World Civilizations: The Global Experience, Volume 2, 8th edition

Published by Pearson (25 January 2021) © 2022

  • Peter N. Stearns George Mason University
  • Michael B. Adas Rutgers University
  • Stuart B. Schwartz Yale University
  • Marc Jason Gilbert Hawaii Pacific University

Title overview

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For courses in World History

Help students make sense of the present and prepare to meet the challenges of the future
World Civilizations: The Global Experience presents a truly global approach to world history by discussing and comparing major societies and focusing on their interactions. Authors Peter Stearns, Michael Adas, Stuart Schwartz, and Marc Gilbert facilitate analysis of global contacts, regional patterns, and the whole process of change and continuity on a world stage. This emphasis on critical analysis helps students become active, engaged learners rather than passive consumers of historical facts.

Table of contents

PART IV - THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD, 1450-1750: THE WORLD SHRINKS

  1. The World Economy
  2. The Transformation of the West, 1450-1750
  3. Early Latin America
  4. Africa and the Africans in the Age of the Atlantic Slave Trade
  5. The Rise of Russia
  6. The Muslim Empires
  7. Asian Transitions in an Age of Global Change

PART V - THE DAWN OF THE INDUSTRIAL AGE, 1750-1900

  1. The Emergence of Industrial Society in the West, 1750-1900
  2. Industrialization and Imperialism: The Making of the European Global Order
  3. The Consolidation of Latin America, 1810-1920
  4. Civilizations in Crisis: The Ottoman Empire, the Islamic Heartlands, and Qing China
  5. Russia and Japan: Industrialization Outside the West

PART VI - THE CONTEMPORARY PERIOD, 1900-PRESENT

  1. Descent into the Abyss: World War I and the Crisis of the European Global Order
  2. The World Between the Wars: Revolutions, Depression, and Authoritarian Response
  3. A Second Global Conflict and the End of the European World Order
  4. Globalization and Industrial Growth
  5. Western Society and Eastern Europe in the Decades of the Cold War
  6. Latin America: Revolution and Reaction into the Twenty-First Century
  7. Africa, the Middle East, and Asia in the Era of Independence
  8. Rebirth and Revolution: Nation-Building in East Asia and the Pacific Rim
  9. Power, Politics, and Conflict in World History, 1990-2019

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