Glimpses of world history /
Nehru, Jawaharlal
Glimpses of world history / by Jawaharlal Nehru - New Delhi: Penguin Random House, 2004. - xxxvii, 1155p. ; 23cm.
CONTENTS
From Central Prison, Naini
A Birthday Letter
1. A New Year’s Gift
2. The Lesson of History
3. Ingilab Zinda Bad
4. Asia and Europe
5. The Old Civilizations and Our Inheritance
6. The Hellenes
7. The Greek City States
8. Empires in Western Asia
9. The Burden of Old Tradition
10. The Village Republics of Ancient India
11. A Thousand Years of China
12. The Call of the Past
13. Where Do Riches Go To?
14. The Sixth Century Before Christ, and Religion
15. Persia and Greece
16. The Glory that was Hellas
17. A Famous Conqueror but a Conceited Young Man
18. Chandragupta Maurya and the Arthashastra
From on board SS. Caracovia in the Arabian Sea
19. Three Months!
20. The Arabian Sea
From District Jail, Bareilly
21. A Holiday and A Dream Journey
22. Man’s Struggle for A Living
23. A Survey
24. Ashoka, The Beloved of the Gods
25. The World of Ashoka’s Time
26. The Ch’ins and the Hans
27. Rome Against Carthage
28. The Roman Republic becomes an Empire
29. South India overshadows the North
30. The Borderland Empire of the Kushans
31. Jesus and Christianity
32. The Roman Empire
33. The Roman Empire splits up ‘and finally becomes a ghost
34. The Idea of the World State
35. Parthia and the Sassanids
36. South India Colonises
37. Hindu Imperialism under the Guptas
38. The Huns come to India .
39. India’s Control of Foreign Markets ..
40. The Ups and Downs of Countries and Civilizations
41. China flourishes under the Tangs
42. Chosen and Dai Nippon
43. Harsha-Vardhana and Hiuen Tsang |
44. South India produces many mae? and Warriors and a Great Man
45. India in the Middle Ages
46. Angkor the Magnificent and Sri Vijaya
47. Rome relapses into Darkness
48. The Coming of Islam
49. The Arabs Conquer from Spain to Mongolia.
50. Baghdad and Harunal-Rashid st
51. From Harsha to Mahmud in North India
52. The Countries of Europe Take Shape
53. The Feudal System
54. China Pushes the Nomads to the West
55. The Shogun Rules in Japan
From District Jail, Debra Dun
56. The Quest of Man
57. The End of the First Millennium After Christ
58. Another Look at Asia and Europe
59. The Maya Civilization of America
60. A Jump Back to Mohenjo-daro
61. Cordoba and Granada
62. The Crusades
63. Europe at the Time of the Crusades
64. The Rise of European Cities
65. The Afghans Invade India
66. The Slave Kings of Delhi
67. Chengiz Khan Shakes up Asia and Europe
68. The Mongols Dominate the World
69. Marco Polo, The Great Traveller
70. The Roman Church becomes Militant
71. The Fight Against Authoritarianism
72. The Passing of the Middle Ages
73. The Discovery of the Sea Routes
74. The Break-up of the Mongol Empires
75. India Begins to Tackle a Difficult Problem
76. The Kingdoms of South India
77. Vijayanagar
78. The Malaysian Empires of Madjapahit and Malacca
79. Europe Begins to grab in Eastern Asia
80. An Age of Peace and Prosperity in China
81. Japan Shuts Herself Up
82. Europe in Turmoil
83. The Renaissance
84. The Protestant Revolt and the Peasants’ W’ar
85. Autocracy in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Europe
86. The Netherlands Fight for Freedom
87. England cuts off the Head of Her King
88. Babar
89. Akbar
90. The Decline and Fall of the Mughal Empire in India
91. The Sikhs and the Marathas
92. The English Triumph over their Rivals in India
93. A Great Manchu Ruler in China
94. A Chinese Emperor W’rites to an English King
95. The War of Ideas in Eighteenth Century Europe
96. Europe on the Eve of Great Changes
97. The Coming of the Big Machine
