Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
The Past Speaks: Since 1688
The Past Speaks: To 1688
Author: Lacey Baldwin SmithPublisher: Cengage Learning
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
The Past Speaks: Since 1688
Author: Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
The Past Speaks provides primary documents arranged thematically to address a number of historical problems. It includes selections on the impact of the French Revolution, Victorian sexuality, and trench warfare in World War I, and chapters on political and economic issues between the two world wars and the end of the British Empire.
The Past Speaks to 1688
Author: Jean Reeder SmithThe Past Speaks Since 1688
Author: Walter F. ArnsteinThe City
Author: Andrew LeesPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199859523
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
The City: A World History tells the story of the rise and development of urban centers from ancient times to the twenty-first century. It begins with the establishment of the first cities in the Near East in the fourth millennium BCE, and goes on to examine urban growth in the Indus River Valley in India, as well as Egypt and areas that bordered the Mediterranean Sea. Athens, Alexandria, and Rome stand out both politically and culturally. With the fall of the Roman Empire in the West, European cities entered into a long period of waning and deterioration. But elsewhere, great cities-among them, Constantinople, Baghdad, Chang'an, and Tenochtitlán-thrived. In the late Middle Ages and the Early Modern period, urban growth resumed in Europe, giving rise to cities like Florence, Paris, and London. This urban growth also accelerated in parts of the world that came under European control, such as Philadelphia in the nascent United States. As the Industrial Revolution swept through in the nineteenth century, cities grew rapidly. Their expansion resulted in a slew of social problems and political disruptions, but it was accompanied by impressive measures designed to improve urban life. Meanwhile, colonial cities bore the imprint of European imperialism. Finally, the book turns to the years since 1914, guided by a few themes: the impact of war and revolution; urban reconstruction after 1945; migration out of many cities in the United States into growing suburbs; and the explosive growth of "megacities" in the developing world.
Speaking of History
Author: Roger AdelsonPublisher: MSU Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
What is of particular significance about this set of interviewees is the fact that each has approached the process of research and historical writing by applying a variety of techniques from the broad spectrum of the humanities, liberal arts, and social and natural sciences; each has avoided narrow specialization by comparing the particular contexts they study with other times and places. Collectively, they see the study of history in a global perspective.
The past speaks : sources and problems in British history. 2. Since 1688
Author: Walter L. ArnsteinPublisher:
ISBN: 9780669246025
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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