A history of the modern world / R.R. Palmer, Joel Colton, Lloyd Kramer.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 1121-1218) and index.

The rise of Europe -- The upheaval in Western Christendom, 1300-1560 -- Economic renewal and wars of religion, 1560-1648 -- The growing power of Western Europe, 1640-1715 -- The transformation of Eastern Europe, 1648-1740 -- The scientific view of the world -- The struggle for wealth and empire -- The Age of Enlightenment -- The French Revolution -- Napoleonic Europe -- Industries, ideas, and the struggle for Reform, 1815-1848 -- Revolutions and the reimposition of order, 1848-1870 -- The global consolidation of large nation-states, 1859-1871 -- European civilization, 1871-1914 : economy and politics -- European civilization, 1871-1914 : society and culture -- Europe's world supremacy, 1871-1914 -- The First World War -- The Russian Revolution and the Soviet Union -- Democracy, anti-imperialism, and the economic crisis after the First World War -- Democracy and dictatorship in the 1930s -- The Second World War -- The Cold War and reconstruction after the Second World War -- Postcolonial nations in Asia and Latin America -- Empires into nations : Africa and the Middle East after the Second World War -- Coexistence, confrontation, and the new global economy -- The international revolt against Soviet Communism -- The changing modern world -- Appendix : Rulers and regimes -- Suggestions for further reading.

A History of the Modern World is a careful, well-written narrative of major events from the late Middle Ages to the political and religious conflicts at the beginning of the twenty-first century. It offers a wide-ranging survey that helps readers understand both the complexities of great events (e.g., the French Revolution, the First World War, or the collapse of great imperial systems) and the importance of historical analysis. It also provides a careful summary of the modern political changes that have affected the social and cultural development of all modern cultures. Throughout the book's lifetime, A History of the Modern World has been hailed as an elegantly written historical narrative, filled with analysis and balanced historical insights as well as its traditional attention to the processes of historical change, conflict, and political transformations. The tenth edition has been updated to include the clear maps, the survey of global economic connections, the chronologies, the illustrations, and the up-to-date bibliographies that today's students need and expect. - Publisher.