Global Interactions in the Early Modern Age, 1400 1800

Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-0-521-86866-2
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 212 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 593 g

Reihe: Cambridge Essential Histories

An interdisciplinary introduction to early modern cross-cultural encounters and their influences on the development of world societies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Parker, Charles H.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: the global integration of space; 1. European states and overseas empires; 2. Asian states and territorial empires; 3. International markets and global exchange networks; 4. The movement of peoples and diffusion of cultures; 5. The formation of new demographic and ecological structures; 6. The transmission of religion and culture; Conclusion: the landscapes of an altered world.

Über Autor(innen)

Parker, Charles H.
Charles Parker is Professor of History at Saint Louis University. has published extensively on the religious and cultural history of early modern Europe, with a focus on the Low Countries. His books include Faith on the Margins: Catholics and Catholicism in the Dutch Golden Age (2008); The Reformation of Community: Social Welfare and Calvinist Charity in Holland, 1572-1620 (2006); and a co-edited volume, From the Middle Ages to Modernity: Individual and Community in the Early Modern World (2008). His articles and essays have appeared in The Journal of World History, The Sixteenth Century Journal,The Journal of Eccesiastical History, The Journal of Religious History, and The Journal of Early Modern History.