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Millennium : from religion to revolution : how civilization has changed over a thousand years / Ian Mortimer.
Author
Mortimer, Ian, 1967-
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Uniform title
Centuries of change
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Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
First Pegasus books hardcover edition.
Published/Created
New York : Pegasus Books, 2016.
©2016
Description
403 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Firestone Library - Stacks
HM626 .M675 2016
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Civilization, Western
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History
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Middle Ages
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History, Modern
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Civilization
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History
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Social change
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Summary note
"History's greatest tour guide-- Ian Mortimer-- takes us on an eye-opening and expansive journey through the last millennium of human innovation"--Front jacket flap.
Notes
Originally published: Centuries of change -- London : The Bodley Head, 2014.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-377) and index.
Contents
1001-1100: The Eleventh Century. The growth of the Western Church ; Peace ; The discontinuation of slavery ; Structural engineering
1101-1200: The Twelfth Century. Population growth ; The expansion of the monastic network ; The intellectual renaissance ; Medicine ; The rule of law
1201-1300: The Thirteenth Century. Commerce ; Education ; Accountability ; Friars ; Travel
1301-1400: The Fourteenth Century. The Black Death ; Projectile warfare ; Nationalism ; Vernacular languages
1401-1500: The Fifteenth Century. The age of discovery ; Measuring time ; Individualism ; Realism and Renaissance naturalism
1501-1600: The Sixteenth Century. Printed books and literacy ; The Reformation ; Firearms ; The decline of private violence ; The foundation of European empires
1601-1700: The Seventeenth Century. The Scientific Revolution ; The Medical Revolution ; Settlement of the world ; The social contract ; Rise of the middle classes
1701-1800: The Eighteenth Century. Transport and communications ; The Agricultural Revolution ; Enlightenment liberalism ; Economic theory ; The Industrial Revolution ; Political revolution
1801-1900: The Nineteenth Century. Population growth and urbanisation ; Transport ; Communications ; Public health and sanitation ; Photography ; Social reform
1901-2000: The Twentieth Century. Transport ; War ; Life expectancy ; The media ; Electrical and electronic appliances ; The invention of the future
Conclusion: Which century saw the most change? Stability and change ; A scale of needs ; Social change in relation to the scale of needs ; The end of history? ; The principal agent of change
Envoi: Why it matters.
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Reproduction of (manifestation): Mortimer, Ian, 1967- Centuries of change. London : The Bodley Head, 2014
ISBN
9781681772431 ((hardcover))
1681772434 ((hardcover))
9781681775470 ((paperback))
1681775476 ((paperback))
LCCN
2018418421
OCLC
940362359
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