The transformation of the world : a global history of the nineteenth century / Jürgen Osterhammel ; translated by Patrick Camiller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Osterhammel, Jürgen.

Contributor:

Camiller, Patrick.

Series:

America in the world.

America in the world

Standardized Title:

Verwandlung der Welt. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History, Modern--19th century.

History, Modern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 1167 p.)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton Univ. P., 2014.

Summary:

A monumental history of the nineteenth century, The Transformation of the World offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transition. Jürgen Osterhammel, an eminent scholar who has been called the Braudel of the nineteenth century, moves beyond conventional Eurocentric and chronological accounts of the era, presenting instead a truly global history of breathtaking scope and towering erudition. 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. Osterhammel describes a world increasingly networked by the telegraph, the steamship, and the railways. 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 also being translated into Chinese, Polish, Russian, and French. Indispensable for any historian, The Transformation of the World sheds important new light on this momentous epoch, showing how the nineteenth century paved the way for the global catastrophes of the twentieth century, yet how it also gave rise to pacifism, liberalism, the trade union, and a host of other crucial developments.

Contents:

Part One: Approaches

I. Memory and Self-Observation

II. Time

III. Space

Part Two : Panoramas

IV. Mobilities

V. Living Standards

VI. Cities:

VII. Frontiers

VIII. Imperial Systems and Nation-States

IX. International Orders, Wars, Transnational Movements

X. Revolutions

XI. The State

Part Three: Themes

XII. Energy and Industry

XIII. Labor

XIV. Networks:

XV. Hierarchies

XVI. Knowledge

XVII. Civilization and Exclusion

XVIII. Religion

Conclusion. The Nineteenth Century in History

Abbreviations

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

First published in Germany by C.H. Beck under the title Die Verwandlung der Welt, Verlag C.H. Beck oHG, Munchen 2009.

Pilot project,eBook available to selected US libraries only

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781785392481

1785392484

9781400849949

1400849942

OCLC:

984545522