Early modern times : From Elizabeth the First to the Forty-niners
Notes:
Includes index "With new illustrations and timelines"
Contents:
A world of empires Protestant rebellions James,king of two countries Searching for the Northwest Passage Warlords of Japan New colonies in the New World The spread of slavery The middle of the East The western war Far East of Europe The Moghul emperors of India Battle, fire, and plague in England The Sun King The rise of Prussia A new world in conflict The West Russia looks west East and West collide The English in India The imperial East Fighting over North America Revolution! The new country Sailing south Revolution gone sour Catherine the Great A changing world China and the rest of the world The rise of Bonaparte Freedom in the Caribbean A different kind of rebellion The opened West The end of Napoleon Freedom for South America Mexican independence The slave trade ends Troubled Africa American tragedies China adrift Mexico and her neighbor New Zealand and her rulers The world of forty-nine
