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Bezig met laden... The Transformation of the World: A Global History of the Nineteenth Century (2009)door Jürgen Osterhammel
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. An excellent book! ( ) One of the decade's most monumental history books is also one of the smartest. Osterhammel isn't just interested in filling the reader with disconnected facts or with drawing grand abstract theories -- he does an excellent job of linking interesting and often surprising anecdotes with extremely erudite theoretical synthesis. It took me a while to get through, but it's also not the kind of book that demands all of your attention for a concentrated period. It was an agreeable companion to nibble on throughout the fall. While I'd be hard pressed to put down one or two major lessons I learned from this book, I came away from it feeling like I had a much more fleshed out and nuanced mental map of the 19th century. (More review to come later)
..he received Germany’s most prestigious and well-endowed prizes for a work of some 1,500 pages that, against all odds, became a literary and popular success.. It, has, rightly, been called an instant classic. Onderdeel van de uitgeversreeks(en)America in the World (20)
A monumental history of the nineteenth century, The Transformation of the World offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transition. Jürgen 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. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)909.81History and Geography History World history 1800- 1800-1899, 19th centuryLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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