The world and the West : the European challenge and the overseas response in the Age of Empire / Philip D. Curtin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Curtin, Philip D., author.

Contributor:

American Council of Learned Societies.

Series:

ACLS Humanities E-Book.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization, Modern--European influences.

Civilization, Modern.

Civilization, Modern--European influences--Case studies.

Social change--History.

Social change.

Social change--History--Case studies.

Culture conflict--History.

Culture conflict.

Culture conflict--History--Case studies.

Europe--Territorial expansion.

Europe.

Europe--Territorial expansion--Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 294 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First paperback edition.

Other Title:

The World & the West

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2000.

Summary:

This book is a study of the interaction of the Western societies of Europe and America with others around the world in the past two centuries - the age of European empire. It deals with the European threat and the non-Western response, but the focus is on the ways in which people in Asia, Africa, and Indian America have tried to adapt their ways of life to the overwhelming European power that existed in this period. The challenge and the response are presented through a series of selected and widely scattered case studies. They vary from those of the Maya and Yaqui of Mexico, to millennial responses as varied as the Ghost Dance or the cargo cults of Melanesia, as well as those of major players like the Ottoman Empire and Meiji Japan.

Contents:

Cover

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Conquest

The Pattern of Empire

Technology and Power

The Politics of Imperialism

Culture Change and Imperial Rule

Culture Change in Plural Societies: South Africa and Central Asia

Culture Change in Mexico

Administrative Choices and Their Consequences: Examples from Bengal, Central Asia, Java, and Malaya

Conversion

Christian Missions in East Africa

Varieties of Defensive Modernization

Meiji Japan: Revolutionary Modernization

Ottoman Reactions to the West

Independence and the Liquidation of Empires

Non-European Resistance and the European Withdrawal

Personal and Utopian Responses

The Search for Viable Independence: Indonesia

Paths to Viable Independence: Ghana

Afterword

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781316047811

1316047814

9780511840098

0511840098

OCLC:

935277277

Publisher Number:

2027/heb31006 hdl