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Book SynopsisReadable and concise, this Brief Edition of THE EARTH AND ITS PEOPLES: A GLOBAL HISTORY provides the essential narrative of world history in an abbreviated format. This global world history book employs fundamental themes of environment and technology and diversity and dominance to explore patterns of humans' interactions with their surroundings and with each other. The authors' approach reveals how humanity continues to shape and be shaped by our environments and how dominant structures and traditions are balanced and challenged by alternate beliefs.
Table of Contents15. The Maritime Revolution, to 1550. Part V: THE GLOBE ENCOMPASSED, 1500���1800. 16. Transformations in Europe, 1500���1750. 17. The Americas, the Atlantic, and Africa, 1530���1770. 18. Southwest Asia and the Indian Ocean, 1500���1750. 19. East Asia, 1500���1800. Part VI: REVOLUTIONS RESHAPE THE WORLD, 1750���1870. 20. Industrial Revolution and Global Impact, 1760���1851. 21. Revolutionary Changes in the Atlantic World, 1750���1850. 22. Land Empires in the Age of Imperialism, 1800���1870. Part VII: GLOBAL DIVERSITY AND DOMINANCE, 1850���1945. 23. Varieties of Imperialism in Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and Latin America, 1750-1914 24. The New Power Balance, 1850���1900. 25. The Crisis of the Imperial Order, 1900���1929. 26. Revolutions in Living, 1900���1950. 27. The Collapse of the Old Order, 1929���1949. Part VIII: PERILS AND PROMISES OF A GLOBAL COMMUNITY, 1945 TO THE PRESENT. 28. The Cold War and Decolonization, 1945���1991. 29. New Challenges in a New Millennium, 2001���Present.
