World History
Ideologies, Structures, and Identities
1st Edition
Published on 1. July 1998
Book
Hardback
296 pages
978-0-631-20898-3 (ISBN)
Description
World history is currently one of the most exciting areas of discussion amongst historians.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 237 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
581 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-631-20898-3 (9780631208983)
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Persons
Philip Pomper is William F. Armstrong Professor of History at Wesleyan University. He is also Associate Editor of History and Theory. He has written primarily on the Russian revolutionary intelligentsia and on the uses of psychology in history. Richard H. Elphick is Professor of History at Wesleyan Univeristy. He has written on the origins of white dominance in Southern Africa and on the history of Liberalism and Christianity in the region. He is currently interested in missions and Christianity in world history.
Richard T. Vann is Professor of History and letters at Wesleyan University. He is Senior Editor of History and Theory and has written on the history of family life in a world perspective.
Richard T. Vann is Professor of History and letters at Wesleyan University. He is Senior Editor of History and Theory and has written on the history of family life in a world perspective.
Content
List of Contributors vii
Acknowledgements ix
Introduction: The Theory and Practice of World History 1
Philip Pomper
Part 1 Mapping the Field
1 The Changing Shape of World History 21
William H. McNeill
2 Crossing Boundaries: Ecumenical, World, and Global History 41
Bruce Mazlish
3 Periodizing World History 53
William A. Green
Part II Rethinking Structure, Agency, and Ideology
4 The World-System Perspective in the Construction of Economic History 69
Janet Lippman Abu-Lughod
5 Bringing Ideas and Agency Back In: Representation and the Comparative Approach to World History 81
Michael Adas
6 World Histories and the Construction of Collective Identities 105
S. N. Eisenstadt
Part II Unbinding Identities
8 History's Forgotten Doubles 159
Ashis Nandy
9 Identify in World History: A Postmodern Perspective 179
Lewis D. Wurgaft
Part IV Charting Trajectories
10 World History, Cultural Relativism, and the Global Future 217
Theodore H. Von Laue
Notes 235
Index 272
Acknowledgements ix
Introduction: The Theory and Practice of World History 1
Philip Pomper
Part 1 Mapping the Field
1 The Changing Shape of World History 21
William H. McNeill
2 Crossing Boundaries: Ecumenical, World, and Global History 41
Bruce Mazlish
3 Periodizing World History 53
William A. Green
Part II Rethinking Structure, Agency, and Ideology
4 The World-System Perspective in the Construction of Economic History 69
Janet Lippman Abu-Lughod
5 Bringing Ideas and Agency Back In: Representation and the Comparative Approach to World History 81
Michael Adas
6 World Histories and the Construction of Collective Identities 105
S. N. Eisenstadt
Part II Unbinding Identities
8 History's Forgotten Doubles 159
Ashis Nandy
9 Identify in World History: A Postmodern Perspective 179
Lewis D. Wurgaft
Part IV Charting Trajectories
10 World History, Cultural Relativism, and the Global Future 217
Theodore H. Von Laue
Notes 235
Index 272