In this important new book the renowned historian Serge Gruzinski returns to two episodes in the sixteenth century which mark a decisive stage in global history and show how China and Mexico experienced the expansion of Europe.
* A unique historical contribution to the origins of what we now think of as globalization . * Gruzinski shows us that the opening up of cultures to other worlds is not new and occurred at the dawn of the modern age.
Looking at the 15th century colonization of Latin America, Gruzinski documents the melange that resulted. The physical and cultural encounters that created a new culture, a new individual, and a phenomenon we now call globalization.
Explores Mexico and its romance with the image as well as othe issues of Spanish colonialism.
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