98. The Industrial Revolution Begins in England
99. America Breaks away from England
100. The Fall of the Bastille
101. The French Revolution
102. Revolution and Counter-Revolution
103. The Ways of the Governments
104. Napoleon
105. More About Napoleon
106. A Survey of the World.
107. The Hundred Years Before the World War.
108. The Nineteenth Century Continued.
109. Wars and Revolt in India.
110. The Indian Artisan Goes to the Wall.
111. The Village, the Peasant and the Landlord in India.
112. How Britain Ruled India.
113. The Re-awakening of India.
114. Britain Forces Opium on China.
115. China in Difficulties.
116. Japan Rushes Ahead.
117. Japan Defeats Russia.
118. China Becomes A Republic.
119. Father India and the East Indies.
120. Another New Year’s Day.
121. The Philippines and the United States of America.
122. Where Three Continents Meet.
123. A Look Back.
124. The Persistence of Iran’s Old Traditions.
125. Imperialism and Nationalism in Persia.
126. About Revolutions Generally and Especially those of Eighteen Forty-eight in Europe.
127. Italy Becomes A United and Free Nation.
128. The Rise of Germany.
129. Some Famous Writers.
130. Darwin and the Triumphs of Science.
131. The Advance of Democracy.
132. The Coming of Socialism.
133. Karl Marx and the Growth of Workers’ Organizations.
134. Marxism.
135. The Victorian Age in England.
136. England Becomes the World’s Money-lender.
137. Civil War in America.
138. The Invisible Empire of America.
139. Seven Hundred Years of Conflict between Ireland and England.
140. Home Rule and Sinn Fein in Ireland.
141. Britain Seizes and Holds on to Egypt.
142. Turkey Becomes the “Sick Man of Europe”.
143. The Russia of the Tsars.
144. The Russian Revolution of 1905 that Failed.
145. The End of An Epoch.
146. The World War Begins.
147. India on the Eve of the War.
148. War 1914—1918.
149. The Courses of the War.
150. The Passing Away of Tsardom.
151. The Bolsheviks Seize Power.
152. The Soviets Win Through.
153. Japan Bullies China.
154. India During War Time.
155. The New Map of Europe.
156. The Post-War World.
157. Ireland’s Fight for A Republic.
158. A New Turkey Rises from the Ashes.
159. Mustafa Kamal Breaks with the Past.
160. India Follows Gandhi.
161. India in the Nineteen-Twenties.
162. Peaceful Rebellion in India.
163. Egypt’s Fight for Freedom.
164. What Independence Under the British Means.
165. Western Asia Re-enters World Politics.
166. The Arab Countries—Syria.
167. Palestine and Trans- Jordan.
168. Arabia—A Jump from the Middle Ages.
169. Iraq and the Virtues of Aerial Bombing.
170. Afghanistan and Some of the Other Countries of Asia.
171. The Revolution that Did Not Come Off.
172. A New Way of Paying Old Debts.
173. The Strange Behaviour of Money.
174. Move and Counter-move.
175. Mussolini and Fascism in Italy.
176. Democracy and Dictatorship.
177. Revolution and Counter-Revolution in China.
178. Japan Defies the World.
179. The Union of Socialist Soviet Republics.
180. The Piatiletka or Russia’s Five Year Plan.
181. The Soviet Union’s Difficulties, Failures and Successes.
182. Science Goes Ahead.
183. The Good and Bad Applications of Science.
184. The Great Depression and World Crisis.
185. What Caused the crisis.
186. The Struggle of America and England for Leadership.
187. The Dollar, the Pound and the Rupee.
188. The Capitalist World Fails to Pull Together.
189. Revolution in Spain.
190. The Nazis Triumph in Germany.
191. Disarmament.
192. President Roosevelt to the Rescue.
193. The Failure of Parliaments.
194. A Final Look Round the World.
195. The Shadow of War.
196. The Last Letter.
Index.
