TY - BOOK AU - Braudel,Fernand TI - A history of civilizations SN - 0713990228 : AV - CB78 .B73 1994 U1 - 909 20 PY - 1994/// CY - New York, N.Y., U.S.A. PB - A. Lane KW - Civilization KW - History N1 - Includes index; Includes indexes.; I.A history of civilizations. Changing vocabulary--The study of civilization involves all the social sciences --The continuity of civilizations--II. Civilizations outside Europe. Part 1. Islam and the Muslim world. History ; Geography ; The greatness and decline of Islam ; The revival of Islam today. Part 2. Africa. The past ; Black Africa: today and tomorrow. Part 3. The Far East. An introduction to the Far East ; The China of the past ; India yesterday and today ; The maritime Far East ; Japan--III. European civilizations. Part 1. Europe. Geography and freedom ; Christianity, humanism and scientific thought ; The industrialization of Europe ; Unity in Europe. Part 2. America. Latin America, the other New World ; America par excellence: the United States ; Failures and difficulties: from yesterday to the present ; An English-speaking universe. Part 3. The other Europe: Muscovy, Russia, the USSR and the CIS. From the beginning to the October Revolution of 1917 ; The USSR after 1917 ER -