{"product_id":"a-companion-to-world-history-hardback-9781444334180","title":"A Companion to World History (Hardback) 9781444334180","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Companion to World History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDouglas Northrop (Edited by), D Northrop (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781444334180, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 14 September 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e640 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.6 x 18 x 3.6 cm, 1.134 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“This new volume offers insightful reflections by both leading and emerging world historians on approaches, methodologies, arguments, and pedagogies of a sub-discipline that has continued to be in flux as well as in need of defining itself as a relevant alternative to the traditional national, regional, or chronological fields of inquiry.”  (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 August 2013)\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e \"The focus...on the practicalities of how to do world history probably gives it its edge. Its thirty-three chapters are grouped into sections that address how to set up research projects in world history, how to teach it, how to get jobs in it, how to frame it, and how it is done in various parts of the globe. It is an actual handbook, in other words, as opposed to a sample of exemplary work.\"  (\u003ci\u003eEnglish Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 February 2014)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"All in all, A Companion to World History is a first-rate and cutting-edge contribution to the field of world history. It also contains a large and up-to-date bibliography. Serious scholars in the field will want to add it to their collection of basic reference books. It also belongs in every research library.\" (Buchbesprechungen 2016)\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA COMPANION TOWORLD HISTORY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This new volume offers insightful reflections by both leading and emerging world historians on approaches, methodologies, arguments, and pedagogies of a sub-discipline that has continued to be in flux as well as in need of defining itself as a relevant alternative to the traditional national, regional, or chronological fields of inquiry\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The focus...on the practicalities of how to do world history probably gives it its edge. Its thirty-three chapters are grouped into sections that address how to set up research projects in world history, how to teach it, how to get jobs in it, how to frame it, and how it is done in various parts of the globe. It is an actual handbook, in other words, as opposed to a sample of exemplary work.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEnglish Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Companion to World History\u003c\/i\u003e offers a comprehensive overview of the variety of approaches and practices utilized in the field of world and global history. This state-of-the-art collection of more than 30 insightful essays – including contributions from an international cast of leading world historians and emerging scholars in the field – identifies continuing areas of contention, disagreement, and divergence, while pointing out fruitful directions for further discussion and research. Themes and topics explored include the lineages and trajectories of world history, key ideas and methods employed by world historians, the teaching of world history and how it draws upon and challenges \"traditional\" approaches, and global approaches to writing world history. By considering these interwoven issues of scholarship and pedagogy from a transnational, interregional, and world\/global scale, fresh insights are gained and new challenges posed. With its rich compendium of diverse viewpoints, \u003ci\u003eA Companion to World History\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential resource for the study of the world's past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Maps, Figures, and Tables x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEditor’s Acknowledgments xviii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Challenge of World History 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDouglas Northrop\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART I TRAJECTORIES AND PRACTICES 13\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 World History: Departures and Variations 15\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKenneth Pomeranz and Daniel A. Segal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Why and How I Became a World Historian 32\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDominic Sachsenmaier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResearching the world: techniques and methods 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Becoming a World Historian: The State of Graduate Training in World History and Placement in the Academic World 45\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHeather Streets-Salter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The World Is Your Archive? The Challenges of World History as a Field of Research 63\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBarbara Weinstein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 What Are the Units of World History? 79\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAdam McKeown\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTeaching the world: publics and pedagogies 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Meetings of World History and Public History 97\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLeslie Witz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Challenges of Teaching and Learning World History 111\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert B. Bain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Teaching World History at the College Level 128\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTrevor Getz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART II CATEGORIES AND CONCEPTS 141\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFraming 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Environments, Ecologies, and Cultures across Space and Time 143\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eI.G. Simmons\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Deep Pasts: Interconnections and Comparative History in the Ancient World 156\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNorman Yoffee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Big History 171\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFred Spier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Global Scale Analysis in Human History 185\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChristopher Chase-Dunn and Thomas D. Hall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Region in Global History 201\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePaul A. Kramer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Scales of a Local: The Place of Locality in a Globalizing World 213\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnne Gerritsen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComparing 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Comparative History and the Challenge of the Grand Narrative 229\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael Adas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 The Science of Difference: Race, Indo-European Linguistics, and Eurasian Nomads 244\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eXinru Liu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Projecting Power: Empires, Colonies, and World History 258\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMrinalini Sinha\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 The Body in\/as World History 272\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAntoinette Burton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Benchmarks of Globalization: The Global Condition, 1850–2010 285\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCharles Bright and Michael Geyer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConnecting 301\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Networks, Interactions, and Connective History 303\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFelipe Fernández-Armesto with Benjamin Sacks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Objects in Motion 321\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eScott C. Levi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 People in Motion 339\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKerry Ward\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Religious Ideas in Motion 352\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKarin Vélez, Sebastian R. Prange, and Luke Clossey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Diseases in Motion 365\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMartin S. Pernick\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Bullets in Motion 375\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStephen Morillo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART III MANY GLOBES: WHO WRITES THE WORLD? 389\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 The World from Oceania 391\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDamon Ieremia Salesa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 The World from China 405\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWeiwei Zhang\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Historicizing the World in Northeast Asia 418\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJie-Hyun Lim\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Writing Global History in Africa 433\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Simo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Islamicate World Histories? 447\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHuri Islamoğlu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 The World from Latin America and the Peripheries 464\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEduardo Devés-Valdés\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 (Re)Writing World Histories in Europe 478\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKatja Naumann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Other Globes: Shifting Optics on the World 497\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDouglas Northrop\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 527\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 576\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52441774489880,"sku":"9781444334180","price":139.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781444334180.jpg?v=1785024340","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-companion-to-world-history-hardback-9781444334180","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}