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Table of Contents:

• The acceleration of global contact, 1450-1600
• The Islamic world powers, 1300-1800
• European power and expansion, 1500-1750
• New worldviews and ways of life, 1540-1790
• Africa and the world, 1400-1800
• Continuity and change in East Asia, 1400-1800
• Revolutions in the Atlantic world, 1775-1825
• The revolution in energy and industry, 1760-1850
• Ideologies of change in Europe, 1815-1914
• Africa, the Ottoman Empire, and the new imperialism, 1800-1914
• The Americas in the age of liberalism, 1810-1917
• World war and revolution, 1914-1929
• Nationalism in Asia, 1914-1939
• The Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945
• Decolonization, revolution, and the Cold War, 1945-1968
• Liberalization and liberation, 1968-2000s
• The contemporary world in historical perspective.

Author/Creator:

Wiesner-Hanks, Merry E., 1952- , author

Contributors:

Ebrey, Patricia Buckley, 1947- , author

Beck, Roger B. , author

Dávila, Jerry, 1970- , author

Crowston, Clare Haru, 1968- , author

McKay, John P. , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

A history of world societies [by Wiesner-Hanks, M.E.] > Volume 2, Since 1450

Other Related Resources:

Print version: History of world societies [by Wiesner-Hanks, M.E.] (Concise edition; Boston : Bedford/St. Martin's, [2021] — ISBN 9781319244552; LCCN 2020939517; OCLC Number 1236031503)

Subjects:

Civilization — History

Civilization

Genres:

History

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on: Print version record; title from digital title page (viewed October 23, 2023).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (li, 454-1077, G-8, I-40 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

CB69 .H6 2021b v.2eb

ISBNs:

1319304575 (volume 2) [Invalid]
9781319304577 (volume 2) [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

1405817690