The Prospect of Global History
James Belich, John Darwin, Margret Frenz, and Chris Wickham
Abstract
This volume is the first of a new series from the Oxford Centre for Global History. It seeks to apply global history rather than merely preach it, and suggests a number of ways in which this can be done. East Asian and Islamic perspectives are here taken as seriously as European ones. The volume insists on depth in historical analysis, or longue durée, and speaks to those interested in medieval and ancient history quite as much as modern history. At the same time, it offers case studies from a wide geographical range. Chapters range from historical sociology to economic history, from ancient a ... More
This volume is the first of a new series from the Oxford Centre for Global History. It seeks to apply global history rather than merely preach it, and suggests a number of ways in which this can be done. East Asian and Islamic perspectives are here taken as seriously as European ones. The volume insists on depth in historical analysis, or longue durée, and speaks to those interested in medieval and ancient history quite as much as modern history. At the same time, it offers case studies from a wide geographical range. Chapters range from historical sociology to economic history, from ancient and medieval to modern times, from European expansion to constitutional history, from the United States across South Asia to China.
Keywords:
global history,
historical sociology,
economic history,
Europe,
East Asia,
Islam,
South Asia,
longue durée
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2016 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780198732259 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: March 2016 |
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198732259.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
James Belich, editor
Beit Professor of Commonwealth and Imperial History, University of Oxford
John Darwin, editor
Professor of Global and Imperial History, University of Oxford
Margret Frenz, editor
Lecturer in Global and Imperial History, University of Oxford
Chris Wickham, editor
Chichele Professor of Medieval History, University of Oxford
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