1688 A Global History

Author : John E. Wills
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393253643
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 1688: A Global History written by John E. Wills and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2002-01-17 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A totally absorbing book...imaginative and erudite, full of startling juxtapositions and flashes of real perception."—Jonathan D. Spence John E. Wills's masterful history ushers us into the worlds of 1688, from the suicidal exaltation of Russian Old Believers to the ravishing voice of the haiku poet Basho. Witness the splendor of the Chinese imperial court as the Kangxi emperor publicly mourns the death of his grandmother and shrewdly consolidates his power. Join the great caravans of Muslims on their annual pilgrimage from Damascus and Cairo to Mecca. Walk the pungent streets of Amsterdam and enter the Rasp House, where vagrants, beggars, and petty criminals labored to produce powdered brazilwood for the dyeworks. Through these stories and many others, Wills paints a detailed picture of how the global connections of power, money, and belief were beginning to lend the world its modern form. "A vivid picture of life in 1688...filled with terrifying violence, frightening diseases...comfortingly familiar human kindnesses...and the intellectual achievements of Leibniz, Locke, and Newton."—Publishers Weekly

Author : John E. Wills
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781862074675
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 1688 written by John E. Wills and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lacey Baldwin Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book This Realm of England, 1399 to 1688 written by Lacey Baldwin Smith and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : A. G. Hopkins
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691196877
Total Pages : 1002 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Empire written by A. G. Hopkins and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2019-08-27 with total page 1002 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Compelling, provocative, and learned. This book is a stunning and sophisticated reevaluation of the American empire. Hopkins tells an old story in a truly new way--American history will never be the same again."--Jeremi Suri, author of The Impossible Presidency: The Rise and Fall of America's Highest Office.Office.

Author : Tonio Andrade
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691159572
Total Pages : 447 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lost Colony written by Tonio Andrade and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2013-08-04 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How a Chinese pirate defeated European colonialists and won Taiwan during the seventeenth century During the seventeenth century, Holland created the world's most dynamic colonial empire, outcompeting the British and capturing Spanish and Portuguese colonies. Yet, in the Sino-Dutch War—Europe's first war with China—the Dutch met their match in a colorful Chinese warlord named Koxinga. Part samurai, part pirate, he led his generals to victory over the Dutch and captured one of their largest and richest colonies—Taiwan. How did he do it? Examining the strengths and weaknesses of European and Chinese military techniques during the period, Lost Colony provides a balanced new perspective on long-held assumptions about Western power, Chinese might, and the nature of war. It has traditionally been asserted that Europeans of the era possessed more advanced science, technology, and political structures than their Eastern counterparts, but historians have recently contested this view, arguing that many parts of Asia developed on pace with Europe until 1800. While Lost Colony shows that the Dutch did indeed possess a technological edge thanks to the Renaissance fort and the broadside sailing ship, that edge was neutralized by the formidable Chinese military leadership. Thanks to a rich heritage of ancient war wisdom, Koxinga and his generals outfoxed the Dutch at every turn. Exploring a period when the military balance between Europe and China was closer than at any other point in modern history, Lost Colony reassesses an important chapter in world history and offers valuable and surprising lessons for contemporary times.

Author : John Elliot Wills
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780197718094
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The World from 1450 to 1700 written by John Elliot Wills and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this work John Wills takes a fresh look at one of the most fascinating and tumultuous periods in world history. Assuming a global perspective he traces the interwoven changes that led from the world of Columbus, Luther and the Mughal emperor Babur to the world of Locke, Louis XIV and the Kangxi emperor.

Author : Lacey Baldwin Smith
Publisher : Cengage Learning
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Past Speaks: To 1688 written by Lacey Baldwin Smith and published by Cengage Learning. This book was released on 1993 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Stephanie Barczewski
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317606590
Total Pages : 574 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Britain since 1688 written by Stephanie Barczewski and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-10-30 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Authored by a team of North American university professors who specialize in the subject, Britain since 1688: A Nation in the World has been specifically written for students in the United States, or from other countries where pre-existing knowledge of the history of Britain cannot be taken for granted. Beginning with the Glorious Revolution of 1688, the book progresses through the major events of the next three-and-a-half centuries, up to the coalition government of the present day. It uses a traditional chronological structure and provides a strong backbone of political history, but incorporates contemporary thematic concerns and the most recent scholarship throughout. The authors provide coverage of all parts of the British Isles individually as well as treating them as an integrated whole, and key aspects of British society are examined, including class, race, religion and gender – a focus that allows the complexities of British national identity and the historical unity and disunity of the British Isles to be assessed. Britain’s interaction with the world features prominently, including extensive coverage of the British Empire, both as a political, military and geographic entity and as a force of cultural influence on the British metropolis. The complexities of Britain’s relationship with the United States are explored in detail, ranging from the American Revolution in the eighteenth century to the "special relationship" established by the twentieth. Featuring textboxes containing illustrative examples that support the main text, images intended to inspire discussion, and a comprehensive companion website with an interactive timeline that includes links to primary documents, images and video, this book provides everything needed to give students a comprehensive grounding in the rich tapestry of events, characters, and themes that encompass the history of Britain since 1688.

Author : Steven C. A. Pincus
Publisher : Macmillan Higher Education
ISBN 13 : 1319242065
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book England's Glorious Revolution 1688-1689 written by Steven C. A. Pincus and published by Macmillan Higher Education. This book was released on 2005-09-21 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: England's Glorious Revolution is a fresh and engaging examination of the Revolution of 1688-1689, when the English people rose up and deposed King James II, placing William III and Mary II on the throne. Steven Pincus's introduction explains the context of the revolution, why these events were so stunning to contemporaries, and how the profound changes in political, economic, and foreign policies that ensued make it the first modern revolution. This volume offers 40 documents from a wide array of sources and perspectives including memoirs, letters, diary entries, political tracts, pamphlets, and newspaper accounts, many of which are not widely available. Document headnotes, questions for consideration, a chronology, a selected bibliography, and an index provide further pedagogical support.

Author : Steven C. A. Pincus
Publisher : Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History
ISBN 13 : 9780300171433
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 1688 written by Steven C. A. Pincus and published by Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historians have viewed England's Glorious Revolution of 1688-1689 as an un-revolutionary revolution--bloodless, consensual, aristocratic, and above all, sensible. Steve Pincus refutes this traditional view. He demonstrates that England's revolution was a European event, that it took place over a number of years, and that it had repercussions in India, North America, the West Indies, and throughout continental Europe. His rich narrative, based on new archival research, traces the transformation of English foreign policy, religious culture, and political economy that, he argues, was the intended consequence of the revolutionaries of 1688-1689. James II's modernization program emphasized centralized control, repression of dissidents, and territorial empire. The revolutionaries, by contrast, took advantage of the new economic possibilities to create a bureaucratic but participatory state, which emphasized its ideological break with the past and envisioned itself as continuing to evolve. All of this, argues Pincus, makes the Glorious Revolution--not the French Revolution--the first truly modern revolution.--From publisher description.