The Origins of the Modern World
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The Origins of the Modern World by Robert B Marks
How did the modern world get to be the way it is? How did we come to live in a globalized, industrialized, capitalistic set of nation-states? Moving beyond Eurocentric explanations and histories that revolve around the rise of the West, distinguished historian Robert B. Marks explores the roles of Asia, Africa, and the New World in the global story. He defines the modern world as marked by industry, the nation state, interstate warfare, a large and growing gap between the wealthiest and poorest parts of the world, and an escape from environmental constraints. Bringing the saga to the present, Marks considers how and why the United States emerged as a world power in the 20th century and the sole superpower by the 21st century; the powerful resurgence of Asia; and the vastly changed relationship of humans to the environment.
Robert B. Marks is Richard and Billie Deihl Professor of History at Whittier College. He is author of Origins of the Modern World: A Global and Ecological Narrative from the Fifteenth to the Twenty-first Century, Tigers, Rice, Silk, and Silt: Environment and Economy in Late Imperial South China, Rural Revolution in South China, and coauthor of The Making of the Modern World. He lives in Whittier, California.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780742554184 |
| ISBN 10 | 074255418X |
| Title | The Origins of the Modern World |
| Author | Robert Marks |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Rowman And Littlefield Publishers, Inc. |
| Year published | 2006-12-07 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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