A History of the Modern World is a work initially published by the distinguished American historian at Princeton and Yale universities Robert Roswell Palmer in 1950.
[3][2] First published in 1950, and translated into six languages, the book is used in more than 1,000 colleges and universities, as well as many high school advanced placement courses.
[4] The second edition (1956), comprises two volumes, 20 main chapters and 110 sub-chapters.
[5] The author focuses on World History from a European perspective, and the newer editions also exists under the title "A History of Europe in the Modern World".
[6] Content of the second edition, Note: Swedish translation re-translated.
Although this double translation may differ in some words or formulations, from the American English original, this illustrates the content and structure of R.R.
Early Middle Ages, Forming of Europe, p. 10 3.
High Middle Ages, Profane culture, p. 18 4.
Louis XIV's France 1643-1715; the Triumph of Absolutism, p. 142 21.
The Prophets of Scientific Culture - Bacon and Descartes, p. 234 31.
Political Theory: the Natural Law School, p. 254 34.
The triumph of Western Bourgeois, p. 423 The 1848 Revolutions to the Second World War and its aftermath 56: Paris: the Ghost of Western Social Revolutions, p. 2 57: Vienna: the National Revolution in Central Europe, p. 9 58: Frankfurt and Berlin: the Question of a Liberal Europe, p. 17 59: The Consequences of the 1848 Revolutions: the hard Objectivity, p. 24 60: Birth of Marxism, p. 27 61: Bonaparteism: The Second French Empire 1852-70, p. 33 62: Background: the idea of National States, p. 39 63: Cavour and the Italian War 1859: Italy's Unification, p. 42 64: Bismarck: the Foundation of the German Empire, p. 47 65: The Double Monarchy Austria-Hungary, p. 56 66: Liberalisation of Tsar-Russia: Alexander II, p. 60 67: United States: The Civil War, p. 65 68: Dominion Canada 1867, p. 71 69: Japan versus the West, p. 74 70: "The Civilized World", p. 82 71: Demographic Basics: The Growth of the European Population, p. 84 72: The World's Housekeeping during the 19th Century, p. 92 73: Democracy's progress: Third French Republic, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, German Empire, p. 100 74: Democracy's progress: Socialism and Worker's Unions, p. 112 75: Science, Philosophy and Religion, p. 119 76: The Extinction of Classic Liberalism, p. 129 77: Imperialism: its Nature and Reasons, p. 137 78: America, p. 144 79: The Dissolution of the Ottoman Empire, p. 149 80: Africa's division, p. 157 81: Imperialism in Asia: the Dutch, the British and the Russians, p. 164 82: Imperialism in Asia: China and the West, p. 168 83: The Russian-Japanese war, p. 172 84: The International Anarchy, p. 175 85: The Battle of Marne and the new Countenance of the War, p. 184 86: Stalemate 1915-1916, the Navy, the Army, Diplomacy, p. 186 87: The Russian Collapse and the United States' intervention, p. 194 88: The Collapse of the Austrian and German Empires, p. 200 89: The War's Economical and Social Effects, p. 202 90: The Peace in Paris 1919, p. 206 91: Background, p. 216 92: The 1905 Revolution, p. 224 93: The 1917 Revolution, p. 229 94: The Union of the Socialist Soviet Republics, p. 237 95: Stalin: the Five Year Plans and the Cleansings, p. 244 96: The International Effects of Communism, p. 254 97: Democracy's advancement and the New Deal, p. 260 98: The German Republic and the Spirit of Locarno, p. 265 99: Asia's Revolt, p. 272 100: The Great Depression: Collapse of the World's Housekeeping, p. 284 101: The United States: Depression and the New Deal, p. 292 102: Stress and Adaptation for the British and French Democracies, p. 297 103: Totalitarianism: The Italian Fascism, p. 306 104: Totalitarianism: Germany's Third Reich, p. 311 105: Weakness of the West: Against a New War, p. 323 106: The Axis Powers' Triumphs, p. 333 107: The Western Powers' and Soviet Union's Victories, p. 341 108: Restructure and Revolution in Europe and Asia after the War, p. 349 109: The Democracies After 1945, p. 358 110: Two Worlds at Conflict, p. 368