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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... mass- produced goods began to be crudely hand - made . " The use of coins declined . Pottery ceased to be mass produced . Roads and waterways fell into disrepair . " Central heating and hot baths disappeared for many centuries.45 So did ...
... mass- produced goods began to be crudely hand - made . " The use of coins declined . Pottery ceased to be mass produced . Roads and waterways fell into disrepair . " Central heating and hot baths disappeared for many centuries.45 So did ...
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... mass media . 417 The British Empire , at its zenith , required only about 120,000 sol- diers and 6,000 civilians to run it.418 In modern times , this reflected enormous technological differences between cultures , ranging from the use ...
... mass media . 417 The British Empire , at its zenith , required only about 120,000 sol- diers and 6,000 civilians to run it.418 In modern times , this reflected enormous technological differences between cultures , ranging from the use ...
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... mass immigration , only about one in sixteen had a trade , though they were noted for their ability to save from meager earnings , even when that required them to live on " stale bread and sausage . " 365 Yet , of those Polish ...
... mass immigration , only about one in sixteen had a trade , though they were noted for their ability to save from meager earnings , even when that required them to live on " stale bread and sausage . " 365 Yet , of those Polish ...
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