Author : Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks
Release : 2022-08-25
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 644/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Early Modern Europe, 1450–1789 by : Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks

Download or read book Early Modern Europe, 1450–1789 written by Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks. This book was released on 2022-08-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering European history from the invention of the printing press to the French Revolution, the third edition of this best-selling textbook is thoroughly updated with new scholarship and an emphasis on environmental history, travel and migration, race and cultural blending, and the circulation of goods and knowledge. Summaries, timelines, maps, illustrations, and discussion questions illuminate the narrative and support the student. Enhanced online content and sections on sources and methodology give students the tools they need to study early modern European history. Leading historian Merry Wiesner-Hanks skillfully balances breadth and depth of coverage to create a strong narrative, paying particular attention to the global context of European developments. She integrates discussion of gender, class, regional, and ethnic differences across the entirety of Europe and its overseas colonies as well as the economic, political, religious, and cultural history of the period.