The Cambridge World History

ISBN-13: 9780521199643 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 570 str.

J. R. McNeill; Kenneth Pomeranz

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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.