World History Since 1500 An Open and Free Textbook
World History Since 1500: An Open and Free Textbook is designed to cover world history from 1500 to the present in 15 chapters. The OER-supported textbook can be downloaded as a pdf or viewed online. The textbook serves to weave insights from many perspectives into stories and narratives that will h...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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East Tennessee State University
2023.
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| Series: | Open textbook library.
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Table of Contents:
- Author Biographies
- Acknowledgement
- Table of Contents
- Chapter 1: The World in 1500
- Chapter 2: Expanding Empires, Europe and the Americas 1500-1700
- Chapter 3: Cultural Encounters and Expanding Empires in Asia and Eurasia 1500-1700
- Chapter 4: Islamic Empires - Mughals, Ottomans and Safavids 1500-1700
- Chapter 5: Age of Reason - The Scientific Revolution, Enlightened Thought and its Impact
- Chapter 6: Challenging the Old Order - The Age of Revolutions
- Chapter 7: Remaking the World - The Industrial Revolution, Workers and a New Economic Order
- Chapter 8: Nation Building and Reform 1700-1900
- Chapter 9: Managing Modernity in Asia 1700-1900
- Chapter 10: The Second Wave of Imperialism 1700-1900
- Chapter 11: World in Crisis, Conflict, and the Struggle for Independence - World War I, the Indian Independence Movement and the Russian Revolution
- Chapter 12: Interwar Years and the Rise of Fascism
- Chapter 13: World War II
- Chapter 14: Cold War and Decolonization of the World from 1950
- Chapter 15: The Modern World