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001 2014046657
003 DLC
005 20151203082543.0
008 150202s2015 mdu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014046657
020 $a9781442212398 (cloth : alkaline paper)
020 $a9781442212404 (paperback : alkaline paper)
020 $z9781442212411 (electronic)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda
042 $apcc
043 $ae------
050 00 $aD208$b.M377 2015
082 00 $a940.2$223
100 1 $aMarks, Robert,$d1949-
245 14 $aThe origins of the modern world :$ba global and environmental narrative from the fifteenth to the twenty-first century /$cRobert B. Marks.
250 $aThird edition.
263 $a1502
264 1 $aLanham :$bRowman & Littlefield,$c2015.
300 $apages cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
520 2 $a"Now in a new edition, this clearly written and engrossing book presents a global and environmental narrative of the origins of the modern world since 1400. Robert Marks constructs a story in which Asia, Africa, and the New World play major roles and points to the resurgence of Asia and the vastly changed relationship of humans to the environment"--Provided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aList of figures and maps -- Preface to the third edition -- Introduction: The rise of the West? -- The material and trading worlds, circa 1400 -- Starting with China -- Empires, states, and the New World, 1500-1775 -- The industrial revolution and its consequences, 1750-1850 -- The gap -- The great departure -- Conclusion: Changes, continuities, and the shape of the future.
650 0 $aHistory, Modern.
651 0 $aEurope$xHistory$y1492-
650 0 $aCivilization, Modern$xHistory.
650 0 $aEconomic history.
650 0 $aIndustrial revolution.
650 0 $aHuman ecology$xHistory.
650 0 $aSocial change$xHistory.