The Cambridge World History

ISBN-13: 9781108407731 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 512 str.

Jerry H. Bentley; Sanjay Subrahmanyam; Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks

Opis

Comprehensive account of the intense biological, commercial, and cultural exchanges, and the creation of global connections, between 1400 and 1800.

Recenzje

'… gives us a view of the state of the art of a venerable field, with valuable surveys of early modern features of world lifeways from the importance of the environment and resources to disease, urbanization, and household structures.' Jeremy Adelman, Journal of World History

Spis treści

1. Introduction Sanjay Subrahmanyam; Part I. Global Matrices: 2. 'Exhausting the earth': environment and history in the early modern world Robert Marks; 3. Globalization of disease, 1300–1900 James Webb; 4. Technological transitions Francesca Bray; 5. Patterns of urbanization, 1400–1800 Peter Burke; 6. Gender and sexuality Merry Wiesner-Hanks; Part II. Macro-Regions: 7. Eurasia after the Mongols Thomas T. Allsen; 8. Continuity and change in the Indian Ocean basin Jos Gommans; 9. The Americas in the age of indigenous empires Matthew Restall; 10. Africa in world history, 1400–1800 Ray A. Kea; Part III. Large-Scale Political Formations: 11. The Iberian empires, 1400–1800 Jorge Flores; 12. Imperial competition in Eurasia: Russia and China Laura Hostetler; 13. The Islamic empires of the early modern world Giancarlo Casale; Part IV. Crossroads Regions: 14. Crossroads region: Central Asia Morris Rossabi; 15. Crossroads region: Southeast Asia Michael Laffan; 16. The Caribbean region: crucible for modern world history Alan Karras; 17. Crossroads region: the Mediterranean Filippo de Vivo; Part V. Overview: 18. Political trajectories compared Jack Goldstone.