The Origins of the Modern World
This clearly written and engaging book presents a global narrative of the origins of the modern world. Unlike most studies, which assume that the rise of the West is the story of the coming of the modern world, this history, drawing upon new scholarship
罗伯特·B.马克斯,现任美国惠蒂尔学院历史学教授。擅长利用中文资料从事中国岭南地区晚清及近代历史的研究,并出版专著《老虎、大米、丝绸和泥沙:中华帝国晚期的环境与经济》等。常年讲授现代世界的起源,并在2000年获得惠蒂尔学院的亨利·W.纳霍德优秀教师奖。
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