Cross-Cultural Encounters in Modern World History

By Jon Thares Davidann, Marc Jason Gilbert, Mark Jason T. Gilbert

Book Overview

Cross-Cultural Encounters in Modern World History explores cultural contact as an agent of change. It takes an encounters approach to world history since 1500, rather than a political one, to reveal different perspectives and experiences as well as key patterns and transformations. It studies the spaces between cultures historically to help us transcend human differences today in a rapidly globalizing world.

The text focuses on first encounters that suggest long-term developments and particularly significant encounters that have changed the direction of world history. Because of the complexities of these encounters, the author takes a user-friendly approach to keep the text accessible to students with varying backgrounds in history.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0205532667
• ISBN13: 9780205532667
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"