The world from 1450 to 1700
By: John E. Wills, Jr.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780195337976; 9780195165173
Subjects: History, Modern; Europe -- History
Description: "Traces the interwoven changes that led from the world of Columbus, Luther, and the Mughal emperor Babur to the world of Locke, Louis XIV, and the Kangxi Emperor. Wills encourages his readers to acknowledge the special features of the European experience and achievement without presenting Europe as essentially the only source of the modern"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue : Texas and the world; title: Islam and a wider world, 1450-1490; title: Columbian exchanges, 1490-1530; title: Old ways made new, 1530-1570; title: New shapes of power, 1570-1610; title: Settlers and diasporas, 1610-1640; title: Time of troubles, 1640-1670; title: Toward an early modern world, 1670-1700.