Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. From booklist surveying the planet entire in 1492, fernandezarmesto selects a regional event frequently the death of a ruler and elaborates its significance in the redirection of historys flow from a humanity sundered into separate civilizations on several continents, toward a humanity somehow sutured together. In his book 1492, however, historian felipe fernandezarmesto argues that columbuss discovery of the new world was only one of a number of significant events that occurred worldwide in and around 1492, and that together have had a lasting impact on the path of world history through to our present day. In this extraordinary, sweeping history,felipe fernandezarmesto traces key elements of the modern worldback to that single fateful year when everything changed. Felipe fernandezarmesto books list of books by author. Historian felipe fernandez armesto, author of millennium, covers such iconic figures as christopher columbus and alexander borgia and explores cultures as diverse as that of spain, china, and africa to tell the story of 1492, a momentous year. It focuses on specific events of 1492 including the renaissance and voyages of columbus which fernandezarmesto views as crucial to the development of modern ways of thinking and the physical state of the world today. But had it been possible to have some sort of global overview in the later half of the 15th century, few people would have bet that the rather uncouth, unlucky and insignificant admiral.
Felipe fernandezarmesto traces key elements of the modern world back to that single, fateful year the way power and wealth are distributed around the globe. Historian felipe fernandezarmesto, author of millennium, covers such iconic figures as christopher columbus and alexander borgia and explores cultures as diverse as that of spain, china, and africa to tell the. Felipe fernandezarmesto traces key elements of the modern world back to 1492, that single, fateful year the way power and wealth are distributed around the globe. Author of many critically acclaimed books, including the awardwinning pathfinders and food. Felipe fernandezarmesto traces key elements of the modern world back to that single, fateful year. The year the world began by felipe fernandez armesto online at alibris. He takes the reader on a journey around the globe, drawing the together the threads that began to bind the planet. Felipe fernandezarmesto traces key elements of the modern world back to a single fateful year. The year our world began by felipe fernandezarmesto traces modernity to its roots in the year 1492. The year our world began by felipe fernandezarmesto. Sep 02, 2011 nobody writes global history better than felipe fernandezarmesto. In his book 1492, however, historian felipe fernandezarmesto argues that.
Felipe fernandezarmesto is the editor of the oxford illustrated history of the world. The year the world began 2009 in pdf, epub formats. Up close and personal history is shaped by a series of stories, says felipe fernandez armesto, and for the new. Felipe fernandezarmesto was born in london in 1950. The year our world began by felipe fernandez armesto. Historian felipe fernandezarmesto, author of millennium, covers such iconic figures as christopher columbus and alexander borgia and explores cultures as diverse as that of spain, china, and africa to tell the story of 1492, a. Felipe fernandez armesto traces key elements of the modern world back to that single, fateful year.
In 1492 the year our world began, historian and author felipe fernandezarmesto traces the birth of the modern age back to a single year. The year the world began is a look at one of the most fascinating years in world history, the year when many believe the modern world was born. Apr 14, 2010 in 1492 the year our world began, historian and author felipe fernandez armesto traces the birth of the modern age back to a single year, 1492. Others were representative of longerterm changes of which our world is the result. The year the world began is a look at one of the most fascinating years.
An american or european reader of the 1990s will be forgiven for thinking of this millennium as one of western preeminence. Felipe fernandezarmestos is the latest contribution to the genre. The year 1492 has always been a significant year in his understanding of world history, forever associated with columbuss discovery of a sea route to america, which united civilisations by transforming the atlantic from an insuperable barrier into a highway of trade and ideas. There has been a vogue in the past few years for writing books about years. Events that began in 1492 even transformed the whole ecological system of the planet. Reynolds professor of history at the university of notre dame, usa. The year the world began fernandezarmesto, felipe on. This book is an attempt to bring them all together by. Jan 01, 2011 the world would end in 1492 so the prophets, soothsayers and stargazers said. In this admirable history, fernandezarmesto has written a book of travels not unlike those of marco polo, filled with marvels and sensations, rich in description and replete with anecdote. Reynolds chair in history at the university of notre dame. A wellknown historian takes an important year and shows us what was happening all around the world at that time and in the process tries to explain the coming rise of europe. Born in 1950, felipe fernandezarmesto was raised in london by his spanish born father and british born mother both active journalists.
Felipe fernandezarmesto the prestigious historian, felipe fernandezarmesto traces key elements of the modern world back to a single, fateful year. Dec, 20 1492 by felipe fernandezarmesto, 97800612285, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Historian felipe fernandezarmesto, author of millennium, covers such iconic figures as christopher columbus and alexander borgia and explores culture. In 1492 the year our world began, historian and author felipe fernandezarmesto traces the birth of the modern age back to a single year, 1492. This book is a reminder that ethnocentric history is a bed of conceit no matter which culture is writing it.
Saying that our world began in 1492 rings all kinds of historical alarm bells. In search of the origins of the modern world, 1492 takes readers on a journey around the globe of the time, in the company of reallife travellers, drawing together the threads that began to bind the planet. Exploration and colonisation from the mediterranean to the atlantic 1229 1492. I suppose to legit historians this book would feel like its barely scratching the surface. As a historian, he has written numerous books on a variety of subject from american history to the spanish armada. This is the second book i have read by the renowed historian the last was the incredible civilisations. Felipe fernandez armesto traces key elements of the modern world back to that single, fateful year the way power and wealth are distributed around the globe. The world would end in 1492so the prophets, soothsayers, and stargazers said. We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. As fernandezarmesto points out in other chapters, there was. Felipe fernandezarmesto read the authors books online. He certainly could have used the template of mars to explain some of it.
The year our world began, by felipe fernandezarmesto. Our individualism and the very sense we share of inhabiting. The year our world began the arrival of columbus in the new world in 1492 is often seen as the date which changed history. Fernandezarmesto is the kind of historian who should be taught more in our schools. His books include the times atlas of world exploration, columbus, edward gibbons atlas of the world. The world would end in 1492 so the prophets, soothsayers and stargazers said. But this ambitious book isnt just about columbuss first atlantic. Felipe fernandez armesto 1492 part 1 of 2 in 1492 the year our world began, historian and author felipe fernandez armesto traces the birth of the modern age back to. Felipe fernandez armesto the prestigious historian, felipe fernandez armesto traces key elements of the modern world back to a single, fateful year. Historian felipe fernandezarmesto, author of millennium, covers such iconic figures as christopher columbus and alexander borgia and explores cultures as diverse as that of spain, china, and africa to tell the story of 1492.
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