TY - BOOK AU - Davidann,Jon Thares AU - Gilbert,Marc Jason TI - Cross-cultural encounters in modern world history, 1453-present SN - 9781138303102 U1 - 909 PY - 2019/// CY - London PB - Routledge KW - Culture diffusion KW - Imperialism KW - Intercultural communication KW - World history KW - 15.50 general world history; history of great parts of the world, peoples, civilizations: general N2 - Cross-Cultural Encounters in Modern World History explores cultural contact as an agent of change. It takes an encounters approach to world history since 1500, rather than a political one, to reveal different perspectives and experiences as well as key patterns and transformations. It studies the spaces between cultures historically to help us transcend human differences today in a rapidly globalizing world.The text focuses on first encounters that suggest long-term developments and particularly significant encounters that have changed the direction of world history. Because of the complexities of these encounters, the author takes a user-friendly approach to keep the text accessible to students with varying backgrounds in history ER -