Societies, networks, and transitions
Subtitle: a global history
By: Craig A. Lockard
Edition: 2nd ed., instructor's ed.
Publisher: Wadsworth
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Boston, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 944
ISBN-13: 9780495897309
Subjects: World history; Civilization
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Foundations: ancient societies, to ca. 600 B.C.E. The origins of human societies, to ca. 2000 B.C.E.; title: Ancient societies in Mesopotamia, India, and Central Asia, 5000-600 B.C.E.; title: Ancient societies in Africa and the Mediterranean, 5000-600 B.C.E.; title: Around the Pacific Rim: Eastern Eurasia and the Americas, 5000-600 B.C.E.; title: pt. 2. Blossoming: the classical societies and their legacies, ca. 600 B.C.E.-ca. 600 C.E. Eurasian connections and new traditions in East Asia, 600 B.C.E.-600 C.E.; title: Western Asia, the Eastern Mediterranean, and regional systems, 600-200 B.C.E.; title: Classical societies in Southern and Central Asia, 600 B.C.E.-600 C.E.; title: Empires, networks, and the remaking of Europe, North Africa, and Western Asia, 500 B.C.E.-600 C.E.; title: Classical societies and regional networks in Africa, the Americas, and Oceania, 600 B.C.E.-600 C.E.; title: pt. 3. Expanding horizons: encounters and transformations in the intermediate era, ca. 600-1500. The rise, power, and connections of the Islamic world, 600-1500; title: East Asian traditions, transformations, and Eurasian encounters, 600-1500; title: Expanding horizons in Africa and the Americas, 600-1500; title: South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Afro-Eurasian connections, 600-1500; title: Christian societies in Medieval Europe, Byzantium, and Russia, 600-1500; title: pt. 4. Connecting the globe: forging new networks in the early modern world, 1450-1750. Global connections and the remaking of Europe, 1450-1750; title: New challenges for Africa and the Islamic world, 1450-1750; title: Americans, Europeans, Africans, and new societies in the Americas, 1450-1750; title: South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia: triumphs and challenges, 1450-1750; title: pt. 5. Global imbalances: industry, empire, and the making of the modern world, 1750-1945. Modern transitions: revolutions, industries, ideologies, empires, 1750-1914; title: Changing societies in Europe, the Americas, and Oceania, 1750-1914; title: Africa, the Middle East, and imperialism, 1750-1914; title: South Asia, Southeast Asia, and colonization, 1750-1914; title: East Asia and the Russian Empire face new challenges, 1750-1914; title: World wars, European revolutions, and global depression, 1914-1945; title: Imperialism and nationalism in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, 1914-1945; title: pt. 6. Global system: interdependence and conflict in the contemporary world, since 1945. The remaking of the global system, since 1945; title: East Asian resurgence, 1945; title: Rebuilding Europe and Russia, since 1945; title: The Americas and the Pacific Basin: new roles in the contemporary world, since 1945; title: The Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa, and new conflicts in the contemporary world, 1945; title: South Asia, Southeast Asia, and global connections, 1945.