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European and Non-European Societies, 1450–1800: Volume I: The Longue Durée, Eurocentrism, Encounters on the Periphery of Africa and Asia book cover

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European and Non-European Societies, 1450–1800 Volume I: The Longue Durée, Eurocentrism, Encounters on the Periphery of Africa and Asia

Edited By Robert Forster Copyright 1997
392 Pages
by Routledge

394 Pages
by Routledge

392 Pages
by Routledge
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First published in 1997, this is the first of two volumes. It looks at the process of European expansion which brought into contact societies and cultures across the world which had been initially alien to one another. Conflict, and violent conflict, was one aspect of this interaction, but accommodation, mutual adaptation, and institutional and behavioural synthesis were also present though... Read more

Volume I: The Longue Durée, Eurocentrism, Encounters on the Periphery of Africa and Asia.  A. The Longue Durée. 1. Portuguese and Chinese Maritime Imperialism: Camões’s Lusiads and Luo Maodeng’s Voyage of the San Bao Eunuch. Robert Finlay. 2. Feudalism, Capitalism, and the World-System in the Perspective of Latin America and the Caribbean. Steve J. Stern. 3. Hacienda-Indian Community Relations and Indian Acculturation: An Historiographical Essay. Erwin P. Grieshaber. 4. Land, Population and the Evolution of New England Society, 1630-1790. Kenneth Lockridge. 5. Time, Space, and the Evolution of Afro-American Society on British Mainland North America. Ira Berlin. B. Eurocentrism. 6. The Ethnohistory of Early America: A Review Essay. James Axtell. 7. Early Native North American Responses to European Contact: Romantic versus Rationalistic Interpretations. Bruce G. Trigger. 8. ‘We Are Well as we Are’: An Indian Critique of Seventeenth-Century Christian Missions. James P. Ronda. 9. ‘Are These Not Also Men?’: The Indian’s Humanity and Capacity for Spanish Civilization. Patricia Seed. 10. Europeans and Amerindians: Some Comparative Aspects of Early Contact. Olive Patricia Dickason. C. Encounters on the Periphery of Africa and Asia. 11. Trade and Politics Behind the Slave Coast: The Lagoon Traffic and the Rise of Lagos, 1500-1800. Robin Law. 12. Beyond the Cape: The Portuguese Encounter with the Peoples of South Asia. Chandra Richard de Silva. 13. Peasant Survival Strategies and Rehearsals for Rebellion in Eighteenth-Century South India. Eugene F. Irschick.

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Robert Forster

'European and Non-European Societies and Christianity and Missions along with the other volumes in An Expanding World should become a standard collection for any academic library. The invaluable bibliography, the variety of themes, and the historical problems will engage students of all levels, undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral, in many aspects of early modern and world history for years to come.' Sixteenth Century Journal, Vol. XXX, No. 1
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