The Cambridge World History: Volume 6, The Construction of a Global World, 1400-1800 CE, Part 1, Foundations (Paperback)

1. Introduction Sanjay Subrahmanyam; Part I. Global Matrices: 2. 'Exhausting the earth': environment and history in the early modern world Robert Marks; 3. Globalization of disease, 1300?1900 James Webb; 4. Technological transitions Francesca Bray; 5. Patterns of urbanization, 1400?1800 Peter Burke; 6. Gender and sexuality Merry Wiesner-Hanks; Part II. Macro-Regions: 7. Eurasia after the Mongols Thomas T. Allsen; 8. Continuity and change in the Indian Ocean basin Jos Gommans; 9. The Americas in the age of indigenous empires Matthew Restall; 10. Africa in world history, 1400?1800 Ray A. Kea; Part III. Large-Scale Political Formations: 11. The Iberian empires, 1400?1800 Jorge Flores; 12. Imperial competition in Eurasia: Russia and China Laura Hostetler; 13. The Islamic empires of the early modern world Giancarlo Casale; Part IV. Crossroads Regions: 14. Crossroads region: Central Asia Morris Rossabi; 15. Crossroads region: Southeast Asia Michael Laffan; 16. The Caribbean region: crucible for modern world history Alan Karras; 17. Crossroads region: the Mediterranean Filippo de Vivo; Part V. Overview: 18. Political trajectories compared Jack Goldstone.