The Earth and Its People: A Global History, Volume C: Since 1750 [Paperback]

Richard Bulliet (Author), Pamela Crossley (Author), Daniel Headrick (Author), Steven Hirsch (Author), Lyman Johnson (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0618427694 | ISBN-13: 978-0618427697 | Publication Date: February 9, 2004 | Edition: 3

This text provides a truly global approach to the world history survey. Its fundamental theme, the interaction of human beings and the environment, serves as a point of comparison for different times, places, and societies. Special emphasis is given to technology and how technological development underlies all human activity. The Third Edition combines strong scholarship and pedagogy to uphold the book's reputation for rigor and accessibility. Several features, such as detailed maps, images, and timelines, help students build their geography and comparative analysis skills.

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About the Author

Richard W. Bulliet (PhD, Harvard University) is Professor of Middle Eastern History at Columbia University. He has written scholarly works on a number of topics: the social history of medieval Iran (The Patricians of Nishapur), the historical competition between pack camels and wheeled transport (The Camel and the Wheel), the process of conversion to Islam (Conversion to Islam in the Medieval Period), and the overall course of Islamic social history (Islam: The View from the Edge). Dr. Bulliet is the editor of the Columbia History of the Twentieth Century. He has published four novels, co-edited The Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East, and hosted an educational television series on the Middle East. He is also the recipient of a fellowship by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.

Pamela Kyle Crossley (PhD, Yale University) is Professor of History and Rosenwald Research Professor in the Arts and Sciences at Dartmouth College. Her books include A Translucent Mirror: History and Identity in Qing Imperial Ideology; The Manchus; Orphan Warriors: Three Manchu Generations and the End of the Qing World; and (with Lynn Hollen Lees and John W. Servos) Global Society: The World Since 1900. Her research--which focuses on the cultural history of China, Inner Asia, and Central Asia--has been supported by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Daniel R. Headrick (PhD, Princeton University) is Professor of History and Social Science at Roosevelt University in Chicago and the author of several books on the history of technology, imperialism, and international relations, including The Tools of Empire: Technology and European Imperialism in the Nineteenth Century; The Tentacles of Progress: Technology Transfer in the Age of Imperialism; The Invisible Weapon: Telecommunications and International Politics; and When Information Came of Age: Technologies of Knowledge in the Age of Reason and Revolution, 1700-1850. His articles have appeared in the Journal of World History and the Journal of Modern History, and he has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Steven W. Hirsch (PhD, Stanford University) is currently Associate Professor Classics and History at Tufts University. He has received grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Massachusetts Foundation for Humanities and Public Policy. His research and publications include The Friendship of the Barbarians: Xenophon and the Persian Empire, as well as articles and reviews in the Classical Journal, the American Journal of Philology, and the Journal of Interdisciplinary History. He is currently working on a comparative study of ancient Mediterranean and Chinese civilizations.

Lyman L. Johnson (PhD, University of Connecticut) is Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. A two-time Senior Fulbright-Hays Lecturer, he also has received fellowships from the Tinker Foundation, the Social Science Research Council, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the American Philosophical Society. His recent books include Death, Dismemberment, and Memory; The Faces of Honor (with Sonya Lipsett-Rivera); The Problem of Order in Changing Societies; Essays on the Price History of Eighteenth-Century Latin America (with Enrique Tandeter); and Colonial Latin America (with Mark A. Burkholder). Dr. Johnson also has published in several journals, including Hispanic American Historical Review, Journal of Latin American Studies, International Review of Social History, Social History, and Desarrollo Economico. He recently served as president of the Conference on Latin American History.

Product Details

• Paperback: 370 pages
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing; 3 edition (February 9, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0618427694
• ISBN-13: 978-0618427697
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 8.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
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