McKay, J: History of World Societies
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780230394384
ISBN-10: 0230394388
Pagini: 728
Ilustrații: Illustrations, maps
Dimensiuni: 215 x 275 x 22 mm
Greutate: 1.38 kg
Ediția:Revizuită
Editura: MACMILLAN EDUCATION
Locul publicării:Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0230394388
Pagini: 728
Ilustrații: Illustrations, maps
Dimensiuni: 215 x 275 x 22 mm
Greutate: 1.38 kg
Ediția:Revizuită
Editura: MACMILLAN EDUCATION
Locul publicării:Basingstoke, United Kingdom
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Cuprins
The Acceleration of Global Contact, 1450-1600
European Power and Expansion, ca. 1500-1750
New Worldviews and Ways of Life, 1540-1790
Africa and the World, ca. 1400–1800
The Islamic World Powers, ca. 1300-1800
Continuity and Change in East Asia, ca. 1400-1800
Revolutions in the Atlantic World, 1775-1815
The Revolution in Energy and Industry, ca. 1760-1850
Ideologies of Change in Europe, 1815–1914
Africa, Southwest Asia, and the New Imperialism, 1800–1914
Asia in the Era of Imperialism, 1800-1914
Nation Building in the Americas and Australia, ca. 1770-1914
War and Revolution, 1914-1929
Nationalism in Asia, 1914-1939
The Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945
Global Recovery and Division Between Superpowers, 1945 to the Present
Independence, Progress, and Conflict in Asia and the Middle East, 1945 to the Present
The Global South: Latin America and Africa, 1945 to the Present
A New Era in World History
European Power and Expansion, ca. 1500-1750
New Worldviews and Ways of Life, 1540-1790
Africa and the World, ca. 1400–1800
The Islamic World Powers, ca. 1300-1800
Continuity and Change in East Asia, ca. 1400-1800
Revolutions in the Atlantic World, 1775-1815
The Revolution in Energy and Industry, ca. 1760-1850
Ideologies of Change in Europe, 1815–1914
Africa, Southwest Asia, and the New Imperialism, 1800–1914
Asia in the Era of Imperialism, 1800-1914
Nation Building in the Americas and Australia, ca. 1770-1914
War and Revolution, 1914-1929
Nationalism in Asia, 1914-1939
The Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945
Global Recovery and Division Between Superpowers, 1945 to the Present
Independence, Progress, and Conflict in Asia and the Middle East, 1945 to the Present
The Global South: Latin America and Africa, 1945 to the Present
A New Era in World History
Recenzii
' A History of World Societies is comprehensive in scope and analysis, offering students well-chosen illustrations and maps and a highly readable narrative that prompts in-class discussion.' -K. David Goss, Gordon College, USA
' A History of World Societies is an elegantly written narrative that captures the voices of the human past. The highly respected teacher-scholars who authored the volumes adopt a unique world regional approach with special emphasis on social history and strike the proper balance between breadth and depth. The artful presentation and effective integration of written text and visual materials helps instructors promote history and the historian's craft. The textbook's gorgeous professional layout and diverse pedagogical activities keep students interested and are hallmarks of today's student-centered learning models.' - Matthew D. Esposito, Drake University, USA
'Its strengths are its engaging and often eloquent writing, the best maps of any textbook, useful special features, coverage in the text of individuals both famous and not famous, and balanced coverage.' - David S. Bovee, Fort Hays State University, USA
'The attention paid to gender issues, cross-cultural comparisons and connections, recent scholarship, and the use of art, maps, and boxed features makes A History of World Societies a valuable text. The regional approach is focused and less confusing to both students and instructors.' - Funso Afolayan, University of New Hampshire, USA
' A History of World Societies is a well researched, balanced account of the development of the major world civilizations that provides students with an excellent foundation for their understanding of these civilizations and their achievements.' - Jason M. Stratton, Bakersfield College, USA
' A History of World Societies is an elegantly written narrative that captures the voices of the human past. The highly respected teacher-scholars who authored the volumes adopt a unique world regional approach with special emphasis on social history and strike the proper balance between breadth and depth. The artful presentation and effective integration of written text and visual materials helps instructors promote history and the historian's craft. The textbook's gorgeous professional layout and diverse pedagogical activities keep students interested and are hallmarks of today's student-centered learning models.' - Matthew D. Esposito, Drake University, USA
'Its strengths are its engaging and often eloquent writing, the best maps of any textbook, useful special features, coverage in the text of individuals both famous and not famous, and balanced coverage.' - David S. Bovee, Fort Hays State University, USA
'The attention paid to gender issues, cross-cultural comparisons and connections, recent scholarship, and the use of art, maps, and boxed features makes A History of World Societies a valuable text. The regional approach is focused and less confusing to both students and instructors.' - Funso Afolayan, University of New Hampshire, USA
' A History of World Societies is a well researched, balanced account of the development of the major world civilizations that provides students with an excellent foundation for their understanding of these civilizations and their achievements.' - Jason M. Stratton, Bakersfield College, USA
Notă biografică
JOHN P. MCKAY Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois, USA. He has written or edited numerous works, including the Herbert Baxter Adams Prize-winning book Pioneers for Profit: Foreign Entrepreneurship and Russian Industrialization, 1885-1913 and Tramways and Trolleys: The Rise of Urban Mass Transport in Europe.
