Part I - 1500–1700: The early modern world; Part II - 1700–1850: Revolution and reform; Part III - 1850–1914: Energy and empire;
Part IV - 1914–1950: Wars and revolutions; Part V - 1950–2000: Global threats and promises

The first textbook to present world history via social history, drawing on social science methods and research. This interdisciplinary, comprehensive, and comparative textbook is authored by distinguished scholars and experienced teachers, and offers expert scholarship on global history that is ideal for undergraduate students. Volume 2 takes us from the early modern period to speculation about the world in 2050, visiting diverse civilizations, nation-states, ecologies, and people along the journey through time and place. The book pays particular attention to the ways in which ordinary people lived through the great changes of their times, and how everyday experience connects to great political events and the commercial exchanges of an interconnected world. With 75 maps, 65 illustrations, timelines, boxes, and primary source extracts, the book enables students to use historical material and social science methodologies to analyze the events of the past, present, and future

El volumen 2 del libro nos lleva desde el período moderno temprano a la especulación sobre el mundo en 2050, visitando diversas civilizaciones, estados-nación, ecologías y personas a lo largo del viaje a través del tiempo y el lugar. El libro presta especial atención a las formas en que la gente común vivió los grandes cambios de su época, y cómo la experiencia cotidiana se conecta con los grandes eventos políticos y los intercambios comerciales de un mundo interconectado. Con 75 mapas, 65 ilustraciones, líneas de tiempo, cuadros y extractos de fuentes primarias, el libro les permite a los estudiantes usar metodologías históricas de material y ciencias sociales para analizar los eventos del pasado, presente y futuro