The Cambridge World History

Since 1750 the world has become ever more connected with processes of production and destruction no longer limited by land- or water-based modes of transport and communication. Volume 7 of the Cambridge World History series divided into two books offers a variety of angles of vision on the increasingly interconnected history of humankind. The first book examines structures spaces and processes within which and through which the modern world was created including the environment energy technology population disease law industrialization imperialism decolonization nationalism and socialism along with key world regions.