{"product_id":"world-history-isbn-9780631208990","title":"World History","description":"World history is currently one of the most exciting areas of discussion amongst historians.  \u003cp\u003eList of Contributors vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Theory and Practice of World History 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePhilip Pomper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 1 Mapping the Field\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Changing Shape of World History 21\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWilliam H. McNeill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Crossing Boundaries: Ecumenical, World, and Global History 41\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBruce Mazlish\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Periodizing World History 53\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWilliam A. Green\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Rethinking Structure, Agency, and Ideology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The World-System Perspective in the Construction of Economic History 69\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJanet Lippman Abu-Lughod\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Bringing Ideas and Agency Back In: Representation and the Comparative Approach to World History 81\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael Adas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 World Histories and the Construction of Collective Identities 105\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eS. N. Eisenstadt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Unbinding Identities\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 History’s Forgotten Doubles 159\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAshis Nandy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Identify in World History: A Postmodern Perspective 179\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLewis D. Wurgaft\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Charting Trajectories\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 World History, Cultural Relativism, and the Global Future 217\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTheodore H. Von Laue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 272\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePhilip Pomper\u003c\/b\u003e 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.  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard H. Elphick\u003c\/b\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard T. Vann\u003c\/b\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e  World history is currently one of the most exciting areas of discussion amongst historians. In this book some of the most distinguished scholars and public intellectuals in the field present magisterial overviews and innovative approaches to the key problems of world history. Others offer radical postmodern and postcolonial critiques of holism, identity, and Western \"scientific\" history in favor of a different kind of universalism. The collection thus presents both the development of the field and current lively debates within it, challenging readers to rethink their notions about the direction, meanings, and uses of world history.  \u003cp\u003eThe book is intended to stimulate lively discussion among both teachers and students and to suggest new ways to conceptualize and organize their study of world history. It will be welcomed by all those interested in teaching history courses attuned to the global era in which we live.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990508290277,"sku":"NP9780631208990","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780631208990.jpg?v=1761788110","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/world-history-isbn-9780631208990","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}