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

"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 vas...

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Main Author: Marks, Robert, 1949- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham ; Boulder ; New York ; London : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]
Edition:Third edition.
Series:World social change.
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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.
Physical Description:xi, 263 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-245) and index.
ISBN:9781442212398
144221239X
9781442212404
1442212403