Impact Of Western Man: A Study Of Europe's Role In The World Economy 1750-1960
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From the industrial heartlands of nineteenth-century Britain to the farthest reaches of the colonial world, Impact of Western Man presents a sweeping and authoritative examination of how Europe's economic ambitions reshaped the globe between 1750 and 1960. William Woodruff chronicles the mechanisms of Western expansion — trade, investment, migration, and technology — and argues with meticulous precision that Europe's role in the world economy was not merely dominant, but transformative in ways that fundamentally altered the material conditions of peoples on every continent. Woodruff's scholarship is both rigorous and panoramic, drawing on a vast array of statistical data and historical evidence to illustrate the complex web of interdependence that Western commerce wove across the developing world. His prose is measured and authoritative, grounding broad geopolitical narratives in concrete economic realities, making this an indispensable work for students of modern history and economics alike. A landmark contribution to the study of globalisation before the term existed, this volume leaves the reader questioning whether the world economy of today is truly so different from the one Woodruff so compellingly details.
Author: William Woodruff
Format: Paperback
Published: 1966, Macmillan / St Martin's Press
Genre: European history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
From the industrial heartlands of nineteenth-century Britain to the farthest reaches of the colonial world, Impact of Western Man presents a sweeping and authoritative examination of how Europe's economic ambitions reshaped the globe between 1750 and 1960. William Woodruff chronicles the mechanisms of Western expansion — trade, investment, migration, and technology — and argues with meticulous precision that Europe's role in the world economy was not merely dominant, but transformative in ways that fundamentally altered the material conditions of peoples on every continent. Woodruff's scholarship is both rigorous and panoramic, drawing on a vast array of statistical data and historical evidence to illustrate the complex web of interdependence that Western commerce wove across the developing world. His prose is measured and authoritative, grounding broad geopolitical narratives in concrete economic realities, making this an indispensable work for students of modern history and economics alike. A landmark contribution to the study of globalisation before the term existed, this volume leaves the reader questioning whether the world economy of today is truly so different from the one Woodruff so compellingly details.