World Civilizations and Role of History in Human Development

Edited by : Robert Holton and William Richard Nasson,

Department of Sociology, Trinity College, Dublin, Republic of Ireland

1. Civilizational Analysis: A Paradigm in the Making

Johann P. Arnason, La Trobe University, Australia

2. Mesoamerican Civilization: Pattern And Process

A.K. Balkansky, Department of Anthropology, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, USA

3. Islamic Civilizations

Mohammed A. Bamyeh, The University of Pittsburgh, USA.

4. The European Civilizational Constellation: A Historical Sociology

Gerard Delanty, School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Liverpool, UK

5. African Civilizations: From The Pre-Colonial to the Modern Day

Toyin Falola and Tyler Fleming, Department of History, University of Texas at Austin, USA

6. Industrial Civilization

Robert Holton, Department of Sociology, Trinity College, Dublin, Republic of Ireland

7. Global Civilization—Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

David Wilkinson, Department of Political Science, UCLA, USA.

8. War, Peace and Civilizations

Matthew Melko, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Wright State University, USA

9. History: The Meaning and Role of History in Human Development

Bill Nasson, Professor of History, Department of Historical Studies, University of Cape Town, South Africa

10. Role of Human Societies in The History of The Biosphere

L. van Sittert, Department of Historical Studies, University of Cape Town, South Africa.

11. Environmentalism

L. van Sittert, Department of Historical Studies, University of Cape Town, South Africa.

12. Role of Gender and Family Identities in Human History

L.Van Sittert, Department of Historical Studies, University of Cape Town, South Africa

13. Modern Approaches to the Teaching of History

L. van Sittert, Department of Historical Studies, University of Cape Town, South Africa

14. Developing Dialogues: The Value of Oral History

S. P. Field, Director, Centre for Popular Memory, Department of Historical Studies, University of Cape Town, South Africa.

15. Historical Knowledge. Nature and Man: Orientations To Historical Time

William Haskett, Washington D.C., USA

16. Big History

David Christian, Department of History, San Diego State University, CA, USA

17. Global Tranformations and World Futures: Knowledge, Economy, and Society

Sohail Inayatullah, Tamkang University, Taiwan; University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore, Australia, and Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia