Meyer, Marc Anthony, 1950- The search for order : : landmarks of world civilizations. [electronic resource] / Marc Anthony Meyer.. Volume two, : From 1500 to the present / — Guilford, Conn. : : Dushkin Pub. Group,, c1994.. — xx, 424 p.
One of two volumes.
Early modern world, an age of philosophers and reformers: Africa and Southwest Eurasia; South and Southeast Eurasia; East Eurasia; West Eurasia; Americas -- Modern world, an age of revolutionaries and reactionaries: Africa and Southwest Eurasia; South and Southeast Eurasia; East Eurasia; West Eurasia; Americas -- Contemporary world; Africa and Southwest Eurasia; South and Southeast Eurasia; East Eurasia; West Eurasia; Americas -- Glossary.
Анотація: Through the selections in volume two students of world civilizations will find themselves amidst the power of myth in an African folktale; the cries against tyranny in Two Declarations of the Rights of Man and Citizen; the strength of love in Mother Teresa's Nobel Peace Prize lecture; and discover that the issues raised in historical studies are as relevant to their own lives as to the field itself. -Back cover.