Modern World History

Catalog description

A thematic exploration of global history in the period 1500 to the present and the ways in which societies and peoples have confronted fundamental issues of the human condition. Examines developments in China, India, Africa, the Middle East, Europe and the Americas. Themes include the impact of the European conquest of the New World; industrial transformations; subjects and citizens; revolts and revolutions, nationalisms; wars and decolonization; globalization.