Дополнительная Информация

Издание

Revised edition, first edition.

Описание

xvii, 763 pages : maps ; 21 cm

Содержание

Bk. 1. The Foundations of History. 1. The Birth of the World. 2. Hunters. 3. Farmers. 4. Gods. 5. Kings and Waterworks. 6. Figures and Alphabets. 7. Laws and Tablets. 8. Pots, Mines and Cloths. 9. Cities, Trade and Slaves. 10. A Short Introduction to War -- Bk. 2. The Age of Agriculture. 11. The Masters of the Old World. 12. Master Crops. 13. Techniques. 14. Landlords and Labourers. 15. Crops and Cloths. 16. Population and its Slow Growth. 17. Diseases and Doctors. 18. Swords and Soldiers. 19. The Religious Frame. 20. Laws and Governors -- Bk. 3. The World Transformed. 21. The Renaissance in Europe. 22. The World Opened Up. 23. Commerce Revived. 24. Slow Journeys by Land. 25. A Real Revolution: Printing. 26. City Life. 27. Gunpowder Wars, Gunpowder States. 28. Medicine, Food and People -- Bk. 4. Industrial Triumphs. 29. Cotton as King. 30. How Long Did They Work? 31. The Power of Steam. 32. Iron and Steel. 33. Revolution by Railway. 34. A New World of Energy. 35. Faster and Faster Journeys. 36. Another Revolution in Information. 37. Mass Media. 38. A New Agriculture. 39. The Expanding Stomach. 40. Industrialisation and Modernisation. 41. Capitalism in the Nineteenth Century -- Bk. 5. Absolutism and Democracy. 42. Modern Absolutism. 43. Modern Democracy. 44. Democracy's Enemies. 45. The Life of Political Parties. 46. Syndicalists. 47. Our Living Standards. 48. Growth and Grossness of the Modern State. 49. Groaning under Taxes. 50. Population's Great Leap. 51. The Achievements and Illusions of Medicine. 52. Urban Man. 53. Empires. 54. Schools and Learning. 55. Games -- Bk. 6. Wars of Our Time. 56. Modern Souls. 57. Anti-Churches. 58. War in the Nineteenth Century. 59. The Great War. 60. The War of the Nazis I: Races. 61. The War of the Nazis II: The Fighting. 62. The Withdrawal of Europe. 63. The Cold War I: The 'Class Struggle'. 64. The Cold War II: The Course.

Библиография

Includes bibliographical references (pages 709-733) and index.

Примечание

"A previous edition of this book was published in 1979 ... under the title A history of the world"--T.p. verso.

Тема

World history.

Дополнительный автор

Thomas, Hugh, 1931-2017. History of the world.

ISBN

0060174773: $35.00