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Author:

Marks, Robert, 1949-

Title:

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

Edition:

Third edition.

Publisher:

Rowman & Littlefield

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

xi, 263 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Since 1492.
Industrial revolution.
Civilization, Modern--History.
Civilization, Modern.
Economic history.
History, Modern.
Social change--History.
Social change.
Human ecology--History.
Human ecology.
Europe--History--1492-
Europe.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-245) and index.

Contents:

List of figures and maps -- Preface to the third edition -- Introduction: The rise of the West? -- The material and trading worlds, circa 1400 -- Starting with China -- Empires, states, and the New World, 1500-1775 -- The industrial revolution and its consequences, 1750-1850 -- The gap -- The great departure -- Conclusion: Changes, continuities, and the shape of the future.

Summary:

"Now in a new edition, this clearly written and engrossing book presents a global and environmental narrative of the origins of the modern world since 1400. Robert Marks constructs a story in which Asia, Africa, and the New World play major roles and points to the resurgence of Asia and the vastly changed relationship of humans to the environment"--Provided by publisher.

Series:

World social change

ISBN:

1442212411
9781442212411
1442212403
9781442212404
144221239X
9781442212398

LCCN:

2014046657

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

UJPE911 -- Norwalk Easter Public Library (Norwalk)