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History of World Societies from 1775 to Present

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ISBN-10: 0312682980

ISBN-13: 9780312682989

Edition: 8th 2009

Authors: John P. McKay, Bennett D. Hill, John Buckler, Patricia Buckley Ebrey, Roger B. Beck

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More than any other text,A History of World Societiesintroduces students to the families, foods, workplaces, religions, and diversions of peoples of the past through lively, descriptive writing and extensive primary sources that give voice to a wide range of individuals. This hallmark treatment of social history combines with strong political, cultural, and economic coverage and a clear, easy-to-manage organization to provide students with the most vivid account available of what life was like throughout human history.The Eighth Edition welcomes to the author team Merry Wiesner-Hanks and Clare Crowston, experienced world-history teachers and highly regarded scholars who bring additional…    
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Book details

List price: $86.99
Edition: 8th
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Bedford/Saint Martin's
Publication date: 10/10/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 544
Size: 8.75" wide x 11.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 2.332
Language: English

The Revolution in Politics, 1775-1815
Background to Revolution
Legal Orders and Social Change
The Crisis of Political Legitimacy
The Impact of the American Revolution
Financial Crisis
Revolution in Metropole and Colony, 1789-1791
The Formation of the National Assembly
The Revolt of the Poor and the Oppressed
A Limited Monarchy
Revolutionary Aspirations in Saint-Domingue
World War and Republican France, 1791-1799
Foreign Reactions and the Beginning of War
The Second Revolution
Total War and the Terror
Revolution in Saint-Domingue
The Thermidorian Reaction and the Directory, 1794-1799
The Napoleonic Era, 1799-1815
Napoleon���s Rule of Franc