The world and the West : the European challenge and the overseas response in the Age of Empire / Phi...
The world and the West : the European challenge and the overseas response in the Age of Empire / Phi...
The world and the West : the European challenge and the overseas response in the Age of Empire / Philip D. Curtin.
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Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Date
2000.
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N909.82/171
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English
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xiv, 294 p. : ill., maps : 24 cm.
Contents
Pt. 1. Conquest -- 1. The Pattern of Empire -- 2. Technology and Power -- 3. The Politics of Imperialism -- Pt. 2. Culture Change and Imperial Rule -- 4. Culture Change in Plural Societies: South Africa and Central Asia -- 5. Culture Change in Mexico -- 6. Administrative Choices and Their Consequenc...
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Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
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England
Date Published
2000.
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"The World and the West reaches from such diverse cases as the Maya and Yaqui of Mexico, the Ghost Dance of North America, cargo cults of Melanesia, to Meiji Japan and the Ottoman Empire. In discussing a variety of questions about the relations between the world and the West in recent centuries, Curtin ultimately introduces a new perspective on the...
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The world and the West : the European challenge and the overseas response in the Age of Empire / Philip D. Curtin.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N909.82/171
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74VvAoeqMrm3
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0521771358
9780521771351
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909.82
327.1
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991013634749702626
