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Thomas Christensen

1616

The World in Motion

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The world of 1616 was a world of motion. Enormous galleons carrying silk and silver across the Pacific created the first true global economy, and the first international megacorporations were emerging as economic powers. In Europe, the deaths of Shakespeare and Cervantes marked the end of an era in literature, as the spirit of the Renaissance was giving way to new attitudes that would lead to the age of revolutions. Great changes were also taking place in East Asia, where the last native Chinese dynasty was entering its final years and Japan was beginning its long period of warrior rule. Artists there, as in many parts of the world, were reth… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-1-61902-067-2
  • EAN: 9781619020672
  • Produktnummer: 13259003
  • Verlag: Counterpoint
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
  • Seitenangabe: 384 S.
  • Masse: H25.3 cm x B18.3 cm x D2.6 cm 1'650 g
  • Gewicht: 1650
  • Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor


Thomas Christensen's previous books include New World/New Words: Recent Writing from the Americas, A Bilingual Anthology, The U.S.–Mexican War, and The Discovery of America and Other Myths as well as translations of books by such authors as Laura Esquivel, Carlos Fuentes, Julio Cortázar, Alejo Carpentier and Louis–Ferdinand Céline. He is director of publications at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco and lives with his wife in Richmond, California.

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