Results for "Osterhammel, Jürgen"

A panoramic global history of the nineteenth century A monumental history of the nineteenth century, The Transformation of the World offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transition. J rgen Osterhammel, an eminent scholar who has been called the Braudel of the nineteenth centu... Read More about The Transformation of the World: A Global History of the Nineteenth Century (America in the World #20)

"Globalization" has become a popular buzzword for explaining today's world. The expression achieved terminological stardom in the 1990s and was soon embraced by the general public and integrated into numerous languages. But is this much-discussed phenomenon really an invention of modern times? In... Read More about Globalization: A Short History

How Enlightenment Europe rediscovered its identity by measuring itself against the great civilizations of Asia During the long eighteenth century, Europe's travelers, scholars, and intellectuals looked to Asia in a spirit of puzzlement, irony, and openness. In this panoramic and colorful book, J r... Read More about Unfabling the East: The Enlightenment's Encounter with Asia

Internationale Geschichte ist eine Disziplin in der Erneuerung. ber die Beziehungen zwischen Staaten und Gesellschaften hinaus treten zunehmend die innenpolitischen, gesellschaftlichen und kulturellen Bedingungen von Au enpolitik ins Blickfeld, ebenso die au enpolitischen Entscheidungsprozesse, die... Read More about Internationale Geschichte (Studien Zur Internationalen Geschichte #10)

A concise and accessible history of decolonization in the twentieth century The end of colonial rule in Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean was one of the most important and dramatic developments of the twentieth century. In the decades after World War II, dozens of new states emerged as actors in glo... Read More about Decolonization: A Short History

The first global history of the middle class While the nineteenth century has been described as the golden age of the European bourgeoisie, the emergence of the middle class and bourgeois culture was by no means exclusive to Europe. The Global Bourgeoisie explores the rise of the middle classes a... Read More about The Global Bourgeoisie: The Rise of the Middle Classes in the Age of Empire