Screen LibraryMyths, state expansion, and the birth of globalization：a comparative perspective
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| Published: |
Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2012. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xi, 239 p.: ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780230120884 (alk. paper) 0230120881 (alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | F114 |
| CLC: |
F114.41 D091.5 |
| Call Number: | D091.5/C284 |
| Contents: |
includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-232) and index. Broadening and deepening: systemic expansion, incorporation and the zone of ignorance -- New world empires & otters: the scramble for Nootka Sound, the Northwest Passage, and the China trade -- West Africa & the rise of Asante: rivers of gold, a short route to China, and the globalization of labor -- Ethiopia & the Middle East: the Red Sea trade, Prester John and Christians in the Muslim world -- Japan & the Far East: Zipangu, roofs of silver and the lure of the Orient -- Conclusion: myths, incorporation & systemic expansion. |