Global History, Globally: Research and Practice around the World

Synopsis

In Recent Years Historians In Many Different Parts Of The World Have Sought To Transnationalize And Globalize Their Perspectives On The Past. Despite All These Efforts To Gain New Global Historical Visions, However, The Debates Surrounding This Movement Have Remained Rather Provincial In Scope. Global History, Globally Addresses This Lacuna By Surveying The State Of Global History In Different World Regions. Divided Into Three Distinct But Tightly Interweaved Sections, The Book's Chapters Provide Regional Surveys Of The Practice Of Global History On All Continents, Review Some Of The Research In Four Core Fields Of Global History And Consider A Number Of Problems That Global Historians Have Contended With In Their Work. The Authors Hail From Various World Regions And Are Themselves Leading Global Historians. Collectively, They Provide An Unprecedented Survey Of What Today Is The Most Dynamic Field In The Discipline Of History. As One Of The First Books To Systematically Discuss The International Dimensions Of Global Historical Scholarship And Address A Wealth Of Questions Emanating From Them, Global History, Globally Is A Must-read Book For All Students And Scholars Of Global History.--bloomsbury Publishing. Global History In (northwestern) Europe: Explorations And Debates / Gareth Austin -- Re-presenting Asia On The Global Stage: The Rise Of Global History In East Asia / Q. Edward Wang -- Latin America And The Caribbean: Traditions Of Global History / Rafael Marquese And João Paulo Pimenta -- African History And Global History: Revisiting Paradigms / Omar Gueye -- Deconstructing Imperial And National Narratives In Turkey And The Arab Middle East / Selçuk Esenbel And Meltem Toksöz -- The World History Project: Global History In The North American Context / Jerry H. Bentley -- New Perspectives On Workers And The History Of Work: Global Labour History / Andreas Eckert And Marcel Van Der Linden -- Scale, Scope And Scholarship: Regional Practices And Global Economic Histories / Kenneth Pomeranz -- Global Histories Of Migration(s) / Amit Kumar Mishra -- The Challenge Of The Global In Intellectual History / Dominic Sachsenmaier And Andrew Sartori -- Writing World History In Africa: Opportunities, Constraints And Challenges / David Simo -- World History, Nationally: How Has The National Appropriated The Transnational In East Asian Historiography? / Jie-hyun Lim -- Writing The Globe From The Edges: Approaches To The Making Of Global History In Australia / Marnie Hughes-warrington -- Japanese Efforts To Overcome Eurocentric Paradigms In The Study Of Global History / Shigeru Akita. Edited By Sven Beckert And Dominic Sachsenmaier. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.