"Updated with geography overview"- cover.

Includes bibliographical index.

Americas, 600-1500 -- South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Afro-Eurasian connections, 600-1500triumphs and challenges, 1450-1750 -- pt. 5. Global imbalances: industry, empire, and the making of the modern world, 1750-1945. Modern transitions: revolutions, industries, ideologies, empires, 1750-1914 -- Changing societies in Europe, the Americas, and Oceania, 1750-1914 -- Africa, the Middle East, and imperialism, 1750-1914 -- South Asia, Southeast Asia, and colonization, 1750-1914 -- East Asia and the Russian Empire face new challenges, 1750-1914 -- World wars, European revolutions, and global depression, 1914-1945 -- Imperialism and nationalism in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, 1914-1945 -- pt. 6. Global system: interdependence and conflict in the contemporary world, since 1945. The remaking of the global system, since 1945 -- East Asian resurgence, 1945-present -- Rebuilding Europe and Russia, since 1945 -- The Americas and the Pacific Basin: new roles in the contemporary world, since 1945 -- The Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa, and new conflicts in the contemporary world, 1945-present -- South Asia, Southeast Asia, and global connections, 1945-present.