TY - BOOK AU - Palmer, R.R. AU - Colton, Joel TI - A history of the modern world SN - 0-679-43253-1 PY - 1995/// CY - New York PB - McGraw-Hill KW - HISTORIA MEDIEVAL KW - HISTORIA MODERNA KW - HISTORIA CONTEMPORANEA KW - HISTORIA KW - EUROPA KW - HISTORIA UNIVERSAL N1 - Curso CN Zaragoza=500\ \; NCC 2000 N2 - A few words on geography.- The rise of Europe.- The Upheaval in Christendom, 1300-1560.- Economic renewal and wars of religion, 1560-1648.- The establishment of West-European Leadership.- The transformation of Eastern Europe, 1648-1740.- The struggle for wealth and empire.- The scientific view of the world.- The age of Enlightenment.- The French Revolution.- Napoleonic Europe.- Reation versus Progress, 1815-1848.- Revoluution and reimposition of order, 1848-1870.- The consolidation of large Nation-States, 1859-1871.- European Civilization, 1871-1914.- Europes world supremacy.- The first world war.- The Russian Revolution and the Soviet Union.- The apparent victory of democracy.- Democracy and dictatorhip.- The second world war.- The Postwar Era: The Age of the superpowers empires into Nations: The developing world.- A world endangered: The cold war.- A world transformed.- Appendix I: Chrolological tables.- Appendix II: Rulers and regimes.- Appendix III: Historical populations of Various countries and cities ER -