A Concise History of the Modern World: 1500 to the Present

by William Woodruff

This book investigates the major changes in world history and world economy during the past five hundred years and explains to what extent world forces have been responsible for shaping both past and present. Its underlying theme is the struggle for power in which, since the sixteenth century, the West has prevailed. Many of the problems of the contemporary world - including terrorism - are the legacy of the period of Western domination. Until the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349122343
• ISBN13: 9781349122349
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 297 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"