1688
1688: a global history
John E., Jr. Wills
Publisher: New York : Norton, c2001.
ISBN: 0393322785
DDC: 909.6
LCC: D246
Edition: (pbk.)
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-314) and index.
pt. 1. Aworld of wooden ships --[ch.] 1. Theempire of silver --[ch.]
2.Many Africas --[ch.] 3.Slaves, ships, and frontiers --[ch.]
4.Dampier and the aborigines --pt. 2. Theworld of the great company
--[ch.] 5. TheCape of Good Hope --[ch.] 6. Theisland world --[ch.]
7.Phaulkon -- pt. 3.Three worlds apart: Russia, China, Japan --[ch.]
8.Tsar Peter's Russia --[ch.] 9.Survivors and visionaries --[ch.]
10.At the court of Kangxi--[ch.] 11. TheJesuits and China --[ch.]
12.Kanazawa, Edo, Nagasaki --[ch.] 13.Saikaku and Bashô --pt.
4.Versailles, London, Amsterdam --[ch.] 14. TheSun King and the
ladies--[ch.] 15. Afamily quarrel and a glorious revolution --[ch.]
16.Echoes across the oceans --[ch.] 17. Ahundred years of freedom
--pt. 5.Worlds of words: styles and thought in Europe --[ch.] 18.In
the republic of letters --[ch.] 19.Aphra Behn --[ch.] 20.Newton,
Locke, and Leibniz --pt. 6.Islam and its others --[ch.] 21. Theworlds
of the Great Sultan --[ch.] 22.Mecca --[ch.] 23. Hindus and Muslims
--[ch.] 24.Englishmen, Indians, and others --pt. 7.Exile, hope, and
family --[ch.] 25.Next year in Jerusalem --[ch.] 26.O well is thee.
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