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Architects of World History
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Researching the Global Past
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Artikel-Nr:
9781118294833
Veröffentl:
2014
Einband:
E-Book
Seiten:
256
Autor:
Kenneth R. Curtis
eBook Typ:
EPUB
eBook Format:
Reflowable E-Book
Kopierschutz:
Adobe DRM [Hard-DRM]
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Architects of World History presents an innovative collection of original essays by leading scholars associated with World History, exploring through intellectual autobiography the ideas, challenges, and inspirations that are shaping the field Features original, accessible contributions from pioneering scholars in the field Offers insights into the process of developing a workable world history research topic and the experience of professional life as a world historian. Points to methodological challenges; the scholar s current research agenda in relation to the development of world history; and future directions anticipated for key areas within world history
Architects of World History presents an innovativecollection of original essays by leading scholars associated withWorld History, exploring through intellectual autobiography theideas, challenges, and inspirations that are shaping the field* Features original, accessible contributions from pioneeringscholars in the field* Offers insights into the process of developing a workable worldhistory research topic and the experience of professional life as aworld historian.* Points to methodological challenges; the scholar'scurrent research agenda in relation to the development of worldhistory; and future directions anticipated for key areas withinworld history
Notes on Contributors vii1 Architects of World History 1Kenneth R. Curtis2 En Route to World Environmental History 30J.R. McNeill3 Gender Intersections 56Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks4 No Great Divergence? Reaching World History Through East Asian Studies 81Kenneth Pomeranz5 Cultural and Religious Exchanges 108Dominic Sachsenmaier6 Law and World History 134Lauren Benton7 Africa in the World: From National Histories to Global Connections 159Kerry Ward8 Big History 190David Christian9 In Search of a Global Cultural History 215Jerry H. Bentley and Karen Louise Jolly, foreword by Alan KarrasIndex 238