{"product_id":"world-history-9780631208983","title":"World History","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePresents overviews and approaches to the problems of world history. This book offers radical postmodern and postcolonial critiques of holism, identity, and Western scientific history in favor of a different kind of universalism. It is suitable for those interested in teaching history courses attuned to the global era in which we live.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\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","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403418280279,"sku":"9780631208983","price":98.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780631208983.jpg?v=1730483411","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/world-history-9780631208983","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}