簡介
World history is currently one of the most exciting areas of discussion amongst historians.
目錄
List of Contributors vii
Acknowledgements ix
Introduction: The Theory and Practice of World History 1
Philip Pomper
Part 1 Mapping the Field
1 The Changing Shape of World History 21
William H. McNeill
2 Crossing Boundaries: Ecumenical, World, and Global History 41
Bruce Mazlish
3 Periodizing World History 53
William A. Green
Part II Rethinking Structure, Agency, and Ideology
4 The World-System Perspective in the Construction of Economic History 69
Janet Lippman Abu-Lughod
5 Bringing Ideas and Agency Back In: Representation and the Comparative Approach to World History 81
Michael Adas
6 World Histories and the Construction of Collective Identities 105
S. N. Eisenstadt
Part II Unbinding Identities
8 History’s Forgotten Doubles 159
Ashis Nandy
9 Identify in World History: A Postmodern Perspective 179
Lewis D. Wurgaft
Part IV Charting Trajectories
10 World History, Cultural Relativism, and the Global Future 217
Theodore H. Von Laue
Notes 235
Index 272
