The Transformation of the World: A Global History of the Nineteenth Century (America in the World)
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| Rating | : | 4.13 (654 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0691169802 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 1192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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Outstanding This impressive book is a highly ambitious and very successful attempt to explore the major features and complexities of 19th century global history. Readers should have clear expectations and understanding of Osterhammel's aims before starting to read it. This is not a conventional narrative survey. To get the most out of this rich text, a decent prior knowledge of 19th century history, including both Western and non-Wester. "A book that breaks the dogma of writing history" according to Shirwan Mirza, MD. I am reading a library copy until my purchased one arrives. It sounds strange to me that some readers reject a book based on its length. This is a long book (1167 pp) in small font. In a regular font, it would be at least 2000 pages. I found none of its content redundant. This is for me, as a doctor, a pocketbook, compared to the massive medical tomes I am used to. One should learn how to read massive books. You deal with it. "All Readers who Finish this book Should be Granted a Phd The Widest Perspective on a Globalising Epoch" according to royal_guju. This is one big A book to read but i am better informed It's a big book in every sense: more than 900 pages of text, a quarter more again in the form of notes, bibliography and index. It will also be a challenging read for those who expect to be carried smoothly from decade to decade or from region to region as the book proceeds. His arrangement is topical, owing more stylistically to historical sociology than narrative hist
He is the coauthor of Globalization: A Short History and a coeditor of A History of the World. . Jürgen Osterhammel is professor of modern and contemporary history at the University of Konstanz
Jürgen Osterhammel, Winner of the 2017 Toynbee Prize, Toynbee Prize FoundationJürgen Osterhammel, Winner of the 2012 Gerda Henkel Prize, of the Gerda Henkel FoundationOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2014One of Bloomberg Businessweek's Best Books of 2014, chosen by Satiyajit DasOne of Marginal Revolution's (Tyler Cowen) Best Non-Fiction Books of 2014"Osterhammel has written one of the most important, consequential works of history to appear in the post-cold war era. Similar books should be produced for other centuries. It's a towering achievement no serious reader should miss."--Steve Donoghue, Open Letters Monthly<
Osterhammel describes a world increasingly networked by the telegraph, the steamship, and the railways. He examines the powerful and complex forces that drove global change during the "long nineteenth century," taking readers from New York to New Delhi, from the Latin American revolutions to the Taiping Rebellion, from the perils and promise of Europe's transatlantic labor markets to the hardships endured by nomadic, tribal peoples across the planet. He explores the changing relationship between human beings and nature, looks at the importance of cities, explains the role slavery and its abolition played in the emergence of new nations, challenges the widely held belief that the nineteenth century witnessed the triumph of the nation-state, and much more.This is the highly anticipated English edition of the spectacularly successful and critically acclaimed German book, which is