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UNINA9910795948203321 |
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Titolo |
Architects of world history : researching the global past / / edited by Kenneth R. Curtis and Jerry H. Bentley |
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Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2014 |
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2014 |
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ISBN |
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1-118-29482-3 |
1-118-29483-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (254 pages) |
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Classificazione |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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BentleyJerry H. <1949-2012.> |
CurtisKenneth Robert |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Historians |
Historiography - Methodology |
World history - Historiography |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Architects of World History / Kenneth R. Curtis -- En Route to World Environmental History / J.R. McNeill -- Gender Intersections / Merry Wiesner-Hanks -- No Great Divergence : Reaching World History Through East Asian Studies / Kenneth Pomeranz -- Cultural and Religious Exchanges / Dominic Sachsenmaier -- Law and World History / Lauren Benton -- Africa in the World : From National Histories to Global Connections / Kerry Ward -- Big History / David Christian -- In Search of a Global Cultural History / Jerry Bentley with Karen Jolly. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"Architects of World History presents an innovative collection of original essays by leading scholars associated with World History, exploring through intellectual autobiography the ideas, challenges, and inspirations that are shaping the field. Features original, accessible contributions from pioneering scholars in the field. Offers insights into the process of developing a workable world history research topic and the experience of professional life as a world historian. Points to methodological challenges; the scholar's current research agenda in relation to the development of world history; and future directions |
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