The Cambridge World History: Foundations - Softcover

Bentley, Jerry H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108407730 ISBN 13: 9781108407731

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2017

Synopsis

The era from 1400 to 1800 saw intense biological, commercial, and cultural exchanges, and the creation of global connections on an unprecedented scale. Divided into two books, Volume 6 of the Cambridge World History series considers these critical transformations. The first book examines the material and political foundations of the era, including global considerations of the environment, disease, technology, and cities, along with regional studies of empires in the eastern and western hemispheres, crossroads areas such as the Indian Ocean, Central Asia, and the Caribbean, and sites of competition and conflict, including Southeast Asia, Africa, and the Mediterranean. The second book focuses on patterns of change, examining the expansion of Christianity and Islam, migrations, warfare, and other topics on a global scale, and offering insightful detailed analyses of the Columbian exchange, slavery, silver, trade, entrepreneurs, Asian religions, legal encounters, plantation economies, early industrialism, and the writing of history.

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Review

'... 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

Book Description

Comprehensive new global history of the intense biological, commercial, and cultural exchanges that took place on an unprecedented scale from 1400 to 1800. Leading scholars examine the environment, disease, technology, cities, migrations, warfare, law, religions, and slavery, along with insightful regional analyses of empires, crossroads areas, and sites of conflict.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1108407730
• ISBN 13: 9781108407731
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 530