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Adler and Pouwels's WORLD CIVILIZATIONS offers broad-based coverage of the world's major civilizations, in a brief-chapter format that presents information in manageable segments. The focused treatment of topics throughout history covers every major epoch and follows general patterns and processes, while illuminating history through specific examples and a particular emphasis on social and cultural topics.
Contents
Part IV: EXPANDING WEBS OF INTERACTION, 1400-1700 CE.
22. A Larger World Opens.
23. Religious Divisions and Political Consolidation in Europe.
24. The Gunpowder Empires of Western and Southern Asia.
25. Africa in the Era of Expansion.
26. China from the Ming Through the Early Qing Dynasty.
27. Japan and Southeast Asia in the Era of European Expansion.
28. From Conquest to Colonies in Hispanic America.
WORLDVIEW IV: EXPANDING WEBS OF INTERACTION, 1400-1700 CE.
Part V: REVOLUTIONS AND THE AGE OF EMPIRE, 1600-1914.
29. The Scientific Revolution and Its Enlightened Aftermath.
30. Liberalism and the Challenge to Absolute Monarchy.
31. The Early Industrial Revolution.
32. Europe: New Ideas and New Nations.
33. Advanced Industrial Society.
34. The Islamic World, 1600-1917.
35. India and Southeast Asia under Colonial Rule.
36. European Imperialism and Africa During the Age of Industry.
37. China in the Age of Imperialism.
38. Latin America from Independence to Dependent States.
39. Modern Science and its Implications.
WORLDVIEW V: REVOLUTIONS AND THE AGE OF EMPIRE, 1600-1914.
Part VI: TOWARDS A GLOBALIZED WORLD, 1914-PRESENT.
40. World War I and Its Disputed Settlement.
41. A Fragile Balance: Europe in the Twenties.
42. The Soviet Experiment to World War II.
43. Totalitarianism Refined: The Nazi State.
44. East Asia in a Century of Change.
45. World War II.
46. The Cold World War.
47. Decolonization of the Non-Western World.
48. The New Asia.
49. Africa's Decolonization and Independence.
50. Latin America in the Twentieth Century.
51. The Reemergence of the Muslim World.
52. Collapse and Reemergence in Communist Europe.
53. A New Millennium.
WORLDVIEW VI: TOWARDS A GLOBALIZED WORLD, 1914-PRESENT.
Glossary.
Answers to Test Your Knowledge.
Index.