Empires and Encounters - 13501750

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 interaction¿early signals on every continent of a shrinking globe.

About the author

Wolfgang Reinhard, geboren 1937, ist Professor em. für neuere Geschichte in Freiburg. Er veröffentlichte Bücher zur Papstgeschichte, zur europäischen Expansion und zum Kolonialismus, zur historischen Anthropologie undzur Vergleichenden Verfassungsgeschichte Europas. Erwähnt sei besonders seine vierbändige "Geschichte der europäischen Expansion" (1983-1990).

Summary

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 interaction—early signals on every continent of a shrinking globe.

Product details

• Authors: Wolfgang Reinhard, Wolfgang (EDT)/ Iriye Reinhard
• Assisted by: Akira Iriye (Editor), Jurgen Osterhammel (Editor), Jürgen Osterhammel (Editor), Wolfgang Reinhard (Editor)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.06.2015
• EAN: 9780674047198
• ISBN: 978-0-674-04719-8
• No. of pages: 1168
• Series: A History of the World; A History of the World; History of the World; A History of the World (HUP)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / Modern / General, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Medieval, History - General History, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, General & world history, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Medieval History, c 1000 CE to c 1500, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, General and world history, c 500 to c 1000 CE, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599