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A regional and global approach to world history that highlights society and culture
Long praised by instructors and students for its accessible regional chapter structure, readability, and sustained attention to social history, the Eleventh Edition of A History of World Societies includes even more features and tools to engage today's students and save instructors time. This edition includes more help with historical thinking skills, an expanded primary source program in print and online, and the best and latest scholarship throughout
The book can be purchased with the breakthrough online resource, LaunchPad, which combines an e-book with a wealth of time-saving teaching and learning tools. LaunchPad comes with LearningCurve, an adaptive and automatically graded learning tool that ensures students come to class prepared.
The combined Volume includes all chapters.
List of contents
The Combined Volume includes all chapters. .- Volume 1 includes Chapters 1-16. .- Volume 2 includes Chapters 16-33.- Preface.- The Earliest Human Societies, to 2500 B.C.E..- 2. Complex Societies in Southwest Asia and the Nile Valley, 3800-500 B.C.E..- 3. The Foundation of Indian Society, to 300 C.E..- 4. China's Classical Age, to 221 B.C.E..- 5. The Greek Experience, 3500-30 B.C.E..- 6. The World of Rome, ca. 1000 B.C.E.-400 C.E..- 7. East Asia and the Spread of Buddhism, 221 B.C.E.-800 C.E..- 8. Continuity and Change in Europe and Western Asia, 250-850.- 9. The Islamic World, 600-1400.- 10. African Societies and Kingdoms, 1000 B.C.E.-1500 C.E..- 11. The Americas, 3200 B.C.E.-1500 C.E..- 12. Cultural Exchange in Central and Southern Asia, 300-1400.- 13. States and Cultures in East Asia, 800-1400.- 14. Europe and Western Asia in the Middle Ages, 800-1450.- 15. Europe in the Renaissance and Reformation, 1350-1600.- 16. The Acceleration of Global Contact, 1450-1600.- 17. The Islamic World Powers, 1300-1800.- 18. European Power and Expansion, 1500-1750.- 19. New Worldviews and Ways of Life, 1540-1790.- 20. Africa and the World, 1400-1800.- 21. Continuity and Change in East Asia, 1400-1800.- 22. Revolutions in the Atlantic World, 1775-1825.- 23. The Revolution in Energy and Industry, 1760-1850.- 24. Ideologies of Change in Europe, 1815-1914.- 25. Africa, the Ottoman Empire, and the New Imperialism, 1800-1914.- 26. Asia and the Pacific in the Era of Imperialism, 1800-1914.- 27. The Americas in the Age of Liberalism, 1810-1910.- 28. World War and Revolution, 1914-1929.- 29. Nationalism in Asia, 1914-1939.- 30. The Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945.- 31. Decolonization, Revolution, and the Cold War, 1945-1968.- 32. Liberalization, 1968-2000s.- 33. The Contemporary World in Historical Perspective.
