TY  - BOOK
AU  - Parker,Charles H.
TI  - Global interactions in the early modern age, 1400-1800
T2  - Cambridge essential histories
SN  - 9780521868662 (hbk.)
AV  - HN13 .P37 2010
U1  - 303.48/20903 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Cambridge, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Social history
KW  - 16th century
KW  - 17th century
KW  - Medieval, 500-1500
KW  - Acculturation
KW  - History
KW  - Culture and globalization
KW  - International cooperation
KW  - World politics
KW  - To 1900
KW  - International relations
KW  - Europe
KW  - Relations
KW  - Asia
N1  - include index; Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: The global integration of space -- European states and overseas empires -- Asian states and territorial empires -- International markets and global exchange networks -- The movement of peoples and diffusion of cultures -- The formation of new demographic and ecological structures -- The transmission of religion and culture -- Conclusion: Converging destinies
N2  - "Interdisciplinary introduction to cross-cultural encounters in the early modern age (1400-1800) and their influences on the development of world societies. In the aftermath of Mongol expansion across Eurasia, the unprecedented rise of imperial states in the early modern period set in motion interactions between people from around the world. These included new commercial networks, large-scale migration streams, global biological exchanges, and transfers of knowledge across oceans and continents. These in turn wove together the major regions of the world. In an age of extensive cultural, political, military, and economic contact, a host of individuals, companies, tribes, states, and empires were in competition. Yet they also cooperated with one another, leading ultimately to the integration of global space"--Provided by publisher
ER  -