Studies in Comparative World History Series

12 primary works • 12 total works
The books in this series pursue particular themes as they occur in a variety of societies through time. This approach is designed to combine the depth of current social scientific knowledge with the breadth provided by treating many peoples and areas of the world. The volumes draw upon the insights of many disciplines, including economics, anthropo…
Crosscultural Trade in World History
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3.74 · 47 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 1984 · 6 editions
A single theme is pursued in this book - the trade…

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    Rethinking World History: Essays on Europe, Islam and World History
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    3.91     · 81 Ratings · 11 Reviews · published 1993 · 9 editions
    Is the history of the modern world the history of …

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    The Rise & Fall of the Plantation Complex
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    3.67     · 88 Ratings · 9 Reviews · published 1990 · 6 editions
    s/t: Essays in Atlantic History
    Over a period of se…

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    Africa and Africans in the Making of the Atlantic World, 1400-1800
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    3.85     · 349 Ratings · 35 Reviews · published 1992 · 13 editions
    Focusing especially on the causes and consequences…

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    Law and Colonial Cultures: Legal Regimes in World History, 1400-1900
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    3.37     · 30 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1998 · 12 editions
    This book advances a new perspective in world hist…

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    Strange Parallels: Southeast Asia in Global Context, c. 800-1830. Volume 1, Integration on the Mainland
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    4.09     · 54 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 1999 · 9 editions
    In an ambitious effort to overcome the extreme fra…

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    Strange Parallels: Southeast Asia in Global Context, c. 800-1830. Volume 2, Mainland Mirrors: Europe, Japan, China, South Asia, and the Islands
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    4.10     · 31 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 2001 · 8 editions
    Blending fine-grained case studies with overarchin…

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    Networks of Empire: Forced Migration in the Dutch East India Company
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    3.85     · 13 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2008 · 11 editions
    Ward argues that the Dutch East India Company empi…

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    The Sugar Plantation in India and Indonesia: Industrial Production, 1770–2010
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    4.00     · 1 Ratings · published 2013 · 7 editions
    European markets almost exclusively relied on Cari…

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    Luxury in Global Perspective: Objects and Practices, 1600–2000
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    4.00     · 1 Ratings · 4 editions
    Global history is predicated on connections and ho…

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    Global Gifts: The Material Culture of Diplomacy in Early Modern Eurasia
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    4.00     · 2 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2017 · 5 editions
    This anthology explores the role that art and mate…

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    Assembling the Tropics: Science and Medicine in Portugal's Empire, 1450–1700
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    4.00     · 6 Ratings · 5 editions
    From popular fiction to modern biomedicine, the tr…

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