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Tables of Contents for Human Venture
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
v
Overview V The World In Balance (1350-1600)
133
35
Europe Reborn: Renaissance and Reformation (1300-1600)
136
6
The Muslim Center: Turkey, Persia, India (1450-1650)
142
6
Mandarins and Samurai: China and Japan (1350-1650)
148
5
A Continent on the Move: Africa from Songhai to Great Zimbabwe (1450-1600)
153
5
The Empires of the Sun: The Americas Under the Aztecs and the Incas (1350-1550)
158
5
Masters of Most of the Earth: The World's Preurban Peoples
163
5
Overview VI The World of Intercontinental Empires (1500-1900)
168
43
Caravels and Cannon: The Rise of Western Imperialism (1500-1800)
170
6
From Versailles to Voltaire: Europe in the Age of Absolutism and Enlightenment (1600-1800)
176
6
Fading Empires and Hermit Kingdoms: Decline and Isolation in Asia (1650-1870)
182
5
The World of Shaka Zulu: Turmoil and Transformation in Africa (1770-1870)
187
5
Barricades, Ballots, and Steam: Europe's Age of Revolution and Restructuring (1760-1900)
192
7
Liberators and Robber Barons: The Americas from Colonies to Countries (1770-1900)
199
6
Maxim Guns and Merchant Bankers: The Climax of Western Imperialism (1870-1900)
205
6
Overview VII The World in Tumult (1900-1945)
211
39
Queen Victoria's Jubilee: Western Global Supremacy (1900-1914)
213
7
Machine Guns and Barbed Wire: World War I (1914-1919)
220
6
Flappers and Bread Lines: The West Between the Wars (1919-1939)
226
5
The World Convulsed by Revolutions: Russia, China, Mexico (1910-1949)
231
6
The Totalitarian Years: Dictatorships in Many Lands (1917-1945)
237
5
Blitzkrieg and Burning Cities: World War II (1939-1945)
242
8
Overview VIII Global Conflict and Globalization (1945-2000)
250
The Long Twilight Struggle: The Cold War (1945-1990)
252
The Age of Uhuru: The Collapse of the Western Empires (1945-1990)
258
From Skyscrapers to the Internet: The Industrial Nations (1945-2000)
263
From Global Village to Global City: The Developing Nations (1945-2000)
269
From Eliot to Afro-Pop: The Drift Toward Global Culture (1900-2000)
275
The Struggle for the Global Future: Globalization and Its Foes
280