Curtin, Philip D. The world and the West : the European challenge and the overseas response in the Age of Empire / Philip D. Curtin. - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000. - xiv, 294 p. : ill., maps : 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN: 0521771358 9780521771351 (hbk.) 9780521890540 (pbk.) RM92.21 Subjects--Topical Terms: Civilization, Modern--European influences.Civilization, Modern--European influences--Case studies.Social change--History.Social change--History--Case studies.Culture conflict--History.Culture conflict--History--Case studies. Subjects--Geographic Terms: Europe--Territorial expansion.Europe--Territorial expansion--Case studies.