1616: The World in Motion

by Thomas Christensen

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 161902067X
• ISBN13: 9781619020672
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 2.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.2" x 9.9"