World History, Volume 2: from 1400 – Age 18 (Bachelor's)
Grade Equivalents
| 🇺🇸 United States | College Freshman |
| 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | University Year 1 |
| 🇮🇳 India | B.A./B.Sc. Year 1 |
| 🇳🇬 Nigeria | University Year 1 |
| 🇿🇦 South Africa | University Year 1 |
| 🇦🇺 Australia | University Year 1 |
| 🇨🇦 Canada | University Year 1 |
About This Textbook
This textbook is designed to support both semesters of the world history course offered at both two-year and four-year institutions. Serving a student base of both majors and non-majors in the field, the course introduces students to a global perspective of history conveyed within an engaging narrative. Concepts and assessments are presented in ways to help students think critically about the issues they encounter so they can broaden their perspective of global history and how the topics studied apply to their current life as citizens of the world.
Table of Contents
Connections Across Continents, 1500–1800 (Understanding the Past — Exchange in East Asia and the Indian Ocean — Early Modern Africa and the Wider World — The Islamic World — Foundations of the Atlantic World) — An Age Of Revolution, 1750–1914 (Colonization and Economic Expansion — Revolutions in Europe and North America — Revolutions in Latin America — Expansion in the Industrial Age — Life and Labor in the Industrial World) — The Modern World, 1914–Present (The War to End All Wars — The Interwar Period — The Causes and Consequences of World War II — Cold War Conflicts — The Contemporary World and Ongoing Challenges)