Suchergebnisse

Why time? : the experience of early societies -- Time amid the classical civilizations and world religions -- The rise of the clock, 1400-1800 -- Imposing the clock : uses of time in industrial society, 1800-1920 -- Time in the world during the long 19th century -- Time in the past century.

pt. I. Preface : sexuality before modern times -- pt. I. Conclusion : sexuality in the agricultural age -- pt. II. Preface : sex in the modern world, 1750-1950 -- pt. II. Conclusion : was there a "modern" sexuality by 1950? -- pt. III. Preface : sexuality in the age of globalization -- pt. III. Conclusion : a new variety?

Poverty and charity in the pre-modern world : causes, perceptions, and strategies -- Poverty in the emerging global economy -- Innovations in early modern poor relief -- Industrialization, imperialism, and world poverty, 1750-1945 -- Poverty, morality, and the state, 1750-1945 -- Poverty and poor relief after 1945.

Part I. The Atlantic Background -- 1. The foundation of the Atlantic world, 1250-1600 -- Part II. Three Atlantic Worlds -- 2. The European background -- 3. The African background -- 4. The American world, 1450-1700 -- Part III. The Nature of Encounter and its Aftermath -- 5. Conquest -- 6. Colonization -- 7. Contact -- Part IV. Culture Transition and Change -- 8. Transfer and retention in language -- 9. Aesthetic change -- 10. Religious stability and change -- 11. The revolutionary moment in the Atlantic

Modeling patterns of human migration -- Earliest human migrations, to 40,000 BP -- Peopling northern and American regions, 40,000 to 15,000 BP -- Agriculture, 15,000 BP to 5000 BP -- Commerce, 3000 BCE to 500 CE -- Modes of movement, 500 CE to 1400 CE -- Spanning the Oceans, 1400 to 1700 -- Labor for industry and empire, 1700 to 1900 -- Diasporas and nations in expansion, 1900 to 1980 -- Migration in global transformation, 1980 to 2050.