Bentley, Jerry H
Traditions encounters : Volumen II / from 1500 to the present / Jerry H Bentley, Herbert F Ziegler - 2a. ed. - New York McGraw-Hill 2003 - 567 p. - Traditions Encounters .
Donado por la Embajada Americana.
TRANSOCEANIC ENCOUNTERS AND GLOBAL CONNECTIONS. The European reconnaissance of the world´s oceans. Trade and conflicts in early modern Asia. Global exchanges. THE TRANSFORMATION OF EUROPE. The fragmentation of western Christendom. The consolidation of sovereign states. Early capitalist society. NEW WORLDS: THE AMERICAS AND OCEANIA. Colliding worlds. Colonial society in the Americas. Europeans in the pacific. AFRICA AND THE ATLANTIC WORLD. African polities and society in early modern times. The Atlantic slave trade. The African Diasporas. TRADITION AND CHANGE IN EAST ASIA. The quest for political stability. Economic and social changes. The Confucian tradition and new cultural influences. THE ISLAMIC EMPIRES. Formation of the Islamic empires. Imperial Islamic society. The empires in transition. THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE IN EUROPE AND ASIA. Foundations of the absolutist state. Westernization and empire. A society in tension. REVOLUTIONS AND NATIONAL STATES IN THE ATLANTIC WORLD. Popular sovereignty and political upheaval. The influence of revolution. The consolidation of national states in Europe. THE MAKING OF INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY. Patterns of industrialization. Industrial society. Global effects of industrialization. THE AMERICAS IN THE AGE OF INDEPENDENCE. The building of American states. American economic development. American cultural and social diversity. SOCIETIES AT CROSSROADS. The Ottoman Empire in decline. The Russian empire under pressure. The Chinese empire under siege. THE BUILDING OF GLOBAL EMPIRES. Foundations of empire. European imperialism. The emergence of new imperial powers. THE GREAT WAR: THE WORLD IN UPHEAVAL. The drift toward war. Global war. The end of the war. NEW CONFLAGRATIONS: WORLD WAR. Origins of world war. Total war: the world under fire. Life during wartime. THE BIPOLAR WORLD. The formation of a bipolar world. Challenges to superpower hegemony. The end of the cold war. THE RETREAT FROM EMPIRE. Independence in Asia. Decolonization in Africa. After independence: long-term struggles in the postcolonial era. A WORLD WITHOUT BORDERS. The global economy. Cross-cultural exchanges and global communications. Global problems.
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HISTORIA MUNDIAL
HISTORIA DE LA COMUNICACION INTERCULTURAL
EUROPA--HISTORIA
LITERATURA EN IDIOMA INGLES.
909.82 / B468
Traditions encounters : Volumen II / from 1500 to the present / Jerry H Bentley, Herbert F Ziegler - 2a. ed. - New York McGraw-Hill 2003 - 567 p. - Traditions Encounters .
Donado por la Embajada Americana.
TRANSOCEANIC ENCOUNTERS AND GLOBAL CONNECTIONS. The European reconnaissance of the world´s oceans. Trade and conflicts in early modern Asia. Global exchanges. THE TRANSFORMATION OF EUROPE. The fragmentation of western Christendom. The consolidation of sovereign states. Early capitalist society. NEW WORLDS: THE AMERICAS AND OCEANIA. Colliding worlds. Colonial society in the Americas. Europeans in the pacific. AFRICA AND THE ATLANTIC WORLD. African polities and society in early modern times. The Atlantic slave trade. The African Diasporas. TRADITION AND CHANGE IN EAST ASIA. The quest for political stability. Economic and social changes. The Confucian tradition and new cultural influences. THE ISLAMIC EMPIRES. Formation of the Islamic empires. Imperial Islamic society. The empires in transition. THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE IN EUROPE AND ASIA. Foundations of the absolutist state. Westernization and empire. A society in tension. REVOLUTIONS AND NATIONAL STATES IN THE ATLANTIC WORLD. Popular sovereignty and political upheaval. The influence of revolution. The consolidation of national states in Europe. THE MAKING OF INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY. Patterns of industrialization. Industrial society. Global effects of industrialization. THE AMERICAS IN THE AGE OF INDEPENDENCE. The building of American states. American economic development. American cultural and social diversity. SOCIETIES AT CROSSROADS. The Ottoman Empire in decline. The Russian empire under pressure. The Chinese empire under siege. THE BUILDING OF GLOBAL EMPIRES. Foundations of empire. European imperialism. The emergence of new imperial powers. THE GREAT WAR: THE WORLD IN UPHEAVAL. The drift toward war. Global war. The end of the war. NEW CONFLAGRATIONS: WORLD WAR. Origins of world war. Total war: the world under fire. Life during wartime. THE BIPOLAR WORLD. The formation of a bipolar world. Challenges to superpower hegemony. The end of the cold war. THE RETREAT FROM EMPIRE. Independence in Asia. Decolonization in Africa. After independence: long-term struggles in the postcolonial era. A WORLD WITHOUT BORDERS. The global economy. Cross-cultural exchanges and global communications. Global problems.
0072489790
HISTORIA MUNDIAL
HISTORIA DE LA COMUNICACION INTERCULTURAL
EUROPA--HISTORIA
LITERATURA EN IDIOMA INGLES.
909.82 / B468