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A History of the Modern World is a work initially published by the distinguished American historian at Princeton and Yale universities Robert Roswell Palmer in 1950. The work has since been extended by Joel Colton (from its second edition, 1956) [1] and Lloyd S. Kramer (from its ninth edition, 2001), [2] and currently counts 12 editions.
24 lip 2019 · It offers a wide-ranging survey that helps readers understand both the complexities of great events (e.g., the French Revolution, the First World War, or the collapse of great imperial systems) and the importance of historical analysis.
2 lip 2020 · Contents include: V.1: Origins of the modern world; V.2: Religion and change in Europe; V.3: Old and new worlds; V.4: The Age of Enlightenment; V.5: Revolution and change; V.6: The changing balance of power; V.7: World War I and its consequences; V.8: World War II and the Cold War; V.9: The world today; V.10: Index. V. 1.
A history of the modern world. Conceived and written as a history of the modern world rather than a truncated Western Civilization book, this text is one of the most highly praised history texts ever published. It has been adopted at more than 1000 schools and has been translated into six languages.
1 sty 2002 · No single work can be expected to cover all modern world history in acceptable detail, but this book sticks to those geographic units which have a long historical (i.e. written) record, and rightly leaves the other regions to the anthropologists and archaeologists.
Through its fluent global coverage, The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World provides information about major world developments from 1750 to the present, with close attention to social, economic, cultural, and political topics.
Throughout the book's lifetime, A History of the Modern World has been hailed as an elegantly written historical narrative, filled with analysis and balanced historical insights as well as...
