This comprehensive five-volume set contains readable essays that describe and interpret the most important global events since the European Renaissance, some accompanied by related document excerpts and primary source materials.What were the effects of the Age of Exploration on today’s ethnic groups and social structure? How did the development of moveable type pave the way for Facebook and Twitter? Why is the Reformation so critical for understanding today’s religious controversies? This set will help readers answer these questions by exploring the most significant historical events of the modern world.This five-volume set covers times from the Renaissance to the present. Each volume focuses on a specific historic period and examines 12 events within those time frames that changed the world. Each entry provides an introduction that lays out factual material in a chronological manner, an in-depth essay interpreting the event’s significance, and an annotated bibliography of the most important current works on the topic. Select entries are followed by primary sources pertaining to the event under consideration, such as diary entries. Targeted to both general readers as well as entry-level university students, this book also directly supports high school and undergraduate curricula, allowing students to identify and contextualize events in order to think critically about their causes, aftermath, and legacy.
Thackeray Frank W. Thackeray & Findling John E. Findling
Events That Formed the Modern World [PDF ebook]
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Events That Formed the Modern World [PDF ebook]
From the European Renaissance through the War on Terror [5 volumes]
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Taal Engels ● Formaat PDF ● Pagina’s 1912 ● ISBN 9781598849028 ● Editor Thackeray Frank W. Thackeray & Findling John E. Findling ● Uitgeverij Bloomsbury Publishing (USA) ● Gepubliceerd 2012 ● Downloadbare 3 keer ● Valuta EUR ● ID 9118366 ● Kopieerbeveiliging Adobe DRM
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