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How Europe Made the Modern World : Creating the Great Divergence by Jonathan W Daly; Bloomsbury Publishing is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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One thousand years ago, a traveler to Baghdad or the Chinese capital Kaifeng would have discovered a vast and flourishing city of broad streets, spacious gardens, and sophisticated urban amenities; meanwhile, Paris, Rome, and London were cramped and unhygienic collections of villages, and Europe was a backwater. How, then, did it rise to world preeminence over the next several centuries? This is the central historical conundrum of modern times. How Europe Made the Modern World draws upon the latest scholarship dealing with the various aspects of the West's divergence, including geography, demography, technology, culture, institutions, science and economics. It avoids the twin dangers of Eurocentrism and anti-Westernism, strongly emphasizing the contributions of other cultures of the world to the West's rise while rejecting the claim that there was nothing distinctive about Europe in the premodern period. Daly provides a concise summary of the debate from both sides, whilst also presenting his own provocative arguments. Drawing on a wide range of primary and secondary sources, and including maps and images to illuminate key evidence, this book will inspire students to think critical

Who reads How Europe Made the Modern World : Creating the Great Divergence?

Author

Jonathan W Daly; Bloomsbury Publishing

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc; Bloomsbury Academic

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9781350029477

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Humanities