PART 1 Material Basis

CHAPTER 1 Introduction: Production, Destruction, and Access: 1750–Present
CHAPTER 2 Energy, Population, and Environmental Change
CHAPTER 3 Agricultural Economics
CHAPTER 4: Global Industrialization from a Polycentric Perspective
CHAPTER 5: A World History of Technology
CHAPTER 6: THE WORLD OF NEW ENERGY

PART 2 POPULATION AND DISEASE


CHAPTER 7 POPULATION TRENDS AND POPULATION
CHAPTER 8 POPULATION POLICY
CHAPTER 9 Disease and World History
CHAPTER 10: ERADICATION OF SMALLPOX

The 15th book in the Cambridge World History series (18 volumes)

The Cambridge World History Series is a vast world history series in which over 200 scholars from around the world have participated.
The Korean version is scheduled to be published in 18 volumes.
This book is the 15th in the series, and the first of four volumes that discuss the modern and contemporary period.


Part 1 deals with the material foundations of modern and contemporary times.

This book focuses on the modern and contemporary epochal transitions centered on energy.
So, in Part 1, we discussed in depth the material foundations, namely changes in energy, agriculture, industrialization, and technology.
The discussion continues with the process of overcoming resource constraints in different ways depending on the conditions around the world, the interconnectedness of various regions and technologies, and the common environmental problems that result.
The purpose of Part 1 is to examine the history of the structural inequalities that shaped modern and contemporary transformations and to move forward with the design of a new, sustainable future.

Part 2 examines the population problem and the problem of disease.

The material foundation of modern times ultimately led to population problems.
Over the past 300 years, the world's population has exploded from 700 million to 7 billion.
This was the result of disease control and population changes, and the problem of low birth rates and aging populations finally emerged as a global issue.
Part 2 examines, through specific examples, why and how regional population policies differed, and examines how world powers cooperated or clashed in the name of disease eradication.