Forging the modern world : a history /
Carter, James Hugh,
Forging the modern world : a history / James Carter, Richard Warren. - xv, 391 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The many worlds of the 15th century, 1405-1510 -- The new global interface, 1486-1639 -- The paradoxes of early modern empire, 1501-1661 -- Production and consumption in the first global economy, 1571- 1701 -- Global war and imperial reform, 1655-1765 -- A new order for the ages, 1755-1839 -- The engines of industrialization, 1787-1868 -- Modernity organized, 1840-1889 -- Globalization and its discontents, 1878-1910 -- Total war and mass society, 1905-1928 -- The ongoing crisis of global order, 1919-1948 -- Hot wars, cold wars and decolonization, 1942-1975 -- The many worlds of the 21st century, 1972-2012.
9780199988563 (pbk.)
History, Modern.
History, Modern--20th century.
--Text book
909.08 / CAR
Forging the modern world : a history / James Carter, Richard Warren. - xv, 391 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The many worlds of the 15th century, 1405-1510 -- The new global interface, 1486-1639 -- The paradoxes of early modern empire, 1501-1661 -- Production and consumption in the first global economy, 1571- 1701 -- Global war and imperial reform, 1655-1765 -- A new order for the ages, 1755-1839 -- The engines of industrialization, 1787-1868 -- Modernity organized, 1840-1889 -- Globalization and its discontents, 1878-1910 -- Total war and mass society, 1905-1928 -- The ongoing crisis of global order, 1919-1948 -- Hot wars, cold wars and decolonization, 1942-1975 -- The many worlds of the 21st century, 1972-2012.
9780199988563 (pbk.)
History, Modern.
History, Modern--20th century.
--Text book
909.08 / CAR