| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 378 pages .) |
| Series |
The New Cambridge Modern History ; v. 13 |
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New Cambridge Modern History ; v. 13
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| Contents |
Introduction: concepts of continuity and change in history / Peter Burke -- The environment and the economy / Eric L. Jones -- Industry / William N. Parker -- Population / Jacques Dupâquier -- Peasants / Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie -- Bureaucracy / G.E. Aylmer -- Warfare / Geoffrey Parker -- Revolution / Victor G. Kiernan -- The scientific revolution / Peter M. Heimann -- Social thought and social science / William Outhwaite -- Religion and secularisation / Peter Burke -- On the last 2,500 years in Western history, and some remarks on the coming 500 / Johan Galtung |
| Summary |
A comprehensive examination of the political, economic, social, and cultural development of the world from 1493 to 1945 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
History -- Modern
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History, Modern.
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| SUBJECT |
Europe -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045687
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| Subject |
Europe.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Burke, Peter, editor
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| ISBN |
9781139055895 |
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1139055895 |
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9781139055895 |
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