Title: Comparative early modernities, 1100-1800 /
Authors: Porter, David, 1965-
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Civilization, Modern; Comparative civilization
Contents: I. Globalizing early modernity -- A war of worlds : becoming 'early modern' and the challenge of comparison / Ayesha Ramachandran -- Eurasian literature / Walter Cohen -- Asia-centered approaches to the history of the early modern world : a methodological romp / Luke Clossey -- II. Comparative cultural history -- Pornography, chastity, and 'early modernity' in China and England, 1500-1640 / Katherine Carlitz -- Hiding in plane sight : accommodating incompatibilities in early visual modernity / Richard Vinograd -- Divergence in cultural trajectories : the power of the traditional within the early modern / Jack Goldstone -- III. Economics and states -- Did China's late empire have an early modern era? / R. Bin Wong -- Visualizing the state in early modern England and China / Martin Powers -- Areas, networks, and the search for 'early modern' East Asia / Kenneth Pomeranz.