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Empires of the weak [electronic resource] the real story of European expansion and the creation of the new world order
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| 서명/저자사항 | Empires of the weak : the real story of European expansion and the creation of the new world order/ J. C. Sharman. [electronic resource]. |
| 개인저자 | Sharman, J. C.(Jason Campbell), 1973- author. |
| 발행사항 | Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, [2019]. |
| 형태사항 | 1 online resource (xii, 196 pages). |
| 기타형태 저록 | Print version: Sharman, J. C. (Jason Campbell), 1973- Empires of the weak. [Place of publication not identified] : PRINCETON UNIV PRESS, 2019 0691182795 |
| ISBN | 9780691184951 069118495X |
| 서지주기 | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 내용주기 | Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction The Military Revolution and the First International System; Chapter 1 Iberian Conquistadors and Supplicants; Chapter 2 Company Sovereigns and the Empires of the East; Chapter 3 The Asian Invasion of Europe in Context; Conclusion How the Europeans Won in the End (Before They Later Lost); Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| 요약 | What accounts for the rise of the state, the creation of the first global system, and the dominance of the West? The conventional answer asserts that superior technology, tactics, and institutions forged by Darwinian military competition gave Europeans a decisive advantage in war over other civilizations from 1500 onward. In contrast, Empires of the Weak argues that Europeans actually had no general military superiority in the early modern era. J. C. Sharman shows instead that European expansion from the late fifteenth to the late eighteenth centuries is better explained by deference to strong Asian and African polities, disease in the Americas, and maritime supremacy earned by default because local land-oriented polities were largely indifferent to war and trade at sea. Europeans were overawed by the mighty Eastern empires of the day, which pioneered key military innovations and were the greatest early modern conquerors. Against the view that the Europeans won for all time, Sharman contends that the imperialism of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was a relatively transient and anomalous development in world politics that concluded with Western losses in various insurgencies. If the twenty-first century is to be dominated by non-Western powers like China, this represents a return to the norm for the modern era. Bringing a revisionist perspective to the idea that Europe ruled the world due to military dominance, Empires of the Weak demonstrates that the rise of the West was an exception in the prevailing world order. |
| 주제명(지명) | Europe --Civilization. Europe --History. Europe. --fast |
| 일반주제명 | HISTORY / Civilization HISTORY / Essays HISTORY / Reference HISTORY / Social History HISTORY / World. Civilization. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History |
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