European Culture And Overseas Expansion
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Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A landmark work in the history of early modern Europe, European Culture and Overseas Expansion presents a compelling account of how European technological ingenuity and cultural dynamism drove the age of exploration and colonisation. Carlo M. Cipolla argues that it was not geography or chance, but specific cultural and intellectual traits — particularly advances in guns, ships, and navigational science — that gave Europeans a decisive edge over other civilisations from the fifteenth century onward. Drawing on a broad range of historical evidence, the work details the economic, military, and social mechanisms that allowed a relatively small continent to project its power across the globe. Written with scholarly precision yet accessible clarity, it remains an authoritative and provocative examination of the roots of Western global dominance.
Author: Carlo M. Cipolla
Format: Paperback
Genre: European history
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A landmark work in the history of early modern Europe, European Culture and Overseas Expansion presents a compelling account of how European technological ingenuity and cultural dynamism drove the age of exploration and colonisation. Carlo M. Cipolla argues that it was not geography or chance, but specific cultural and intellectual traits — particularly advances in guns, ships, and navigational science — that gave Europeans a decisive edge over other civilisations from the fifteenth century onward. Drawing on a broad range of historical evidence, the work details the economic, military, and social mechanisms that allowed a relatively small continent to project its power across the globe. Written with scholarly precision yet accessible clarity, it remains an authoritative and provocative examination of the roots of Western global dominance.