{"product_id":"cultures-in-conflict-9780745611570","title":"Cultures in Conflict","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eaeo This is the first history of exploration to focus on the experience of non--European peoples who were colonized.  aeo It is an extremely wide--ranging work of comparative history, which draws its case studies from the cultural encounters and collisions initiated by the English, Spanish, Portugese and French.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A delight to read ... a major contribution to colonial history ... it is a book that should influence the research and writing of others, for years to come.' \u003ci\u003eJournal of Historical Geography\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003e'This book deserves a place on the shelf of any scholar interested in the way cultures, cosmologies, and economic systems interact.' \u003ci\u003eThe Historian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Uniquely readable.' \u003ci\u003ePhoblacht \/ Republican News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'This book will serve for many readers as an English language introduction to the work of the Swiss historian, Urs Bitterli. Besides its interesting interpretations, the book will be valued for its introduction to a large body of documentary sources....' \u003ci\u003eAJPH\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. Types of Cultural Encounter:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContacts, Collisions, and Relationships.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. The System of Limited Contacts:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Portuguese in Africa and Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. Cultural Collision:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Spaniards on Hispaniola.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. Missionary Work as a Cultural Relationship:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe French in Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. Cultural Relationship as 'Holy Experiment':\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe English in Pennsylvania.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. The `Controlled Relationship':\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Europeans in China.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7. Cultural Contact as a Scientific Challenge:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe English and French in the South Seas.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404338700631,"sku":"9780745611570","price":17.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/cultures-in-conflict-9780745611570","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}