The Eighteenth Century: A World History

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John O. Voll (Professor Emeritus of Islamic History, Professor Emeritus of Islamic History, Georgetown University)

The Eighteenth Century

A World History

John O. Voll (Professor Emeritus of Islamic History, Professor Emeritus of Islamic History, Georgetown University)

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Oxford University Press Inc
14 June 2025

General & world history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Political economy

Series: New Oxford World History

The eighteenth century was a time of major global transitions. Movements of religious and intellectual revival challenged established ideas, European colonies emerged in the Western hemisphere, global trade expanded, and political revolutions and revolts in America, France, Russia, and Haiti started to reshape political life. At the beginning of the century, power and wealth were roughly balanced among the major regions of the world. By its end, this balance was upset by the emergence of European imperial nation-states and Western European industrial societies whose evolution was enabled by modern processes of industrialization, globalization, and empires. John O. Voll highlights key events and individuals in that transformation, from Emperor Kangxi's meeting with Jesuits and Catherine the Great's imperial expansion of Russia, Jonathan Edwards' Great Awakening and Muhammid ibn Abd al-Wahhab's Islam reform movement to Mulla Abdul Ghafur's trade in cotton, Richard Arkwright's textile factories, and Isaac Newton's and Immanuel Kant's contributions to the Enlightenment and modern science. This book shows that the eighteenth century was a time of transition to modernity, a time when the impact of the first globalization was being felt around the world. Old ways of life disappeared as new ways of organizing human activities emerged.

By: John O. Voll (Professor Emeritus of Islamic History Professor Emeritus of Islamic History Georgetown University)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 13mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 235mm
Weight: 310g
ISBN: 9780195153187
ISBN 10: 0195153189
Series: New Oxford World History
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 14 June 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Editors' Preface Chapter 1: The World of 1700: Continuity and Change Chapter 2: Climaxes and New Beginnings Chapter 3: Monarchs, Trade Companies, and Revivalists Chapter 4: Shifting Balances and Revolutions Chapter 5: Epilogue: The Eighteenth Century in World History Notes Further Reading Acknowledgments Index

John O. Voll is Professor Emeritus of Islamic History and former Associate Director of the Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. He is the co-author of Islam and Democracy after the Arab Spring and Makers of Contemporary Islam.