The Cambridge World History

ISBN-13: 9781108407748 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 528 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.

Spis treści

Part I. Migrations and Encounters: 1. Global migrations Dirk Hoerder; 2. Patterns of warfare, 1400–1800 Jeremy Black; 3. The first global dialogues: inter-cultural relations, 1400–1800 John E. Wills, Jr; 4. Legal encounters and the origins of global law Lauren Benton and Adam Clulow; Part II. Trade, Exchange, and Production: 5. The Columbian exchange Noble David Cook; 6. The slave trade and the African diaspora John Thornton; 7. The organization of trade in Europe and Asia, 1400–1800 Francesca Trivellato; 8. Entrepreneurs, families and companies Charles H. Parker; 9. Silver in global context, 1400–1800 Dennis O. Flynn; 10. Dutch and English trade to the east: the Indian Ocean and the Levant, to about 1700 James D. Tracy; 11. Plantation societies Trevor Burnard; 12. Industrious revolutions in early modern world history R. Bin Wong and Kaoru Sugihara; Part III. Religion and Religious Change: 13. The scholarly discovery of religion in early modern times Guy Stroumsa; 14. Christianity in Europe and overseas Ronnie Hsia; 15. Islam in the early modern world Nile Greene; 16. Religious change in East Asia Eugenio Menegon and Gina Cogan; Part IV. Questions of Method: 17. On early modern historiography Sanjay Subrahmanyam; 18. Microhistory and world history Carlo Ginzburg.