World History: The Basics
Autor Peter N. Stearnsen Limba Engleză Paperback – 10 noi 2010
- What is world history?
- How do we study a subject with such a broad geographic and chronological range?
- Why has world history been controversial?
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780415582759
ISBN-10: 041558275X
Pagini: 208
Ilustrații: black & white illustrations, maps, figures
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 041558275X
Pagini: 208
Ilustrații: black & white illustrations, maps, figures
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
Public țintă
AS/A2, General, and UndergraduateCuprins
1. Introduction: what and why is world history? 2. A World History Skeleton 3. Habits of Mind in World History 4. Managing Time: Choosing and Evaluating World History Periods 5. Managing Space: Choosing and Evaluating World History Regions 6. Managing Space and Time: Civilizations 7. Contacts and the Structure of World History 8. Topics in World History 9. Disputes in World History 10. World History in the Contemporary Era. Glossary
Descriere
Written by one of the founders of the field and addressing all of the major issues, World History: The Basics is both an ideal introduction to world history and an important statement about the past, present and future of the field.
Notă biografică
Peter N. Stearns is Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at George Mason University. He is series editor for Routledge’s Themes in World History and founder and editor of the Journal of Social History.