World History category: 14642 books
Perilous Passage
Mankind and the Global Ascendancy of Capital
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1900
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In this innovative and ambitious global history, distinguished economic historian Amiya Kumar Bagchi critically analyzes the processes leading to the rise of the West since the sixteenth century to its current position as the most prosperous...
Cracking the AP World History Exam, 2019 Edition
Practice Tests & Proven Techniques to Help You Score a 5
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2018
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO HELP SCORE A PERFECT 5! Ace the AP World History Exam with this comprehensive study guide—including 2 full-length practice tests with answer explanations, content reviews for every test topic, strategies for every question type, and access to online extras.
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by Chris Brazier
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2011
Most people's knowledge of world history is hazy and incomplete at best. This updated No-Nonsense Guide gives a full picture, revealing the hidden histories and communities left out of conventional history books—from the civilizations of Africa, Asia, and Latin America to the history of women. The...
The Origins of the Modern World
A Global and Environmental Narrative from the Fifteenth to the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2015
This clearly written and engrossing book presents a global narrative of the origins of the modern world from 1400 to the present. Unlike most studies, which assume that the “rise of the West” is the story of the coming of the modern world, this history, drawing upon new scholarship on Asia, Africa,...
by Daniel R. Headrick
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2009
Today technology has created a world of dazzling progress, growing disparities of wealth and poverty, and looming threats to the environment. Technology: A World History offers an illuminating backdrop to our present moment--a brilliant history of invention around the globe. Historian Daniel R. Headrick...
by Jeffrey M. Pilcher
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2005
Providing a comparative and comprehensive study of culinary cultures and consumption throughout the world from ancient times to present day, this book examines the globalization of food and explores the political, social and environmental implications of our changing relationship with food.
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by Richard Overy
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2009
Discover the scope of the world’s history * With exclusive article by Richard Overy * Beginning with the story of early man, and culminating in the rise of global terrorism and environmental issues, the text is a breathtaking and unrivalled narrative which includes voyages of discovery, revolutions...
World History
A Concise Thematic Analysis, Volume Two
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2013
World History: A Concise Thematic Analysis presents the highly anticipated second edition of the most affordable and accessible survey of world history designed for use at the college level.
An engaging narrative that contextualizes history and does not drown students in a sea of facts
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The Way of the World
From the Dawn of Civilizations to the Eve of the Twenty-first Century
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2013
How did we get here?
David Fromkin provides arresting and dramatic answers to the questions we ask ourselves as we approach the new millennium. He maps and illuminates the paths by which humanity came to its current state, giving coherence and meaning to the main turning points along the way...
Days That Changed the World
The 50 Defining Events of World History
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2011
The currents of history run deep and often unseen beneath the everyday ripple of events. But now and again the current rises to the surface, and the events of a single day change the world for ever. Such events are the subject of Days that Changed the World. Some of the fifty days described here mark...
by Peter N. Stearns
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2003
Western civilization and world history are often seen as different, or even mutually exclusive, routes into historical studies. This volume shows that they can be successfully linked, providing a tool to see each subject in the context of the other, identifying influences and connections.
Western...
The Structure of World History
From Modes of Production to Modes of Exchange
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2014
In this major, paradigm-shifting work, Kojin Karatani systematically re-reads Marx's version of world history, shifting the focus of critique from modes of production to modes of exchange. Karatani seeks to understand both Capital-Nation-State, the interlocking system that is the dominant form of...
Secret World
A History of Intelligence
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2018
The first-ever detailed, comprehensive history of intelligence, from Moses and Sun Tzu to the present day
The history of espionage is far older than any of today’s intelligence agencies, yet the long history of intelligence operations has been largely forgotten. The codebreakers at Bletchley...
History's Daybook
A History of the World in 366 Quotations
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Every day of the year carries the memory of great and terrible events. From the founding of Rome to the 21st century's war on terror, History's Daybook presents a vivid, day-by-day perspective on 2,500 years of human history through the medium of 366 quotations, each of which is tied to the anniversary...