World past to world present : a sketch of global history / Peter N. Stearns.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stearns, Peter N., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World history.

Civilization--History.

Civilization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (381 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : Routledge, 2022.

Summary:

World Past to World Present: A Sketch of Global History provides an unusually brief and present-focused treatment of human history beginning with the advent of agriculture and ending with considerable attention to world history developments since World War II.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

List of maps

List of tables

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction

PART I: The Agricultural Age

2. The Nature of Agricultural Society

3. Early Civilizations

4. The Classical Period

5. Religion and Trade: World History from 600 to 1200

6. The Mongol Period, 1200-1450

7. The Early Modern Period, 1450-1750: The Global Framework

8. New Empires, New Ideas: Regional Developments in the Early Modern Period

PART II: The Industrial Age

9. The Nature of Industrial Society

10. Global Dynamics: Imperialism and Globalization before 1914

11. Regional Patterns and Comparisons in the "Long" 19th Century

12. A Troubled Transition: Global Developments, 1914-1945

13. A More Global World, 1945-2000

14. How Regions Responded, 1945-2000

15. The 21st Century: Legacies and New Questions

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-00-319818-X

1-003-19818-X

1-000-43346-3

9781003198185

OCLC:

1259589789