The Cambridge World History, Part 2, Shared Transformations?

Leading scholars examine the increasingly interconnected history of humankind since 1750 in terms of structures, processes, regions, and events.

J. R. McNeill (Edited by), Kenneth Pomeranz (Edited by)

9781108407762, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 9 November 2017

500 pages, 20 b/w illus. 5 maps 4 tables
22.5 x 14.3 x 2.7 cm, 0.85 kg

Since 1750, the world has become ever more connected, with processes of production and destruction no longer limited by land- or water-based modes of transport and communication. Volume 7 of the Cambridge World History series, divided into two books, offers a variety of angles of vision on the increasingly interconnected history of humankind. The second book questions the extent to which the transformations of the modern world have been shared, focusing on social developments such as urbanization, migration, and changes in family and sexuality; cultural connections through religion, science, music, and sport; ligaments of globalization including rubber, drugs, and the automobile; and moments of particular importance from the Atlantic Revolutions to 1989.

Part I. Social Developments: 1. Migrations Dirk Hoerder
2. World urbanization, 1750 to the present Lynn Hollen Lees
3. The family in modern world history Peter Stearns
4. Continuities and change in sexual behaviour and attitudes from 1750 to the twenty-first century Julie Peakman
5. Abolitions Alessandro Stanziani
Part II. Culture and Connections: 6. Department stores and the commodification of culture: artful marketing in a globalizing world Antonia Finnane
7. Religion after 1750 Peter van der Veer
8. Science since 1750 James E. McClellan, III
9. Music on the move, as object, as commodity Timothy D. Taylor
10. Sport Susan Brownell
11. World cinema: origins and method Lalitha Gopalan
Part III. Moments: 12. Atlantic revolutions: a reinterpretation Jaime E. Rodríguez O.
13. Global war 1914–45 Richard Overy
14. The Cold War Daniel Sargent
15. 1956 Carole Fink
16. 1989 as a year of great significance Nicole Rebec and Jeffrey Wasserstrom
Part IV. Ligaments of Globalization: 17. Transportation and communication, 1750 to the present Daniel R. Headrick
18. Rubber Richard Tucker
19. Drugs in the modern era William B. McAllister
20. The automobile Bernard Rieger
21. Globalization, Anglo-American style Thomas W. Zeiler.

Subject Areas: Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 [HBLL], General & world history [HBG]