9780143031055
India Politics and government 20th century
World history
Prime ministers India Biography
909 / NEH
Glimpses of world history / by Jawaharlal Nehru - New Delhi: Penguin Random House, 2004. - xxxvii, 1155p. ; 23cm.
CONTENTS
From Central Prison, Naini
A Birthday Letter
1. A New Year’s Gift
2. The Lesson of History
3. Ingilab Zinda Bad
4. Asia and Europe
5. The Old Civilizations and Our Inheritance
6. The Hellenes
7. The Greek City States
8. Empires in Western Asia
9. The Burden of Old Tradition
10. The Village Republics of Ancient India
11. A Thousand Years of China
12. The Call of the Past
13. Where Do Riches Go To?
14. The Sixth Century Before Christ, and Religion
15. Persia and Greece
16. The Glory that was Hellas
17. A Famous Conqueror but a Conceited Young Man
18. Chandragupta Maurya and the Arthashastra
From on board SS. Caracovia in the Arabian Sea
19. Three Months!
20. The Arabian Sea
From District Jail, Bareilly
21. A Holiday and A Dream Journey
22. Man’s Struggle for A Living
23. A Survey
24. Ashoka, The Beloved of the Gods
25. The World of Ashoka’s Time
26. The Ch’ins and the Hans
27. Rome Against Carthage
28. The Roman Republic becomes an Empire
29. South India overshadows the North
30. The Borderland Empire of the Kushans
31. Jesus and Christianity
32. The Roman Empire
33. The Roman Empire splits up ‘and finally becomes a ghost
34. The Idea of the World State
35. Parthia and the Sassanids
36. South India Colonises
37. Hindu Imperialism under the Guptas
38. The Huns come to India .
39. India’s Control of Foreign Markets ..
40. The Ups and Downs of Countries and Civilizations
41. China flourishes under the Tangs
42. Chosen and Dai Nippon
43. Harsha-Vardhana and Hiuen Tsang |
44. South India produces many mae? and Warriors and a Great Man
45. India in the Middle Ages
46. Angkor the Magnificent and Sri Vijaya
47. Rome relapses into Darkness
48. The Coming of Islam
49. The Arabs Conquer from Spain to Mongolia.
50. Baghdad and Harunal-Rashid st
51. From Harsha to Mahmud in North India
52. The Countries of Europe Take Shape
53. The Feudal System
54. China Pushes the Nomads to the West
55. The Shogun Rules in Japan
From District Jail, Debra Dun
56. The Quest of Man
57. The End of the First Millennium After Christ
58. Another Look at Asia and Europe
59. The Maya Civilization of America
60. A Jump Back to Mohenjo-daro
61. Cordoba and Granada
62. The Crusades
63. Europe at the Time of the Crusades
64. The Rise of European Cities
65. The Afghans Invade India
66. The Slave Kings of Delhi
67. Chengiz Khan Shakes up Asia and Europe
68. The Mongols Dominate the World
69. Marco Polo, The Great Traveller
70. The Roman Church becomes Militant
71. The Fight Against Authoritarianism
72. The Passing of the Middle Ages
73. The Discovery of the Sea Routes
74. The Break-up of the Mongol Empires
75. India Begins to Tackle a Difficult Problem
76. The Kingdoms of South India
77. Vijayanagar
78. The Malaysian Empires of Madjapahit and Malacca
79. Europe Begins to grab in Eastern Asia
80. An Age of Peace and Prosperity in China
81. Japan Shuts Herself Up
82. Europe in Turmoil
83. The Renaissance
84. The Protestant Revolt and the Peasants’ W’ar
85. Autocracy in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Europe
86. The Netherlands Fight for Freedom
87. England cuts off the Head of Her King
88. Babar
89. Akbar
90. The Decline and Fall of the Mughal Empire in India
91. The Sikhs and the Marathas
92. The English Triumph over their Rivals in India
93. A Great Manchu Ruler in China
94. A Chinese Emperor W’rites to an English King
95. The War of Ideas in Eighteenth Century Europe
96. Europe on the Eve of Great Changes
97. The Coming of the Big Machine
