Saving globalization why globalization and democracy offer the best hope for progress, peace and development by Moore, Mike 1949-

Table of Contents: “…-- The gift of Greece -- "Civis Romanus sum" : Roman citizenship and Roman law -- The glorious revolution : freedom in the seventeenth century -- Magna Carta and beyond -- Revolution and reform : 1775-1914 -- Modern international institutions -- The need for good governance -- Openness -- Free trade -- A new democracy -- Mobility and the decent society -- Power and manipulation -- The dangers of absolute conviction -- The enemies of reason -- Information and reputation -- Engagement in a rapidly changing world -- American engagement -- Climate change and the energy challenge -- What we must do.…”

Headlines in history the 1600s

Table of Contents: “…Scientific revolution -- Experimental method: New framework for science -- From mathematics to microscopes: Advances in biology -- On the mechanism of the human mind -- Impressions of Peter the great -- Manchu dynasty rules China -- Establishment of the Tokugawa Shogunate in Japan -- Chapter 4 -- James I: The beginning of Stuart Rule -- Civil wars of 1640-1660: An overview -- Trial and execution of Charles Stuart -- Restoration of the Monarchy in 1660 -- Leviathan: An artificial man -- Glorious revolution of 1688 -- Essay concerning the true end of civil government -- Chapter 5 -- Thirty years' war: Overview -- Rise of swedish influence -- Peace of westphalia -- Reign of Louis XIV -- Lessons in kingship for the dauphin -- Golden age of Dutch commerce -- Fall of the Ottoman empire -- Chapter 6 -- Music during the baroque period -- Vitality of Baroque painting -- Golden age of the theater -- Literature of the seventeenth century -- Matsuo Basho: Master of haika and renga -- Walk through the Taj Mahal -- Middle class in seventeenth-century France -- Great fire of London.…”