UID:
almahu_9949384475002882
Format:
1 online resource
Edition:
Second edition.
ISBN:
9780429425851
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0429425856
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9780429759246
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042975924X
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9780429759253
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0429759258
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9780429759239
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0429759231
Content:
One of the hallmarks of world history is the ever-increasing ability of humans to cross cultural boundaries. Taking an encounters approach that opens up history to different perspectives and experiences, Cross-Cultural Encounters in Modern World History examines cultural contact between people from across the globe between 1453 and the present. The book examines the historical record of these contacts, distilling from those processes patterns of interaction, different peoples' perspectives, and the ways these encounters tended to subvert the commonly accepted assumptions about differences between peoples in terms of race, ethnicity, nationhood, or empire. This new edition has been updated to employ current scholarship and address recent developments, as well as increasing the treatment of indigenous agency, including the major role played by Polynesians in the spread of Christianity in Oceania. The final chapter has been updated to reflect the refugee crisis and the evolving political situation in Europe concerning its immigrant population. Supported by engaging discussion questions and enlivened with the voices and views of those who were and remain directly engaged in the process of cross-cultural exchange, this highly accessible volume remains a valuable resource for all students of world history.
Note:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of maps; Preface to the Second Edition; Part A Introduction: cross-cultural encounters and hybrid culture; Part B Encounters in the age of exploration; 1 Power and unpredictability, conquistadors, and native peoples: conquest of the Americas; "Indios"; European and Native American perceptions; Columbus and the route to Asia; Columbus and the Taino; Cortés, Aztecs, and Conquest of Mexico; The Aztecs; Native American responses; Fighting for the Native Americans: Las Casas; Conclusion
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Questions for discussion2 Europeans on the margin: missionaries and indigenous response in East Asia; Cultural conversion in China: Matteo Ricci; Chinese-Jesuit dialog; Japan and the Jesuits; Conclusion; Questions for discussion; 3 Empires of difference: the Ottoman model of a multicultural state; Outsiders in the Ottoman Empire; The aman; The millet system; Trade and commerce; Imperial power, imperial diversity; Obstacles to toleration; Trade; Prisoners and slaves; Pilgrims and missionaries; Cosmopolitan ports of call: Salonica and Algiers; The Ottoman encounter with "Orientalism."
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ConclusionQuestions for discussion; Part C Encounters-middle ground successes and failures; 4 Cultures in competition: Native American encounters with Europeans; European and Native American perceptions; New England Native Americans and land; Impact of the fur trade; The middle ground; The Catawba; Native Americans and the U.S. government; Conclusion; Questions for discussion; 5 From first contact to entanglement: Polynesian encounters with Euro-Americans; Polynesia at the time of its contact with the West; The West at the time of the first contact with Polynesia; Castaways
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Local agency and the spread of ChristianitySelf-strengthening; Conclusion; Questions for discussion; 6 On the frontiers of central Asia: Russia, China and steppe empires in Eurasia; The Mongols; The Russian Empire and the peoples of the steppe; Raiding and slaves; Diplomacy and conquest; Missionary activity; China, Russia, and Mongolia; Conclusion; Questions for discussion; Part D Imperialism and nationalism in the modern world; 7 Altered states: British imperialism and the rise of Indian nationalism; Britain discovers India; The Orientalists; The Bengal renaissance; Remaking a civilization
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The war of 1857 and its aftermathRacism and the rise of Indian nationalism; Conclusion; Questions for discussion; 8 The Japanese in East Asia: a non-western empire and nationalist reactions; Acquiring an empire; Japanese policy in Taiwan; Japanese encounter with indigenous peoples; Japan in Korea; Japan in Manchuria and China; Far Eastern games; The Sino-Japanese war and the rape of Nanjing; Conclusion; Questions for discussion; 9 Mapping Africa: European perceptions and African realities; Impact of the colonial encounter; European perceptions; Christianity in Africa; African perceptions
Language:
English
Keywords:
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Electronic books.
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History.
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429425851
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