The transformation of the world : a global history of the nineteenth century

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The transformation of the world : a global history of the nineteenth century

Title remainder

a global history of the nineteenth century

Statement of responsibility

Jurgen Osterhammel ; translated by Patrick Camiller

Creator

• Osterhammel, Jürgen
• trueOsterhammel, Jurgen

Contributor

• Camiller, Patrick

Author

• Osterhammel, Jürgen

Translator

• Camiller, Patrick

Subject

• History, Modern -- 19th century

Language

• eng
• ger
• eng

Summary

A monumental history of the nineteenth century, The Transformation of the World offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transition. Jurgen 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. -- Provided by publisher

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• Verwandlung der Welt
• America in the world

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• trueSweeping

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

909.81

Index

index present

Language note

Text in English

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

America in the world