The World in 1800Wiley, 14.02.2000 - 464 Seiten Bernier provides us with a riveting chronicle of that time, so vastly different from our own yet so pregnant with meaning for us as we embark upon a new century. From Europe?s bloodstained landscape to the prosperous ports and homesteads of a nascent United States, from the Spanish dominions of Central and South America to the slave trading posts of Africa?s Gold Coast and the lavish interiors of China?s Forbidden City, Bernier takes us on a dizzying journey around the world, providing a finely textured portrait of civilization at the dawn of the modern era. |
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Two Worlds One World | 1 |
EUROPE | 7 |
A Very Great Change | 9 |
Urheberrecht | |
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