World history: journeys from past to present / Candice Goucher and Linda Walton.

By:

Goucher, Candice Lee

Material type:

TextPublication details: New York, NY : Routledge, 2013.Edition: 2nd ed., combined edDescription: xx, 736 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 25 cmISBN:

9780415670005 (pbk.)
9780415669993 (hardback)
9780203069752 (ebk)

Subject(s):

World history

DDC classification:

909 GOU/W

Contents:

Part-I Emergence (Human origins to 500 CE) 1. Human migration: World history in motion -- 2. Technology and environment transformations in world history -- 3. Cities and city life in world history -- 4. Ideas and power: Goddesses, Kings, and Sages Part- II Order (1 CE to 1500 CE) 5. The spread of world religions: Missionaries, merchants, and monarchs -- 6. Making a living: world economies -- 7. Family matter: Gender, family, and household -- 8. Ties that bind: Lineage, clientage, and caste -- 9. Early empires Part-III Connections (500-1600 CE) 10. Connections across land and sea -- 11.Cultural memory: Transmitting traditions -- 12. Commerce and change: Creating a world system Part-IV Bridging worlds (1300-1800 CE) 13. Commerce and change: Building a world system -- 14. Traditions and their transformations -- 15. Maritime worlds: The Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Ocean worlds -- 16. Landings: Boundaries, frontiers, and encounters Part-V Transforming lives (1500-1900) 17. Crucibles of change: Material worlds and social lives -- The nation-state, nationalism, and revolution -- 19.The industrial revolution and its global consequences Part-VI Forging a global community (1800-present) 20. Tentacles of empire: The new imperialism and new nationalism, 1800-1914 -- 21. Global order and disorder: War and peace, 1900-50 -- 22. Resistance and revolution in the long twentieth century -- 23. The new globalization: Technology and the environment -- 24. Globalization, world history, and human identity

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Cover image	Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Materials specified	Vol info	URL	Copy number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode	Item holds	Item hold queue priority	Course reserves
	General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section				909 GOU/W (Browse shelf(Opens below))					Available			P29563

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part-I Emergence (Human origins to 500 CE)
1. Human migration: World history in motion -- 2. Technology and environment transformations in world history -- 3. Cities and city life in world history -- 4. Ideas and power: Goddesses, Kings, and Sages

Part- II Order (1 CE to 1500 CE)
5. The spread of world religions: Missionaries, merchants, and monarchs -- 6. Making a living: world economies -- 7. Family matter: Gender, family, and household -- 8. Ties that bind: Lineage, clientage, and caste -- 9. Early empires

Part-III Connections (500-1600 CE)
10. Connections across land and sea -- 11.Cultural memory: Transmitting traditions -- 12. Commerce and change: Creating a world system

Part-IV Bridging worlds (1300-1800 CE)
13. Commerce and change: Building a world system -- 14. Traditions and their transformations -- 15. Maritime worlds: The Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Ocean worlds -- 16. Landings: Boundaries, frontiers, and encounters

Part-V Transforming lives (1500-1900)
17. Crucibles of change: Material worlds and social lives -- The nation-state, nationalism, and revolution -- 19.The industrial revolution and its global consequences

Part-VI Forging a global community (1800-present)
20. Tentacles of empire: The new imperialism and new nationalism, 1800-1914 -- 21. Global order and disorder: War and peace, 1900-50 -- 22. Resistance and revolution in the long twentieth century -- 23. The new globalization: Technology and the environment -- 24. Globalization, world history, and human identity

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