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Navigating World History

Historians Create a Global Past

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  • © 2003

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  1. Patrick Manning
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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. The Evolution of World History

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-2
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    2. Defining World History

      • Patrick Manning
      Pages 3-15

    3. Historical Philosophy to 1900

      • Patrick Manning
      Pages 17-36

    4. Grand Synthesis, 1900–1965

      • Patrick Manning
      Pages 37-54

    5. Themes and Analyses, 1965–1990

      • Patrick Manning
      Pages 55-78

    6. Organizing a Field since 1990

      • Patrick Manning
      Pages 79-105

    7. Narrating World History

      • Patrick Manning
      Pages 107-118

  3. Revolution in Historical Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-120
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    2. Disciplines

      • Patrick Manning
      Pages 121-144

    3. Area Studies

      • Patrick Manning
      Pages 145-162

    4. Global Studies

      • Patrick Manning
      Pages 163-180

  4. Results of Recent Research

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 181-182
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    2. Political and Economic History

      • Patrick Manning
      Pages 183-199

    3. Social History

      • Patrick Manning
      Pages 201-213

    4. Ecology, Technology, and Health

      • Patrick Manning
      Pages 215-227

    5. Cultural History

      • Patrick Manning
      Pages 229-254

    6. Debating World History

      • Patrick Manning
      Pages 255-261

  5. Logic of Analysis in World History

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 263-264
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    2. Scale in History: Time and Space

      • Patrick Manning
      Pages 265-273
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About this book

World history has expanded dramatically in recent years, primarily as a teaching field, and increasingly as a research field. Growing numbers of teachers and Ph.Ds in history are required to teach the subject. They must be current on topics from human evolution to industrial development in Song-dynasty China to today's disease patterns - and then link these disparate topics into a coherent course. Numerous textbooks in print and in preparation summarize the field of world history at an introductory level. But good teaching also requires advanced training for teachers, and access to a stream of new research from scholars trained as world historians. In this book, Patrick Manning provides the first comprehensive overview of the academic field of world history. He reviews patterns of research and debate, and proposes guidelines for study by teachers and by researchers in world history.

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"Patrick Manning's book is an excellent introduction to a field of historical literature which will grow increasingly important." - Martin A. Klein, University of Toronto

About the author

PATRICK MANNING is Professor of History and African-American Studies at Northeastern University, where he directs the World History Center. He is also a former President of the World History Association and he is the author of six books. He also served as Project Director on a CD-ROM, Migration in World History, 1500-2000 (Wadsworth, 2000).

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