World History for International Studies /
Studying change in the course of human history, in different places, through the lens of a diverse set of core themes, World History for International Studies offers readers a set of windows into different debates historians have been conducting. Key themes, such as communication, trade, order, slav...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press,
[2022]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- A Guide to Reading
- About the Contributors
- 1 Introduction: What is World History?
- PART I The Pre-Modern World (< 1800 CE)
- Introduction
- 2 Communication: The Writing Revolution
- 3 Trade: The Ancient Silk Roads
- 4 Political Order: From Coercion to Constitution
- 5 Slavery: Capitalism & Racism
- 6 Religion: Perspective and Practice
- Part II: The Modern World (> 1800 CE)
- Introduction
- 7 War: Disordering and Ordering
- 8 Identity: From Traditional to Transnational
- 9 Modernity: Being Modern in a Changing World
- 10 Human Rights: Norms and Policy
- 11 Ecology: From Local Resistance to Global Concern
- 12 Conclusion: World History Today
- Illustration Credits
- Glossary
- List of References
- Index