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Author Curtin, Philip D., author.

Title al-ʻĀlam wa-al-gharb : al-taḥaddī al-Ūrūbī wa-al-instijābah fīmā warāʼ al-baḥār fī ʻuṣūr al-imbirāṭūrīyāt / Fīlīb Kūrtin = Philip D. Curtin ; naqalahu ilá al-ʻArabīyah Riḍwān al-Sayyid
العالم والغرب : التحدي الاوروبي والانستجابة فيما وراء البحار في عصور الامبراطوريات / فيليب كورتن = Philip D. Curtin ؛ نقله الى العربية رضوان السيد
Published [Place of publication not identified] : K-Tab.net, [201-?]

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Summary The World and the West reaches from such diverse cases as the Maya and Yaqui of Mexico, the Ghost Dance of North America, cargo cults of Melanesia, to Meiji Japan and the Ottoman Empire. In discussing a variety of questions about the relations between the world and the West in recent centuries, Curtin ultimately introduces a new perspective on the underlying question: How do human societies change through time?
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Subject Civilization, Modern -- European influences.
Civilization, Modern -- European influences -- Case studies
Social change -- History
Social change -- History -- Case studies
Culture conflict -- History
Culture conflict -- History -- Case studies
Civilization, Modern -- European influences
Culture conflict
Social change
Territorial expansion
SUBJECT Europe -- Territorial expansion
Europe -- Territorial expansion -- Case studies
Subject Europe
Genre/Form Case studies
History
Form Electronic book
Author Sayyid, Riḍwān, translator.
سيد، رضوان،, translator
Translation of (work): Curtin, Philip D., author. World and the West. Arabic
Other Titles World and the West. Arabic