Description
The Expanding World by Esmond Wright is a comprehensive history of global civilisation from the Reformation to the Age of Revolutions, examining how exploration, science, philosophy, and political upheaval reshaped the modern world. Covering events from the clash between Reformation and Counter-Reformation to the American and French Revolutions, the book explores European expansion overseas, the colonisation of the Americas, the westernisation of Russia under Peter the Great, and the scientific breakthroughs that challenged religious authority. Written by a group of distinguished contributors, this volume provides a clear, authoritative overview of the forces that dismantled the old order and laid the foundations of the modern age.
