A history of the modern world / R.R. Palmer, Joel Colton.

By:

Palmer, R. R. (Robert Roswell), 1909-2002

Contributor(s):

Colton, Joel, 1918-2011

Material type:

TextPublication details: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1991.Edition: 7th edDescription: xiv, 1231 p. : ill. maps (some col.) ; 25 cmISBN:

0679410147

Subject(s):

History, Modern

DDC classification:

909.08

Contents:

Pt. 1. The rise of Europe -- Pt. 2. The upheaval in Christendom, 1300-1560 -- Pt. 3. Economic renewal and wars of religion, 1560-1648 -- Pt. 4. The establishment of West-European leadership -- Pt. 5. The transformation of Eastern Europe, 1648-1740-- Pt. 6. The struggle for wealth and empire -- Pt. 7. The scientific view of the world -- Pt. 8. The age of enlightenment -- Pt. 9. The French revolution -- Pt. 10. Napoleonic Europe -- Pt. 11. Reaction versus progress, 1815-1848 -- Pt. 12. Revolution and the reimposition of order, 1848-1870 -- Pt. 13. The consolidation of large nation-states, 1859-1871 -- Pt. 14. European civilization, 1871-1914 -- Pt. 15. Europe's world supremacy -- Pt. 16. The First World War -- Pt. 17. The Russian revolution and the Soviet Union -- Pt. 18. The apparent victory of democracy -- Pt. 19. Democracy and dictatorship -- Pt. 20. The Second World War -- Pt. 21. The postwar era: The age of the superpowers -- Pt. 22. Empires into nations: Asia, Africa The Middle East -- Pt. 23. The contemporary age: a world transformed.

Summary: This text is one of the most highly praised history texts ever published. It has been adopted at more than 1000 schools and has been translated into six languages. This is the only text conceived and written as a history of the modern world, not merely as a truncated Western Civilization text.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. 1. The rise of Europe --
Pt. 2. The upheaval in Christendom, 1300-1560 --
Pt. 3. Economic renewal and wars of religion, 1560-1648 --
Pt. 4. The establishment of West-European leadership --
Pt. 5. The transformation of Eastern Europe, 1648-1740--
Pt. 6. The struggle for wealth and empire --
Pt. 7. The scientific view of the world --
Pt. 8. The age of enlightenment --
Pt. 9. The French revolution --
Pt. 10. Napoleonic Europe --
Pt. 11. Reaction versus progress, 1815-1848 --
Pt. 12. Revolution and the reimposition of order, 1848-1870 --
Pt. 13. The consolidation of large nation-states, 1859-1871 --
Pt. 14. European civilization, 1871-1914 --
Pt. 15. Europe's world supremacy --
Pt. 16. The First World War --
Pt. 17. The Russian revolution and the Soviet Union --
Pt. 18. The apparent victory of democracy --
Pt. 19. Democracy and dictatorship --
Pt. 20. The Second World War --
Pt. 21. The postwar era: The age of the superpowers --
Pt. 22. Empires into nations: Asia, Africa The Middle East --
Pt. 23. The contemporary age: a world transformed.

This text is one of the most highly praised history texts ever published. It has been adopted at more than 1000 schools and has been translated into six languages. This is the only text conceived and written as a history of the modern world, not merely as a truncated Western Civilization text.

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