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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: World social changePublication details: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2007.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xiv, 221 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0742554198 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780742554191
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 940.2 22
LOC classification:
  • D203 .M37 2007
Online resources:
Contents:
The rise of the west? -- The material and trading worlds, circa 1400 -- Starting with China -- Empires, States, and the world, 1500-1775 -- The industrial revolution and its consequences 1750-1850 -- Tha gap -- The great departure -- Changes and continuities.
Summary: This clearly written and engrossing book presents a global narrative of the origins of the modern world from 1400 to the present. Drawing upon new scholarship on Asi, Africa, and the New world. Robert Marks constructs a story in wich those parts of the world play major roles...
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) D203 .M37 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 4 Available 00000110663

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The rise of the west? -- The material and trading worlds, circa 1400 -- Starting with China -- Empires, States, and the world, 1500-1775 -- The industrial revolution and its consequences 1750-1850 -- Tha gap -- The great departure -- Changes and continuities.

This clearly written and engrossing book presents a global narrative of the origins of the modern world from 1400 to the present. Drawing upon new scholarship on Asi, Africa, and the New world. Robert Marks constructs a story in wich those parts of the world play major roles...

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