The Transformation of the World: A Global History of the Nineteenth Century

TitleThe Transformation of the World: A Global History of the Nineteenth Century
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication2015
AuthorsOsterhammel, Jürgen
Series EditorCamiller, Patrick
Number of Pages1192
PublisherPrinceton University Press
CityPrinceton, NJ
Abstract

The Transformation of the World offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transition. Jürgen Osterhammel 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. 

URLhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt5hhqn4
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