The world and the West
Subtitle: the European challenge and the overseas response in the Age of Empire
By: Philip D. Curtin.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
Subjects: Civilization, Modern -- European influences; Civilization, Modern -- European influences -- Case studies; Social change -- History; Social change -- History -- Case studies; Culture conflict -- History; Culture conflict -- History -- Case studies; Europe -- Territorial expansion; Europe -- Territorial expansion -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies.
Description: "The World and the West reaches from such diverse cases as the Maya and Yaqui of Mexico, the Ghost Dance of North America, cargo cults of Melanesia, to Meiji Japan and the Ottoman Empire. In discussing a variety of questions about the relations between the world and the West in recent centuries, Curtin ultimately introduces a new perspective on the underlying question: How do human societies change through time?"--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.