes and Cargo Ships: The Twentieth Century, 11. War and Revolutions in the Early Twentieth Century, 12. Dictatorships, The Great Depression and World War Two, 13. Cold War Conflicts, Youth Rebellions and Decolonization Movements, 14. Continuity and Change After the End of the Cold War
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