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

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Marks, Robert B [author]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: World social changePublication details: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2017.Description: xi, 263 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmISBN:

9781538107454

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DDC classification:

23 940.2 M342O-3

Contents:

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.

Summary: "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.

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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.

"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.

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