Empires and Encounters by Wolfgang Reinhard
Between 1350 and 1750 the world reached a tipping point of global connectedness. In this volume of the acclaimed series A History of the World, noted international scholars examine five critical geographical areas where exploration and empire building led to expanding interactionearly signals on every continent of a shrinking globe.
A solid introduction to the period from a global perspective-- M. E. Wiesner * Choice *
Wolfgang Reinhard is Professor Emeritus of Modern History at the University of Freiburg. Akira Iriye is Charles Warren Professor of American History, Emeritus, at Harvard University. Jürgen Osterhammel is Professor of Modern History at the University of Konstanz. Peter C. Perdue is Professor of History at Yale University and the author of China Marches West: The Qing Conquest of Central Eurasia (HUP), awarded the Joseph Levenson Book Prize from the Association of Asian Studies. Wolfgang Reinhard is Professor Emeritus of Modern History at the University of Freiburg.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780674047198 |
| ISBN 10 | 0674047192 |
| Title | Empires and Encounters |
| Author | Wolfgang Reinhard |
| Series | A History Of The World |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Harvard University Press |
| Year published | 2015-06-09 |
| Number of pages | 1168 |
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