The origins of the modern world: a global and environmental narrative from the fifteenth to the twenty-first century

"Now in a new edition, this clearly written and engrossing book presents a global and environmental narrative of the origins of the modern world since 1400. Robert Marks constructs a story in which Asia, Africa, and the New World play major roles and points to the resurgence of Asia and the vas...

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1. Verfasser: Marks, Robert 1949- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Lanham [u.a.] Rowman & Littlefield 2015
Ausgabe:3. ed.
Schriftenreihe:World social change
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Zusammenfassung:"Now in a new edition, this clearly written and engrossing book presents a global and environmental narrative of the origins of the modern world since 1400. Robert Marks constructs a story in which Asia, Africa, and the New World play major roles and points to the resurgence of Asia and the vastly changed relationship of humans to the environment"--Provided by publisher
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (S. 219-245) and index
List of figures and maps -- Preface to the third edition -- Introduction: The rise of the West? -- The material and trading worlds, circa 1400 -- Starting with China -- Empires, states, and the New World, 1500-1775 -- The industrial revolution and its consequences, 1750-1850 -- The gap -- The great departure -- Conclusion: Changes, continuities, and the shape of the future
Beschreibung:XI, 263 S. Ill., Kt.
ISBN:9781442212398
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