How Europe Made the Modern World
Creating the Great Divergence
Seiten
2019
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-02946-0 (ISBN)
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-02946-0 (ISBN)
One thousand years ago, a traveler to Baghdad or the Chinese capital Kaifeng would have discovered a vast and flourishing city of broad streets, spacious gardens, and sophisticated urban amenities; meanwhile, Paris, Rome, and London were cramped and unhygienic collections of villages, and Europe was a backwater. How, then, did it rise to world preeminence over the next several centuries? This is the central historical conundrum of modern times.
How Europe Made the Modern World draws upon the latest scholarship dealing with the various aspects of the West’s divergence, including geography, demography, technology, culture, institutions, science and economics. It avoids the twin dangers of Eurocentrism and anti-Westernism, strongly emphasizing the contributions of other cultures of the world to the West's rise while rejecting the claim that there was nothing distinctive about Europe in the premodern period. Daly provides a concise summary of the debate from both sides, whilst also presenting his own provocative arguments.
Drawing on a wide range of primary and secondary sources, and including maps and images to illuminate key evidence, this book will inspire students to think critically and engage in debates rather than accepting a single narrative of the rise of the West. It is an ideal primer for students studying Western Civilization and World History courses.
How Europe Made the Modern World draws upon the latest scholarship dealing with the various aspects of the West’s divergence, including geography, demography, technology, culture, institutions, science and economics. It avoids the twin dangers of Eurocentrism and anti-Westernism, strongly emphasizing the contributions of other cultures of the world to the West's rise while rejecting the claim that there was nothing distinctive about Europe in the premodern period. Daly provides a concise summary of the debate from both sides, whilst also presenting his own provocative arguments.
Drawing on a wide range of primary and secondary sources, and including maps and images to illuminate key evidence, this book will inspire students to think critically and engage in debates rather than accepting a single narrative of the rise of the West. It is an ideal primer for students studying Western Civilization and World History courses.
Jonathan Daly is Professor of History at the University of Illinois at Chicago, USA. He is the author is Historians Debate the Rise of the West (2015) and The Rise of Western Power: A Comparative History of Western Civilization (2014).
List of Maps
Preface
Introduction: Alchemy of Civilization
Chapter 1: The Supremacy of Law
Chapter 2: A Passion for Travel
Chapter 3: Tsunami of the Printed Word
Chapter 4: Rights and Liberties
Chapter 5: An Anxiety for Knowing
Chapter 6: The Republic of Letters
Chapter 7: Breaking with Tradition
Conclusion
Notes
Works Cited
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 03.10.2019 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 138 x 214 mm |
| Gewicht | 320 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-350-02946-7 / 1350029467 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-350-02946-0 / 9781350029460 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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