BENNETT D. HILL late of the University of Illinois, USA, published English Cistercian Monasteries and Their Patrons in the Twelfth Century, Church and State in the Middle Ages, and numerous articles and reviews, and was one of the contributing editors to The Encyclopedia of World History. A Benedictine monk of St. Anselm's Abbey in Washington, D.C., he was also a Visiting Professor at Georgetown University, USA.
JOHN BUCKLER taught History at the University of Illinois, USA. His published books include Theban Hegemony, 371-362 B.C., Philip II and the Sacred War, and Aegean Greece in the Fourth Century B.C. With Hans Beck, he most recently published Central Greece and the Politics of Power in the Fourth Century.
PATRICA B. EBREY Professor of History at the University of Washington in Seattle, USA, specializes in China. She has published numerous journal articles and The Cambridge Illustrated History of China, as well as numerous monographs. In 2010 she won the Shimada Prize for outstanding work of East Asian Art History for Accumulating Culture: The Collections of Emperor Huizong.
ROGER B. BECK Distinguished Professor of African and Twentieth-Century World History at Eastern Illinois University, USA. His publications include The History of South Africa, a translation of P. J. van der Merwe's The Migrant Farmer in the History of the Cape Colony, 1657-1842, and more than seventy-five articles, book chapters, and reviews. He is a former treasurer and Executive Council member of the World History Association.
CLARE HARU CROWSTON teaches at the University of Illinois, USA, where she is currently Associate Professor of History. She is the author of Fabricating Women: The Seamstresses of Old Regime France, 1675-1791, which won the Berkshire and Hagley Prizes. She edited two special issues of the Journal of Women's History, has published numerous journal articles and reviews, and is a past president of the Society for French Historical Studies.
MERRY E. WIESNER-HANKS taught first at Augustana College in Illinois, USA, and since 1985 at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA, where she is currently UWM Distinguished Professor in the department of History. She is the co-editor of the Sixteenth Century Journal and the author or editor of more than twenty books, most recently The Marvelous Hairy Girls: The Gonzales Sisters and Their Worlds and Gender in History. She is the former Chief Reader for Advanced Placement World History.
BENNETT D. HILL late of the University of Illinois, USA, published English Cistercian Monasteries and Their Patrons in the Twelfth Century, Church and State in the Middle Ages, and numerous articles and reviews, and was one of the contributing editors to The Encyclopedia of World History. A Benedictine monk of St. Anselm's Abbey in Washington, D.C., he was also a Visiting Professor at Georgetown University, USA.
JOHN BUCKLER taught History at the University of Illinois, USA. His published books include Theban Hegemony, 371-362 B.C., Philip II and the Sacred War, and Aegean Greece in the Fourth Century B.C. With Hans Beck, he most recently published Central Greece and the Politics of Power in the Fourth Century.
PATRICA B. EBREY Professor of History at the University of Washington in Seattle, USA, specializes in China. She has published numerous journal articles and The Cambridge Illustrated History of China, as well as numerous monographs. In 2010 she won the Shimada Prize for outstanding work of East Asian Art History for Accumulating Culture: The Collections of Emperor Huizong.
ROGER B. BECK Distinguished Professor of African and Twentieth-Century World History at Eastern Illinois University, USA. His publications include The History of South Africa, a translation of P. J. van der Merwe's The Migrant Farmer in the History of the Cape Colony, 1657-1842, and more than seventy-five articles, book chapters, and reviews. He is a former treasurer and Executive Council member of the World History Association.
CLARE HARU CROWSTON teaches at the University of Illinois, USA, where she is currently Associate Professor of History. She is the author of Fabricating Women: The Seamstresses of Old Regime France, 1675-1791, which won the Berkshire and Hagley Prizes. She edited two special issues of the Journal of Women's History, has published numerous journal articles and reviews, and is a past president of the Society for French Historical Studies.
MERRY E. WIESNER-HANKS taught first at Augustana College in Illinois, USA, and since 1985 at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA, where she is currently UWM Distinguished Professor in the department of History. She is the co-editor of the Sixteenth Century Journal and the author or editor of more than twenty books, most recently The Marvelous Hairy Girls: The Gonzales Sisters and Their Worlds and Gender in History. She is the former Chief Reader for Advanced Placement World History.
Caracteristici
Thoroughly revised edition of a highly successful text which provides students with one of the most vivid and approachable accounts of human life from 1450 through to today
Features lively, descriptive writing, a wealth of illustrations and primary sources that give voice to a wide range of individuals
The new look ninth edition contains more global connections and comparisons, more documents, special features and activities that teach historical analysis and reinforce understanding
Features lively, descriptive writing, a wealth of illustrations and primary sources that give voice to a wide range of individuals
The new look ninth edition contains more global connections and comparisons, more documents, special features and activities that teach historical analysis and reinforce understanding