98. The Industrial Revolution Begins in England
99. America Breaks away from England
100. The Fall of the Bastille
101. The French Revolution
102. Revolution and Counter-Revolution
103. The Ways of the Governments
104. Napoleon
105. More About Napoleon
106. A Survey of the World.
107. The Hundred Years Before the World War.
108. The Nineteenth Century Continued.
109. Wars and Revolt in India.
110. The Indian Artisan Goes to the Wall.
111. The Village, the Peasant and the Landlord in India.
112. How Britain Ruled India.
113. The Re-awakening of India.
114. Britain Forces Opium on China.
115. China in Difficulties.
116. Japan Rushes Ahead.
117. Japan Defeats Russia.
118. China Becomes A Republic.
119. Father India and the East Indies.
120. Another New Year’s Day.
121. The Philippines and the United States of America.
122. Where Three Continents Meet.
123. A Look Back.
124. The Persistence of Iran’s Old Traditions.
125. Imperialism and Nationalism in Persia.
126. About Revolutions Generally and Especially those of Eighteen Forty-eight in Europe.
127. Italy Becomes A United and Free Nation.
128. The Rise of Germany.
129. Some Famous Writers.
130. Darwin and the Triumphs of Science.
131. The Advance of Democracy.
132. The Coming of Socialism.
133. Karl Marx and the Growth of Workers’ Organizations.
134. Marxism.
135. The Victorian Age in England.
136. England Becomes the World’s Money-lender.
137. Civil War in America.
138. The Invisible Empire of America.
139. Seven Hundred Years of Conflict between Ireland and England.
140. Home Rule and Sinn Fein in Ireland.
141. Britain Seizes and Holds on to Egypt.
142. Turkey Becomes the “Sick Man of Europe”.
143. The Russia of the Tsars.
144. The Russian Revolution of 1905 that Failed.
145. The End of An Epoch.
146. The World War Begins.
147. India on the Eve of the War.
148. War 1914—1918.
149. The Courses of the War.
150. The Passing Away of Tsardom.
151. The Bolsheviks Seize Power.
152. The Soviets Win Through.
153. Japan Bullies China.
154. India During War Time.
155. The New Map of Europe.
156. The Post-War World.
157. Ireland’s Fight for A Republic.
158. A New Turkey Rises from the Ashes.
159. Mustafa Kamal Breaks with the Past.
160. India Follows Gandhi.
161. India in the Nineteen-Twenties.
162. Peaceful Rebellion in India.
163. Egypt’s Fight for Freedom.
164. What Independence Under the British Means.
165. Western Asia Re-enters World Politics.
166. The Arab Countries—Syria.
167. Palestine and Trans- Jordan.
168. Arabia—A Jump from the Middle Ages.
169. Iraq and the Virtues of Aerial Bombing.
170. Afghanistan and Some of the Other Countries of Asia.
171. The Revolution that Did Not Come Off.
172. A New Way of Paying Old Debts.
173. The Strange Behaviour of Money.
174. Move and Counter-move.
175. Mussolini and Fascism in Italy.
176. Democracy and Dictatorship.
177. Revolution and Counter-Revolution in China.
178. Japan Defies the World.
179. The Union of Socialist Soviet Republics.
180. The Piatiletka or Russia’s Five Year Plan.
181. The Soviet Union’s Difficulties, Failures and Successes.
182. Science Goes Ahead.
183. The Good and Bad Applications of Science.
184. The Great Depression and World Crisis.
185. What Caused the crisis.
186. The Struggle of America and England for Leadership.
187. The Dollar, the Pound and the Rupee.
188. The Capitalist World Fails to Pull Together.
189. Revolution in Spain.
190. The Nazis Triumph in Germany.
191. Disarmament.
192. President Roosevelt to the Rescue.
193. The Failure of Parliaments.
194. A Final Look Round the World.
195. The Shadow of War.
196. The Last Letter.
Index.
9780143031055
India Politics and government 20th century
World history
Prime ministers India Biography
909 / NEH