{"product_id":"approaches-to-global-history-9781474286633","title":"Approaches to Global History","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChoice Outstanding Academic Title 2023This volume brings together 25 defining texts in global history. These pieces cover approaches to the subject from antiquity to the present century and, taken together, show the development of the discipline, providing a solid historiographical, theoretical and methodological overview that will be invaluable for students. The collection gives a unique sense of how, at different times, in different cultural circumstances, students of the past have approached the problems of encompassing the world in a single narrative or theory.    This is a reader with an implicit story to unfold. Felipe Fernandez-Armesto tracks how a global understanding of history originated in prophetic writings, how the Renaissance discovery of the world multiplied the opportunities for historians to think about history globally, how scientific investigations of change came to exert influence and inspire new thinking among global historians, how culture wars ensued between advo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn spirit, global history is an age-old endeavour. At the same time, each manifestation is highly specific to its moment, with its own particular set of constraints and possibilities. Prof. Fernández-Armesto shows this with aplomb for the Western tradition, not just through the essays, which are judiciously chosen, but also through his introductory remarks, which are written with flare and a telling eye, highlighting the import of their subject for both students and scholars. * Gagandeep S. Sood, Associate Professor, International History Department, London School of Economics, UK *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction  \u003cb\u003ePart I: Prophecy and Providentialism\u003c\/b\u003e   1. The Book of Daniel, Chapters 7-12 2. Paulus Orosius, \u003ci\u003eSeven Books Against the Pagans, \u003c\/i\u003eDedication, From Book I, Section 1 and from Books II (Section 1), V (Sections 1-2) and VII (Sections 1-3) 3. M. Reeves, \u003ci\u003eJoachim of Fiore and the Prophetic Future, \u003c\/i\u003eFrom Chapter 1, “Joachim and the Meaning of History” 4. From Ibn Khaldun, \u003ci\u003eThe Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePart II: From Providence to Progress\u003c\/b\u003e   5. Johann Gottfried Herder, \u003ci\u003eOutlines of a Philosophy of the History of Man, \u003c\/i\u003eBook XV, Chapters 1-5 6. Immanuel Kant, \u003ci\u003eIdea for a Universal History from a Cosmopolitan Point of View, On History\u003c\/i\u003e [1784] 7. G.W.F. Hegel, \u003ci\u003eLectures on the Philosophy of World History, \u003c\/i\u003e“The Course of the World’s History,” vol. iii, sections 60-99. 8. Karl  Marx and Friedrich Engels, \u003ci\u003eManifesto of the Communist Party \u003c\/i\u003e[1848], Chapter 1 9. Leopold von Ranke, \u003ci\u003eUniversal History: The Oldest Historical Group of Nations and the Greeks \u003c\/i\u003e[1884], Preface   \u003cb\u003ePart III: The Scientific Temptation\u003c\/b\u003e   10. Herbert Spencer, “Progress: Its Law and Consequences” [1886], Chapter 1 11. Christopher Dawson, \u003ci\u003eThe Age of the Gods\u003c\/i\u003e [1928], “Introduction” 12. David Christian, “World History in Context”  [2003] 13. Richard Lewontin and Joseph Fraccia, “Does Culture Evolve?” [1994] 14. Felipe Fernández-Armesto, “How to be Human: A Historical Approach” [2010] 15. Daniel Lord Smail, “Neuroscience and the Dialectics of History” [2012]   \u003cb\u003ePart IV: Comparative and Contextual Approaches\u003c\/b\u003e   16. Ian G. Simmons, ‘“To Civility and Man´s Use”: History, Culture, and Nature’ [1998] 17. Jared M.Diamond, “Colonization Cycles in Man and Beast” [1977] 18. Kenneth Pomeranz, “Social History and World History from Daily Life to Patterns of Change” [2007] 19. Bruce Mazlish, “Comparing Global History to World History” [1998]   \u003cb\u003ePart V: The Eurocentrism Controversies\u003c\/b\u003e   20. Arnold J. Toynbee, “My View of History” [1948] 21. Samuel Huntington,. “The Clash of Civilizations” [1993] 22. J.C. van Leur, \u003ci\u003eIndonesian Trade and Society: Essays in Asian Social and Economic History\u003c\/i\u003e [1967], Chapter 1: “On Methodology and Theory” 23. W.H. McNeill, “A Defence of World History” [1982]   \u003cb\u003eEnvoi: The New Narratives\u003c\/b\u003e   24. David Christian, “The Return of Universal History” [2010] 25. David Northrup, “Globalization and the Great Convergence: Rethinking World History in the Long Term” [2008]","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739593879895,"sku":"9781474286633","price":35.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781474286633.jpg?v=1720052685","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/approaches-to-global-history-9781474286633","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}