A people's history of the world since 1400
Isolation, Regionalism, and Exploration : The World in 1400 -- Religious Practice in the Modern World -- Imperialism and the Evolution of Empire, 1500-1800 -- The Emergence and Spread of Gunpowder Empires : Political Change, 1500-1650 -- Life in Common : Community in the Modern World -- The Exchange...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Oxford University Press
2023
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| Zusammenfassung: | Isolation, Regionalism, and Exploration : The World in 1400 -- Religious Practice in the Modern World -- Imperialism and the Evolution of Empire, 1500-1800 -- The Emergence and Spread of Gunpowder Empires : Political Change, 1500-1650 -- Life in Common : Community in the Modern World -- The Exchange of Goods and Services : Trade -- Humans as Property : Slavery -- Jockeying for Position : Political Change, 1650-1775 -- Manufacturing a New World Economy, 1750-1914 -- From Scarcity to Surplus : Modern Agriculture -- Creation and Collapse : Revolutions and Political Change, 1775-1860 -- "Haves" and "Have Not's" : Power Relations and Imperialism, 1800-Present -- New Forms of Control : Decolonization and Economic Dominance, 1775-1914 -- Privation and Powerlessness in an Age of Plenty : Political Change, 1860-1945 -- "Machines as the Measure of Men"? : The Changing Basis of Industrial Power, 1914-Present -- Paying for it All : Taxation and the Making of the Modern World -- The Age of the Superpowers : Political Change, 1945-2001 -- Left in the Lurch : Decolonization, 1914-Present -- Anxieties and Opportunities in the Twenty-First Century. A People's History of the World offers a rethinking of who should be the focus of the tales we tell about the past . Taking a bold, new approach to understanding the nature of change over time on a global scale, the three temporal approaches in A People's History structure the analysis and reveal patterns, conjunctures, and tipping points, facilitating a thorough integration of social and economic history. The result is a text that more than anyother shows how "the people" lived and acted "A higher education history textbook on World History"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | xxxv, 806 Seiten zahlreiche Illustrationen, Karten (farbig, schwarzweiß) |
| ISBN: | 9780190640606 978-0-19-064060-6 9780190646097 978-0-19-064609-7 |