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

By: Goucher, Candice Lee Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York, NY : Routledge, 2013Edition: 2nd ed., combined edDescription: xx, 736 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 25 cmISBN: 9780415670005 (pbk.); 9780415669993 (hardback); 9780203069752 (ebk)Subject(s): World historyDDC classification: 909

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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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
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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