COMPARISON IN GLOBAL HISTORY

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE xiii
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. FURTHER READING 15
6. 1. WORLD HISTORY OVER TIME: The Evolution of an Intellectual and Pedagogical Movement
7. INTRODUCTION 17
8. THE RISE OF WORLD HISTORY SCHOLARSHIP 22
9. WORLD HISTORY 39
10. TOWARD WORLD HISTORY: AMERICAN HISTORIANS AND THE COMING OF THE WORLD HISTORY COURSE 48
11. MARSHALL G. S. HODGSON AND THE HEMISPHERIC INTERREGIONAL APPROACH TO WORLD HISTORY 78
12. FURTHER READING FOR CHAPTER 1 89
13. 2. DEFINING WORLD HISTORY: Some Key Statements
14. INTRODUCTION 91
15. HEMISPHERIC INTERREGIONAL HISTORY AS AN APPROACH TO WORLD HISTORY 97
16. THE RISE OF THE WEST AFTER TWENTY-FIVE YEARS 107
17. DEPTH, SPAN, AND RELEVANCE 121
18. A PLEA FOR WORLD SYSTEM HISTORY 130
19. MYTHS, WAGERS, AND SOME MORAL IMPLICATIONS OF WORLD HISTORY 145
20. WORLD HISTORY AND THE HISTORY OF WOMEN, GENDER, AND SEXUALITY 152
21. FURTHER READING FOR CHAPTER 2 163
22. 3. REGIONS IN WORLD-HISTORICAL CONTEXT
23. INTRODUCTION 167
24. THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA IN WORLD HISTORY 173
25. NO LONGER ODD REGION OUT: REPOSITIONING LATIN AMERICA IN WORLD HISTORY 183
26. SOUTHEAST ASIA IN WORLD HISTORY 189
27. AMERICAN HISTORY AS IF THE WORLD MATTERED (AND VICE VERSA) 199
28. FURTHER READING FOR CHAPTER 3 212
29. 4. RETHINKING WORLD-HISTORICAL SPACE
30. INTRODUCTION 215
31. THE ARCHITECTURE OF CONTINENTS: THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONTINENTAL SCHEME 222
32. SOUTHERNIZATION 242
33. OCEANS OF WORLD HISTORY: DELINEATING AQUACENTRIC NOTIONS IN THE GLOBAL PAST 259
34. ATLANTIC HISTORY: DEFINITIONS, CHALLENGES, AND OPPORTUNITIES 267
35. FURTHER READING FOR CHAPTER 4 285
36. 5. RETHINKING WORLD-HISTORICAL TIME
37. INTRODUCTION 289
38. CROSS-CULTURAL INTERACTION AND PERIODIZATION IN WORLD HISTORY 296
39. WHEN DOES WORLD HISTORY BEGIN? (AND WHY SHOULD WE CARE?) 304
40. HISTORY AND SCIENCE AFTER THE CHRONOMETRIC REVOLUTION 311
41. WORLDING HISTORY 317
42. FURTHER READING FOR CHAPTER 5 329
43. 6 WORLD HISTORY AS COMPARISON
44. INTRODUCTION 331
45. GLOBAL AND COMPARATIVE HISTORY 335
46. FRAMEWORKS FOR GLOBAL HISTORICAL ANALYSIS 337
47. HOW TO WRITE THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD 342
48. WHAT IS WORLD HISTORY GOOD FOR? 347
49. FURTHER READING FOR CHAPTER 6 354
50. 7. DEBATING THE QUESTION OF WESTERN POWER
51. INTRODUCTION 357
52. POLITICAL ECONOMY AND ECOLOGY ON THE EVE OF INDUSTRIALIZATION: EUROPE, CHINA, AND THE GLOBAL CONJUNCTURE 366
53. THE WEST AND THE REST REVISITED: DEBATING CAPITALIST ORIGINS, EUROPEAN COLONIALISM, AND THE ADVENT OF MODERNITY 383
54. CAPITALIST ORIGINS , THE ADVENT OF MODERNITY, AND COHERENT EXPLANATION: A RESPONSE TO JOSEPH M. BRYANT 399
55. COMPARISON IN GLOBAL HISTORY 412
56. FURTHER READING FOR CHAPTER 7 418
57. 8. WORLD HISTORY, BIG HISTORY, AND THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT
58. INTRODUCTION 421
59. THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE 427
60. MATTER MATTERS: TOWARDS A MORE “SUBSTANTIAL” GLOBAL HISTORY 434
61. THE ANTHROPOCENE: ARE HUMANS NOW OVERWHELMING THE GREAT FORCES OF NATURE? 440
62. BIG HISTORY: THE EMERGENCE OF A NOVEL INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH 459
63. FURTHER READING FOR CHAPTER 8 472
64. 9. GLOBAL HISTORY AND GLOBALIZATION
65. INTRODUCTION 475
66. GLOBAL HISTORY: APPROACHES AND NEW DIRECTIONS 484
67. COMPARING GLOBAL HISTORY TO WORLD HISTORY 495
68. CYCLES OF SILVER: GLOBALIZATION AS HISTORICAL PROCESS 503
69. WHAT IS THE CONCEPT OF GLOBALIZATION GOOD FOR? AN AFRICAN HISTORIAN’S PERSPECTIVE 514
70. FURTHER READING FOR CHAPTER 9 529
71. 10. CRITIQUES AND QUESTIONS
72. INTRODUCTION 533
73. GLOBAL HISTORY AND CRITIQUES OF WESTERN PERSPECTIVES 540
74. MUCH ADO ABOUT SOMETHING: THE NEW MALAISE OF WORLD HISTORY 555
75. MYTHS, WAGERS, AND SOME MORAL IMPLICATIONS OF WORLD HISTORY 561
76. BEYOND BLACKS, BONDAGE, AND BLAME: WHY A MULTICENTRIC WORLD HISTORY NEEDS AFRICA 568
77. WOMEN’S AND MEN’S WORLD HISTORY? NOT YET 578
78. HISTORIES FOR A LESS NATIONAL AGE 587
79. FURTHER READING FOR CHAPTER 10 611
80. TEACHING WORLD HISTORY, FURTHER READING 613
81. CREDITS 615
82. INDEX 619