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In the balance : themes in global history / Candice L. Goucher, Charles A. Le Guin, Linda A. Walton.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Boston, Massachusetts : McGraw-Hill, �1998-Description: 2 volumes : ill (some color), color maps ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0070241813
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: In the balance.DDC classification:
  • 909 21
LOC classification:
  • D22 .G58
Other classification:
  • 15.50
Contents:
Emergence. World history and human origins ; Changing environments, changing societies ; Settled societies : the emergence of cities -- Order. Ideas and power : goddesses, God-kings, and sages ; Religion and state : Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam ; Trade, transport, temples, and tribute : the economics of power ; Ties that bind : lineage, clientage, and caste ; Ordering the world : family and household ; Culture and memory ; Connections -- Transformation. Commerce and change in Asia, Europe, and Africa, 750-1500 ; Commerce and change : the creation of a global economy and the expansion of Europe ; Traditions and their transformations ; Boundaries, encounters, and frontiers ; Crucibles of change : landscapes, culture, and social life after 1500 -- Balance. Dual revolutions : capitalist industrialism and the nation state ; The tentacles of empire : the new imperialism and nationalisms in Asia, Africa, and the Americas ; Culture, power, and perspective : war and peace in the twentieth century ; Resistance, revolution, and new global order/disorder ; The crossroads of history : culture, identity, and global community.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Emergence. World history and human origins ; Changing environments, changing societies ; Settled societies : the emergence of cities -- Order. Ideas and power : goddesses, God-kings, and sages ; Religion and state : Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam ; Trade, transport, temples, and tribute : the economics of power ; Ties that bind : lineage, clientage, and caste ; Ordering the world : family and household ; Culture and memory ; Connections -- Transformation. Commerce and change in Asia, Europe, and Africa, 750-1500 ; Commerce and change : the creation of a global economy and the expansion of Europe ; Traditions and their transformations ; Boundaries, encounters, and frontiers ; Crucibles of change : landscapes, culture, and social life after 1500 -- Balance. Dual revolutions : capitalist industrialism and the nation state ; The tentacles of empire : the new imperialism and nationalisms in Asia, Africa, and the Americas ; Culture, power, and perspective : war and peace in the twentieth century ; Resistance, revolution, and new global order/disorder ; The crossroads of history : culture, identity, and global community.

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