In the balance : themes in global history
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In the balance : themes in global history
McGraw-Hill, c1998
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This text is a new generation world history text. The book takes a thematic approach and will appeal to those who are interested in learning about different civilizations in a comparative manner. Central themes are used to highlight the interconnectedness of the world's development across cultures and time. This text is a briefer, one-column text and is available in a combined softcover edition, as well as two paperback volumes that split at 1500.
Table of Contents
PART I. EMERGENCE Chapter 1: World History and Human Origins Chapter 2: Changing Environments, Changing Societies Chapter 3: Settled Societies: The Emergence of Cities PART II. ORDER Chapter 4: Ideas and Power: Goddesses, God-Kings, and Sages Chapter 5: Religion and State: Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam Chapter 6: Trade, Transport, Temples, and Tribute: The Economics of Power Chapter 7: Ties That Bind: Lineage, Clientage, and Caste Chapter 8: Ordering the World: Family and Household Chapter 9: Culture and Memory Chapter 10: Connections PART III: TRANSFORMATION Chapter 11: Commerce and Change in Asia, Europe, and Africa Chapter 12: Commerce and Change: The Creation of a Global Economy and the Expansion of Europe Chapter 13: Traditions and their Transformations Chapter 14: Boundaries, Encounters, and Frontiers Chapter 15: Crucibles of Change: Landscape, Culture, and Social Life After 1500 Chapter 16: Dual Revolutions: Capitalist Industrialism and the Nation State Chapter 17: The Tentacles of Empire: Imperialism in Asia, Africa and the Americas Chapter 18: Culture, Power and Perspective: War and Peace in the Twentieth Century Chapter 19: Resistance, Revolution, and New Global Order/Disorder Chapter 20: The Crossroads of History: Culture, Identity and Global Community
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