Conquests And Cultures: An International HistoryThis book is the culmination of 15 years of research and travels that have taken the author completely around the world twice, as well as on other travels in the Mediterranean, the Baltic, and around the Pacific rim. Its purpose has been to try to understand the role of cultural differences within nations and between nations, today and over centuries of history, in shaping the economic and social fates of peoples and of whole civilizations. Focusing on four major cultural areas(that of the British, the Africans (including the African diaspora), the Slavs of Eastern Europe, and the indigenous peoples of the Western Hemisphere— Conquests and Cultures reveals patterns that encompass not only these peoples but others and help explain the role of cultural evolution in economic, social, and political development. |
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Page 13
... continued to be subjected to mass enslavement had much more in common geographically than racially . Typically ... continued to be vic- timized by marauders who captured and enslaved them . Hill tribes , slash - and - burn ...
... continued to be subjected to mass enslavement had much more in common geographically than racially . Typically ... continued to be vic- timized by marauders who captured and enslaved them . Hill tribes , slash - and - burn ...
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... continued rapid spread of turnpikes , the travel time from London to many parts of England by stagecoach in 1821 was half of what it was in 1750. By 1830 , movement between the larger towns was four or five times as fast as in 1750 ...
... continued rapid spread of turnpikes , the travel time from London to many parts of England by stagecoach in 1821 was half of what it was in 1750. By 1830 , movement between the larger towns was four or five times as fast as in 1750 ...
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... continued to be used in Eastern Europe.2 Fairs continued to be important institutions in Eastern Europe , after they were superseded in Western Europe by per- manent stores and sophisticated distribution methods . Cloth and leather ...
... continued to be used in Eastern Europe.2 Fairs continued to be important institutions in Eastern Europe , after they were superseded in Western Europe by per- manent stores and sophisticated distribution methods . Cloth and leather ...
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