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ISBN
9780140124897

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0140124896
ISBN-13
9780140124897
eBay Product ID (ePID)
52435

Product Key Features

Original Language
French
Book Title
History of Civilizations
Number of Pages
640 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1995
Topic
Civilization
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Author
Fernand Braudel
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
15.4 Oz
Item Length
7.7 in
Item Width
5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
TitleLeading
A
Dewey Edition
20
Grade From
Twelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal
909
Grade To
UP
Table Of Content
List of Maps Translator''s Introduction By Way of Preface Introduction: History and the Present Day I. A History of Civilizations 1. Changing Vocabulary 2. The Study of Civilization Involves All the Social Sciences: Civilizations as geographical areas; civilizations as societies; civilizations as economies; civilizations as ways of thought. 3. The Continuity of Civilizations: Periods within civilizations; underlying structures; history and civilization II. Civilizations Outside Europe Part I. Islam and the Muslim World 4. History: Islam as a successor civilization: the Near East in new form; the history of the Near East; Muhammad, the Koran and Islam; Arabia: the problem of a barely urbanized culture. 5. Geography: Islam''s lands and seas; a continent as intermediary: trade-routes and towns. 6. The Greatness and Decline of Islam: No Muslim civilization before the eighth or ninth century; the golden age of Islam: eighth to twelfth centuries; science and philosophy; stagnation or decadence: twelfth to eighteenth centuries. 7. The Revival of Islam Today: The end of colonialism and the birth of new nationalist movements; Muslim States in the modern world; Muslim civilization in the twentieth century. Part II: Africa 8. The Past: Geography; the dark past. 9. Black Africa: Today and Tomorrow: The awakening of Africa; economic and social issues at stake; art and literature. Part III: The Far East 10. An Introduction to the Far East: What geography shows; barbarism against civilization: the evidence of history; distant origins: the reasons for cultural immobility. 11. The China of the Past: Religion; politics; social and economic affairs. 12. China Yesterday and Today: The time of imposed treaties: China as humiliated victim (1839-1949); China renewed; Chinese civilization in the modern world. 13. India Yesterday and Today: Ancient India (before the British Raj); British India (1757-1947): an ancient economy at grips with the modern West; Will India be spared a Chinese-style revolution? 14. The Maritime Far East: Indo-China; Indonesia; The Philippines; Korea. 15. Japan: Japan before Chinese influence; Japan learns from Chinese civilization; modern Japan. III. European Civilizations Part I: Europe 16. Geography and Freedom: Europe takes shape: fifth to thirteenth centuries; liberty and rights: eleventh to eighteenth centuries. 17. Christianity, Humanism, and Scientific Thought: Christianity; humanism and humanists; scientific thought before the nineteenth century. 18. The Industrialization of Europe: The origins of the first Industrial Revolution; the spread of industrialism in Europe (and beyond); socialism and industrialism. 19. Unity in Europe: Outstanding art and culture; economic interdependence; political delay. Part II: America 20. Latin America, the Other New World: Geography; nature and society: literature bears witness; racial problems: quasi-fraternity; the economy: civilizations on trial. 21. America par excellence : The United States: A reassuring past: opportunities and setbacks; colonization and independence; conquering the West; industrialization and the growth of towns. 22. Failures and Difficulties: From Yesterday to the Present: An old nightmare: Black America, an ineradicable colony; capitalism: from the trusts to State intervention and oligopoly; the United States in the world. 23. An English-speaking Universe: In Canada: France and Britain; Southern Africa: Dutch, British, and Blacks; Australia and New Zealand, or Britain at last unchallenged. Part III: The Other Europe: Muscovy, Russia, the USSR and the CIS 24. From the Beginning to the October Revolution of 1917: Kiev; the Russian Orthodox Church; Greater Russia. 25. The USSR After 1917: From Marx to Lenin; Marxism and Soviety civilization; the Congress of October 1961. Index
Synopsis
Written from a consciously anti-enthnocentric approach, this fascinating work is a survey of the civilizations of the modern world in terms of the broad sweep and continuities of history, rather than the "event-based" technique of most other texts.
LC Classification Number
D21

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