
Events That Changed the World in the Seventeenth Century
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. The age of the great Russian tsars, Indian moguls, and Japanese shoguns
. The beginning of a four-century dynasty in China
. The reign of Louis XIV
. The expansion of the Ottoman Empire
. England's Glorious Revolution
. The Founding of Jamestown
. The Thirty Years' War
. The Scientific Revolution
To help students understand the major developments of the seventeenth century and their impact on our own time, this unique resource offers detailed description and expert analysis of the century's most important events.
Each of the events is covered in a separate chapter. An introductory essay provides factual materials about the event in a clear, concise, and chronological manner that makes complex history understandable. An interpretive essay, written by a recognized authority in the field, then explores the short-term and far-reaching ramifications of the event. With an annotated bibliography, full-page illustrations, a timeline of important events, a listing of ruling houses and dynasties of the period, and a glossary of names, events, and terms of the seventeenth century, Events That Changed the World in the Seventeenth Century is an ideal addition to the high school, community college, and undergraduate reference shelf, as well as excellent supplementary reading for social studies and world history courses.
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JOHN E. FINDLING is Professor of History at Indiana University Southeast./eHe is the author of Dictionary of American Diplomatic History (1980-89), Close Neighbors, Distant Friends: United States-Central American Relations (1987), and Chicago's Great World's Fairs (1995). With Kimberly D. Pelle, he co-edited Historical Dictionary of World's Fairs and Expositions, 1851-1988 (1990) and Historical Dictionary of the Modern Olympic Movement (1996). With Frank W. Thackeray, he is co-editor of the Events That Changed the World series and the Events That Changed America series and also series editor of the Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations series.
Content
The Time of Troubles, 1598-1618
Interpretive Essay by John T. Alexander
The Establishment of the Tokugawa Shogunate, 1603
Interpretive Essay by Louis G. Perez
The Founding of Jamestown, 1607
Interpretive Essay by Rick Kennedy
The Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648
Interpretive Essay by Garrett L. McAinsh
Louis XIV and the Grand Monarchy, 1643-1715
Interpretive Essay by Andrew P. Trout
The Manchu Conquest, 1644
Interpretive Essay by Yu Shen
The Scientific Revolution, c. 1650
Interpretive Essay by Robert K. DeKosky
The Golden Age of Mogul Power, c. 1650
Interpretive Essay by John McLeod
The Siege of Vienna, 1683
Interpretive Essay by David Stefancic
The Glorious Revolution, 1688-1689
Interpretive Essay by William T. Walker
Appendices
Index
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