Architects of world history : researching the global past / edited by Kenneth R. Curtis and Jerry H. Bentley.

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TextLanguage: Eng Publication details: Chichester, West Sussex, UK : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2014.Description: x, 242 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

9781118294857 (cloth)
9781118294840 (paperback)

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Additional physical formats: Online version:: Architects of world historyDDC classification:

907.2/022

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D 13 A673 2014

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Contents:

Architects of World History / Kenneth R. Curtis -- En Route to World Environmental History / J.R. McNeill -- Gender Intersections / Merry Wiesner-Hanks -- No Great Divergence : Reaching World History Through East Asian Studies / Kenneth Pomeranz -- Cultural and Religious Exchanges / Dominic Sachsenmaier -- Law and World History / Lauren Benton -- Africa in the World : From National Histories to Global Connections / Kerry Ward -- Big History / David Christian -- In Search of a Global Cultural History / Jerry Bentley with Karen Jolly.

Scope and content: "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"-- Provided by publisher.

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"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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