Worlds Together, Worlds Apart: A History of the Modern World from the Mongol Empire to the Present
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ISBN: 0393977463 / Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, March 2002
This provocative narrative history dramatically departs from the standard "rise of the West" storyline that has driven world historiography for a century.
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Covering the period from 1300 to present, this world history provides an extensive political-economic background to the current period of globalization. It describes the disparate cultures of 1300, the long period of crisis and recovery in Eurasia, commerce and colonization, the emergence of the modern state system, religious and class conflict, nationalism and imperialism, modernization, and globalization. Maps, chronologies, color illustrations, and source material support the text. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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