Originally published in 1977, Old Age in European Society provides an historical perspective on aging. Starting from the......more

In this fully revised fourth edition, this book treats globalization from several vantage points, showing how these help......more

In this fully revised fourth edition, this book treats globalization from several vantage points, showing how these help......more

This book focuses on major changes in punishment patterns during the principal phases of world history, tracing continui......more

This book takes a global historical perspective to trace the rise of human rights and their global impact from the 18th ......more

This book takes a global historical perspective to trace the rise of human rights and their global impact from the 18th ......more

Gender in World History integrates gender history and world history by dealing with significant global changes over time......more

World Past to World Present: A Sketch of Global History provides an unusually brief and present-focused treatment of hum......more

World Past to World Present: A Sketch of Global History provides an unusually brief and present-focused treatment of hum......more

Now in its fourth edition, Childhood in World History covers the major developments in the history of childhood from the......more

Happiness in World History traces ideas and experiences of happiness from early stages in human history, to the maturati......more

Happiness in World History traces ideas and experiences of happiness from early stages in human history, to the maturati......more

Now in its fifth edition, this book explores the ways in which the industrial revolution reshaped world history, coverin......more

In this third edition of Globalization in World History, Peter Stearns explores the roots of contemporary globalization,......more

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This book examines sexuality in the past, and explores how it helps explain sexuality in the present. The subject of sex......more

In The Industrial Turn in World History, Peter N. Stearns presents a concise yet far reaching overview of the worldwide ......more

In The Industrial Turn in World History, Peter N. Stearns presents a concise yet far reaching overview of the worldwide ......more

American higher education is under unprecedented pressure, beginning with the public funding and student debt crises and......more

In Peace in World History, Peter N. Stearns examines the ideas of peace that have existed throughout history, and how so......more

In Peace in World History, Peter N. Stearns examines the ideas of peace that have existed throughout history, and how so......more

World History has rapidly grown to become one of the most popular and talked about approaches to the study of history. W......more

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This book provides distinctive analysis of the full range of expressions in global education at a crucial time, when int......more

Over the past two hundred years, work experiences have changed greatly, causing new issues such as heightened boredom an......more

This book features some of the greatest travellers in human history - people who undertook long journeys to places they ......more

This book features some of the greatest travellers in human history - people who undertook long journeys to places they ......more

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This second edition of Consumerism in World History draws on recent research of the consumer experience in the West and ......more

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