History Writ Large
A review essay on books by (1) C. A. Bayly, The Birth of the Modern World, 1780-1914: Global Connections and Comparisons (Oxford: Blackwell, 2003); (2) David Christian, Maps of Time: An Introduction to Big History (Berkeley: U California Press, 2003); (3) Dirk Hoerder, Cultures in Contact: World Mig...
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Published in: | The Australian Journal of Politics and History 2005-03, Vol.51 (1), p.114-124 |
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Summary: | A review essay on books by (1) C. A. Bayly, The Birth of the Modern World, 1780-1914: Global Connections and Comparisons (Oxford: Blackwell, 2003); (2) David Christian, Maps of Time: An Introduction to Big History (Berkeley: U California Press, 2003); (3) Dirk Hoerder, Cultures in Contact: World Migrations in the Second Millennium (Durham, NC: Duke U Press, 2002); & (4) Robbie Robertson, The Three Waves of Globalization: A History of a Developing Global Consciousness (London: Zed, 2003). |
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ISSN: | 0004-9522 1467-8497 |