World Civilizations Volume II: Since 1500

by Adler, Philip J.; Pouwels, Randall L.

• ISBN13: 9780495502623
• ISBN10: 0495502626
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-11-27
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

Short chapters, great stories, and tons of study tools! Adler and Pouwels's WORLD CIVILIZATIONS is a vibrant introduction to world history structured to meet the demands of your study schedule. It's clearly written, packed with charts and illustrations, and loaded with review features so you'll be up to date in class and ready for the test. And, because WORLD CIVILIZATIONS offers extensive coverage of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, you'll have timely historical insights into the issues that make today's news. Get WORLD CIVILIZATIONS and discover how having all the information you need to know for the test really does equal a better grade.

Table of Contents

Disequilibrium: The Western Encounter with the Non-Western World, 1500-1700 C.E.

A Larger World Opens

The Protestant Reformation

The Rise and Fall of the Muslim Empires

Foundations of the European States

China from the Ming Through the Early Qing Dynasty

Japan in the Era of European Expansion

From Conquest to Colonies in Hispanic America

Disequilibrium: The Western Encounter with the Non-Western World, 1500-1700 C.E.

Revolutions, Ideology, and the New Imperialism, 1700-1920

The Scientific Revolution and Its Enlightened Aftermath

Liberalism and the Challenge to Absolute Monarchy

The French Revolution and the Empire of Napoleon

England's Industrialization and Its Social Consequences

Europe in Ideological Conflict

Advanced Industrial Society

Consolidation of National States

The Islamic World, 1600-1917

Africa in the Era of Informal Empire

European Imperialism and Africa During the Age of Industry

China and Southeast Asia in the Age of Imperialism

Latin America from Independence to Dependent States

Modern Science and Its Implications

World War I and Its Disputed Settlement

Revolutions, Ideology, and the New Imperialism, 1700-1920

Equilibrium Reestablished: the Twentieth-Century World and Beyond, 1920-Present

A Fragile Balance: Europe in the Twenties

The Soviet Experiment to World War II

Totalitarianism Refined: The Nazi State

East Asia in a Century of Change

World War II

High and Low Cultures in the West

Superpower Rivalry and the European Recovery

Decolonization and the Third World

The New Asia

Africa's Decolonization and Years of Independence

Latin America in the Twentieth Century

The Reemergence of the Muslim World

Collapse and Reemergence in Communist Europe

A New Millennium

Equilibrium Reestablished: The Twentieth-Century World and Beyond, 1920-Present

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