powerweb humanist politics includes

books:

History of The Modern World-Vol. II (Includes Chapters 11-24)

1 review
R.R. Palmer, Joel Colton

McGraw-Hill Companies, 1994

this is volume two - of a two volume set
i accidently ordered this because i thought it was the paperback version of the full History of the Modern World. its not. its just volume 2.

A History of the Modern World
Joel Colton, Lloyd Kramer R. R. Palmer

Alfred A. Knopf, 2002

2002 publication. 9th edition. 1192 pages. 25 chapters-The "Rise of Europe" through "A World Transformed" (Facing the 21st Century).

Léon Blum: Humanist in Politics
Joel Colton

Duke University Press, 1987

A History of the Modern World, with PowerWeb

72 reviews
R. R. Palmer, Joel Colton, ...

McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 2006

Outstanding overview of modern history
I am not exceptionally scholarly, although I would have to say that it takes some scholarly motivation to read over 1000 pages of dense historical writing in one's free time. Yet I found this book, which is often used as a textbook, very easy to read. It doesn't quite read like fiction as some lively historical accounts can, but that would be a difficult task given this broad a subject. ...