02585cam a2200385 i 4500 126625 20230410105131.0 131227s2014 enk b 001 0 eng 17983056 2013042708 9781118294857 (cloth) 9781118294840 (paperback) DLC eng DLC rda DLC Eng pcc D 13 A673 2014 907.2/022 Architects of world history : researching the global past / edited by Kenneth R. Curtis and Jerry H. Bentley. Chichester, West Sussex, UK : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2014. x, 242 p. ; 24 cm "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 anticipated for key areas within world history"-- Provided by publisher. Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. World history Historiography. Historians Biography. Historiography Methodology. Historiografía. Historiadores Biografías. Curtis, Kenneth Robert. Bentley, Jerry H., 1949- Online version: Architects of world history Chichester, West Sussex, UK : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2014 9781118294826 (DLC) 2014000040 Cover image http://catalogimages.wiley.com/images/db/jimages/9781118294857.jpg lcc bk dvf 30739 30739 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2023-04-10 1 0 D 13 A673 2014 00000119449 2018-10-23 00:00:00 1 2018-10-23 bk