An Illustrated History of the Modern World

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CONTENTS
THE GROWTH OF WORLD CIVILIZATION
THE AGE OF REVOLUTIONS The American Revolution The French Revolution From Revolution to Empire The Fall of Napoleon
Independence Movements in Latin America
EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA IN THE
NINETEENTH CENTURY The New Europe The Springtime of Nations Russia: the Years of Conflict France from the Restoration to Napoleon III The United States 1800-1865
THE BALANCE OF POWER Cavour and Bismarck The Modernization of Europe The New Imperialism
DEMOCRACY AND THE NEW IMPERIALISM The Growth of Democracy in Britain and France Russia: Prelude to Revolution Asia in the Nineteenth Century The United States and Imperialism Nations in Turmoil
THE FIRST WORLD WAR The Approach of War The First World War Post-War Europe Europe and the Outside World Prosperity and Depression China and Japan
The Decline of Democracy in Europe
THE WORLD SINCE 1939 The Second World War The HeadUnes of History 1945-65 The Headlines of History 1965-78 The Headlines of... Tovább

Fülszöveg

CONTENTS
THE GROWTH OF WORLD CIVILIZATION
THE AGE OF REVOLUTIONS The American Revolution The French Revolution From Revolution to Empire The Fall of Napoleon
Independence Movements in Latin America
EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA IN THE
NINETEENTH CENTURY The New Europe The Springtime of Nations Russia: the Years of Conflict France from the Restoration to Napoleon III The United States 1800-1865
THE BALANCE OF POWER Cavour and Bismarck The Modernization of Europe The New Imperialism
DEMOCRACY AND THE NEW IMPERIALISM The Growth of Democracy in Britain and France Russia: Prelude to Revolution Asia in the Nineteenth Century The United States and Imperialism Nations in Turmoil
THE FIRST WORLD WAR The Approach of War The First World War Post-War Europe Europe and the Outside World Prosperity and Depression China and Japan
The Decline of Democracy in Europe
THE WORLD SINCE 1939 The Second World War The HeadUnes of History 1945-65 The Headlines of History 1965-78 The Headlines of History 1978-83 The Headlines of History 1983-91

AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE
MODERN
WORLD
If we imagine archaeologists attempting to reconstruct the history of the human race several thousand years from now, what conclusions will they reach? Like us, they will surely spot certain periods or events of special significance - like the invention of farming, or the Arab conquests of the 7th century AD. It seems likely that they will see the 200 years from about the end of the 18th to the end of the 20th century as the most significant so far.
That period begins with two revolutions -the French Revolution which was to transform relations between people and governments, and the Industrial Revolution, which was to transform almost every other aspect of people's lives. These great and ever-accelerating changes took place in the West, but they spread to other parts of the world too, so that within 200 years few people were unaffected by them. We have now reached a point at which, many people believe, the enormous material advance that began with the Industrial Revolution has outstripped the capacity of the Earth to sustain it. Perhaps the era of rapid economic progress is coming to an end. That era, an astonishing, eventful, heroic - and disastrous -age, is the subject of this book.
An Illustrated History of the Modem World is a straightforward, highly readable account of the important developments of the world - Asia and Africa no less than Europe and the Americas - in the past 200 years. It is written by a team which includes some of the most eminent historians of our times. It aims to entertain as well as inform and enlighten, and includes over 600 specially chosen illustrations which help to capture the flavor of events. Vissza