Ease Reading-Find Your Next Favorite Book

Hot Search

World History in Brief: Major Patterns of Change and Continuity

peter n. stearns

... Show More
With a brief, global approach, this book explores world history to 1450, showing how different civilizations developed in a global context and then encountered the various forces of contemporary life. This book presents the big picture of world history, highlighting the major developments in the world's history to 1450 and presenting the global interactions of major civilizations. For anyone interested in world history to 1450.

736 pages, Paperback

First published May 9,1990

This edition

Format
736 pages, Paperback
Published
November 7, 2004 by Longman
ISBN
9780321345868
ASIN
032134586X
Language
English

More editions

About the author

Profile Image for peter n. stearns

peter n. stearns

... Show More
Peter Nathaniel Stearns is a professor at George Mason University, where he was provost from January 1, 2000 to July 2014.
Stearns was chair of the Department of History at Carnegie Mellon University and also served as the Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (now named Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences) at Carnegie Mellon University. In addition, he founded and edited the Journal of Social History. While at Carnegie Mellon, he developed a pioneering approach to teaching World History, and has contributed to the field as well through editing, and contributing to, the Routledge series, Themes in World History. He is also known for various work on the nature and impact of the industrial revolution and for exploration of new topics, particularly in the history of emotions.
He is active in historical groups such as the American Historical Association, the Society for French Historical Studies, the Social Science History Association and the International Society for Research on Emotion.

Readers also enjoyed

Community Reviews

Rating(3 / 5.0, 1 votes)
5 stars
0(0%)
4 stars
0(0%)
3 stars
1(100%)
2 stars
0(0%)
1 stars
0(0%)
1 reviews All reviews
Profile Image for Kimberly .
Sayuri_Z
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
April 17,2025
... Show More
This is about all the reading I can handle right now! For a history text, it is very well written and pretty interesting. Not a lot of emphasis on specific names and dates, more of a general overview of basic themes. I actually ended up reading this entire History text and I enjoyed it.
0 0 Reply
Leave a Review
You must be logged in to rate and post a review. Register an account to get started.