1st Edition
World Past to World Present A Sketch of Global History
1. Introduction PART I: THE AGRICULTURAL AGE 2. The Nature of Agricultural Society 3. Early Civilizations 4. The Classical Period 5. Religion and Trade: World History from 600-1200 6. The Mongol Period, 1200-1450 7. The Early Modern Period 8. New Empires, new Ideas: Regional Developments in the early modern period PART II: THE INDUSTRIAL AGE 9. The Nature of Industrial Society 10. Global Dynamics: Imperialism and Globalization before 1914 11. Regional patterns and comparisons in the "long" 19th century 12. A Troubled Transition: Global Developments, 1914-1945 13. A More Global World, 1945-2000 14. How Regions Responded, 1945-2000 15. The 21st Century: Legacies and New Questions
Biography
Peter N. Stearns is University Professor of History at George Mason University, USA. He has taught a freshman world history course every year for over three decades; he also helped introduce the Advanced Placement world history program. Stearns has written widely on a variety of topics in the field, most recently including books on time and on happiness in world history.
