The Oxford Handbook of World History presents thirty-two essays by
leading historians in their respective fields. The chapters address
the most important issues explored by contemporary world
historians. These broadly fall into four categories: conceptions of
the global past, themes in world history, processes of world
history, regions in world history. Chapters on conceptions deal
with issues of space and time as treated in the field of world
history, as well as questions of method, epistemology,
historiography, and globalization as viewed from historical
perspective. Themes discussed include the natural environment,
agriculture, pastoral nomadism, science, technology, state
formation, gender, and religion. Chapters dealing with large-scale
processes review current thinking on some of the most influential
developments of the global past, including mass migrations,
cross-cultural trade, biological diffusions, imperial expansion,
industrialization, and cultural and religious exchanges. Finally, a
set of chapters explores distinctive historical developments within
the world's major regions, while also situating individual regions
in larger global context. Taken together, the essays in this volume
provide the best guide to current thinking in one of the most
dynamic fields of historical scholarship.
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