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Worlds Together, Worlds Apart: A History of the Modern World (1300 to the Present)
Worlds Together Worlds Apart A History of the Modern World - 1300 to the Present Author:Robert L. Tignor, Jeremy Adelman, Stephen Aron, Stephen Kokin, Suxanne Marchand, Gyan Prakash, Stephen Kotkin, Suzanne Marchand, Michael Tsin This provocative narrative history dramatically departs from the standard "rise of the West" storyline that has driven world historiography for a century. A stellar group of historians paint a decidedly different modern world history, one in which the rise of the West was not predetermined and where global integration has manifested itself in fi... more »ts and starts rather than as a smooth process over the last seven centuries. This fresh interpretation, driven by powerful ideas and colorful stories, promises to engage readers for decades to come.« less