Volume 1. Prehistoric Times to World War I -- 1. The Prehistoric Age -- 2. The Earliest Civilizations, 7000 BCE-900 BCE -- 3. The Classical Age and Early Byzantium, 900 BCE-800 CE -- 4. Medieval Europe and the Islamic World, 800-1200 -- 5. Asia, Africa, and the Americas, 800 BCE-1200 CE -- 6. Renaissance Europe and the Ottoman Empire, 1200-1750 -- 7. Cross-Cultural Encounters, 1200-1750 -- 8. The Industrial Revolution in Europe and America, 1750-1830 -- 9. The Age of Exhibitions: Great Britain, 1830-1900 -- 10. The Craft Ideal and the Art Movement: Britain and Elsewhere, 1861-1915 -- 11. The Age of Exhibitions: Europe Outside Great Britain, 1830-1900 -- Art Nouveau and the Decorative Impulse, 1890-1914 -- 13. The United States, 1840-1900 -- 14. Canada, Australia, New Zealand, 1300-1900 -- 15. Protoindustrialization in Diverse Regions, 1750-1900 -- 16. Colonies and Pre-Industrial Nations in Asia and Africa, 1750-1900 -- 17. Modern Design in Europe and America, 1900-1917 -- 18. Art and Literature of the Avant-Gardes, 1897-1918 -- 19. World War I, 1914-1918 --

Volume 2. World War I to World War II -- 20. Design in the Soviet Union, 1905-1928 -- 21. Weimar Germany, 1918-1933 -- 22. France, 1918-1939 -- 23. Great Britain, 1918-1939 -- 24. Western and Southern Europe, 1900-1939 -- 25. Central and Eastern Europe, 1900-1939 -- 26. Scandinavia, 1917-1945 -- 27. Italy, Germany, the Soviet Union, and Portugal, 1922-1940 -- 28. The United States, 1917-1941 -- 29. Latin America: Cuba, Mexico, and Brazil, 1900-1939 -- 30. Latin America: Chile, Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela, and Uruguay, 1900-1939 -- 31. Commonwealth Countries; Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, 1900-1939 -- 32. The Near and Middle East, 1900-1939 -- 33. Colonies: Africa, 1900-1945 -- 34. Colonies: India, Hong Kong, and Burma, 1900-1945 -- 35. Asia: China and Siam, 1900-1939 -- 36. Asia: Japan, Its Colonies, and Its Territories, 1900-1937 -- 37. World War II, 1939-1945.