Aran Mackinnon, Elaine Mcclarnand Mackinnon

Places of Encounter, Volume 2

Time, Place, and Connectivity in World History, Volume Two: Since 1500

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Using a place-based approach by focusing on specific locations at critical historical moments of historical transformation, "Places of Encounter" provides a unique alternative to world history anthologies or survey texts.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 168mm x 252mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 564g
• ISBN-13: 9780813347394
• ISBN-10: 0813347394
• Artikelnr.: 34747350

Autorenporträt

Aran MacKinnon

Inhaltsangabe

CAPE TOWN: At the Cross-Currents of the Atlantic and Indian Ocean Worlds (1500-1800)
SALVADOR DA BAHIA: A South-Atlantic Colonial Crossroads (1549-1822)
NAGASAKI: Fusion Point for Commerce and Culture (1571-1945)
LONDON: Emerging Global City of Empire (1660-1851)
GOREE: At the Confluence of the Atlantic
Saharan
and Sahelian Worlds (1677-1890)
PARIS: City of Absolutism and Enlightenment (1700s)
CALCUTTA: A Central Exchange Point for Widely Separate Worlds (1700-1840)
SHANGHAI: From Chinese Hub Port to Global Treaty Port (1730-1865)
ALGIERS: A Colonial Metropolis Transformed to a Global City (ca. 1800-1954)
GALLIPOLI: War's Global Concourse (1915)
ST.PETERSBURG: The Russian Revolution and the Making of the Twentieth Century (1890-1918)
KINSHASA: Confluence of Riches and Blight (1800s-1900s)
BERLIN: A Global Symbol of the Iron Curtain (1945-1991)
NEW YORK: Opportunity and Struggle in a Global City (1911-2011)
DUBAI: Global Gateway in the Desert (1820-2010)