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A history of the world / Marvin Perry

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boston, Massachusetts : Houghton Mifflin, 1989Edition: Revised editionDescription: 912 pages : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9710845268
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 909
Contents:
Unit I. The rise of Western civilization
The beginnings of civilization
The ancient near east
The Greek city-states
Greek culture
The roman republic and empire
The decline of the roman world
Unit II. The West in the middle ages
The early middle ages
Medieval Europe at its height
The culture of medieval Europe
Unit III. Civilization beyond Europe
Byzantine and Islamic civilization
Civilization in India
Civilization in China and Japan
Civilization in Africa
Civilization in the America
Unit IV. Transition to modern times
Renaissance and reformation
Exploration and economic change
The growth of European states
Scientific revolution and enlightenment
Unit V. Revolution and nationalism in the Western world
Colonial America and the revolutionary war
The French revolution and Napoleon
Reaction and revolution
The impact of nationalism in Europe
Nation-building in the America
The west in the industrial age
Unit VI. The age of imperialism
Imperialism in South Asia
East Asia in the age of imperialism
Africa in the age of imperialism
Unit VII. Civilization in crisis
Europe in the late nineteenth century
World war I
Russia in upheaval
The world between the wars
World war II
Unit VIII. The contemporary age
The cold war
Changing Europe
Changing Asia
Changing Africa
The changing Middle East
The changing Americas
The world today
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Includes index.

Unit I. The rise of Western civilization

The beginnings of civilization

The ancient near east

The Greek city-states

Greek culture

The roman republic and empire

The decline of the roman world

Unit II. The West in the middle ages

The early middle ages

Medieval Europe at its height

The culture of medieval Europe

Unit III. Civilization beyond Europe

Byzantine and Islamic civilization

Civilization in India

Civilization in China and Japan

Civilization in Africa

Civilization in the America

Unit IV. Transition to modern times

Renaissance and reformation

Exploration and economic change

The growth of European states

Scientific revolution and enlightenment

Unit V. Revolution and nationalism in the Western world

Colonial America and the revolutionary war

The French revolution and Napoleon

Reaction and revolution

The impact of nationalism in Europe

Nation-building in the America

The west in the industrial age

Unit VI. The age of imperialism

Imperialism in South Asia

East Asia in the age of imperialism

Africa in the age of imperialism

Unit VII. Civilization in crisis

Europe in the late nineteenth century

World war I

Russia in upheaval

The world between the wars

World war II

Unit VIII. The contemporary age

The cold war

Changing Europe

Changing Asia

Changing Africa

The changing Middle East

The changing Americas

The world today

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