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From European Age to the New Global Era

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An edition of Modern History (2007)

Modern History

From European Age to the New Global Era

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Modern History offers an unrivaled scholarly narrative, a fascinating and highly readable yet skillfully analytical account of developments in the modern era, from the age of European dominance to the rise of industrial China and India and the onset of a truly global, interconnected economy. This book: Sets new standards in the presentation of new history for a popular audience; Tells the story of more than half a millenium with compelling narrative and analytical skill in one volume of 912 pages; Fully integrated sidebars and feature boxes focus closely on major figures, turning points, and vital background to the main narrative; Includes hundreds of color and black-and-white photographs plus full-color maps and artworks. - Publisher.

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Oxford University Press, USA
Language
English
Pages
912

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Table of Contents

Part one : The making of the European age.
A new kind of society : early modern Europe
Authority and its challengers
The new world of great powers
Europe's assault on the world
World history's new shape
Part two : The age of revolution.
Ideas old and new
Long-term change
Political change in the age of revolution
Political change : a new Europe
Political change : the Anglo-Saxon world
Part three : The European empires.
The European world hegemony
European imperialism and imperial rule
Asia's response to a Europeanizing world
Strains in the system
The era of the First World War
Part four : Emerging powers.
A new Asia in the making
The Ottoman heritage and the Western Islamic lands
The Second World War
The shaping of a new world
Population, economy and the management of nature
Ideas, attitudes and authority
Part 5 : The new global era.
The politics of the new world
Inheritors of empire
Crumbling certainties
New challenges to the Cold War world order
Openings and closures
Epilogue : In the light of history

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Oxford, New York

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D209 .R77 2007, D20

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Hardcover
Pagination
912 p.
Number of pages
912
Dimensions
10.9 x 9.3 x 2 inches
Weight
7 ounces

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OL10135374M
ISBN 10
0195339061
ISBN 13
9780195339062
LCCN
2008271628
Library Thing
4987475
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3136161

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