Global Connections: Volume 2, Since 1500
Politics, Exchange, and Social Life in World History

Emphasizing global interconnectedness, Volume 2 of this undergraduate history textbook covers the early modern period through to modern times.

John Coatsworth (Author), Juan Cole (Author), Michael P. Hanagan (Author), Peter C. Perdue (Author), Charles Tilly (Author), Louise Tilly (Author)

9780521145190, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 16 March 2015

556 pages, 65 b/w illus.
28 x 21.5 x 2.5 cm, 1.56 kg

'I am deeply impressed by these two magisterial volumes. Retrieving the experiences of ordinary people and highlighting the many interactions between different parts of the globe, they offer us a new perspective on humankind's past. After this, world history will never be the same. These are truly marvelous books!' Marcel van der Linden, International Institute of Social History

The first textbook to present world history via social history, drawing on social science methods and research. This interdisciplinary, comprehensive, and comparative textbook is authored by distinguished scholars and experienced teachers, and offers expert scholarship on global history that is ideal for undergraduate students. Volume 2 takes us from the early modern period to speculation about the world in 2050, visiting diverse civilizations, nation-states, ecologies, and people along the journey through time and place. The book pays particular attention to the ways in which ordinary people lived through the great changes of their times, and how everyday experience connects to great political events and the commercial exchanges of an interconnected world. With 75 maps, 65 illustrations, timelines, boxes, and primary source extracts, the book enables students to use historical material and social science methodologies to analyze the events of the past, present, and future.

Introduction to Volume 2
Part VI. 1500–1700: The Early Modern World: 1. New empires in Asia and the Middle East
2. Russia, Central Eurasia, China, Japan: centralization and commercialization
3. The Americas and Africa in the era of conquest and enslavement
4. Crossroads on the edges of Eurasia: Europe and Southeast Asia, 1500–1800
Part VII. 1700–1850: Revolution and Reform: 5. Expansion, reform, and communication in the agrarian empires of Asia
6. The first industrial revolution and the origins of international inequality
7. The age of revolution
Part VIII. 1850–1914: Energy and Empire: 8. The second industrial revolution
9. States and social movements
10. Nationalism and anti-colonialism
Part IX. 1914–50: Wars and Revolution: 11. The Great War and world revolutions, 1914–21
12. Twentieth-century social revolutions, 1922–39
13. World War II and the collapse of empires, 1931–50
Part X. 1950–2000: Global Threats and Promises: 14. Cold wars and hot wars: economic boom and slowdown, 1950–85
15. Decolonization
16. Global connections and disturbances, 1980 onwards
Conclusion.

Subject Areas: General & world history [HBG]