{"product_id":"the-oxford-handbook-of-world-history-paperback","title":"The Oxford Handbook of World History - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJerry H. Bentley\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Oxford Handbook of World History\u003c\/em\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChapters 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChapters 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTaken together, the essays in this volume provide the best guide to current thinking in one of the most dynamic fields of historical scholarship.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJerry H. Bentley \u003c\/strong\u003ewas professor of history at the University of Hawai`i and editor of the \u003cem\u003eJournal of World History\u003c\/em\u003e. He wrote extensively on the cultural history of early modern Europe and on cross-cultural interactions in world history, including \u003cem\u003eHumanists and Holy Writ: New Testament Scholarship in the Renaissance\u003c\/em\u003e (1983), and \u003cem\u003ePolitics and Culture in Renaissance Naples\u003c\/em\u003e (1987), and in later years, concentrated on global history and particularly on processes of cross-cultural interaction, resulting in \u003cem\u003eOld World Encounters: Cross-Cultural Contacts and Exchanges in Pre-Modern Times\u003c\/em\u003e (1993) and \u003cem\u003eShapes of World History in Twentieth-Century Scholarship\u003c\/em\u003e (1996). He passed away in 2012.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 632\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 9.6 x 6.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47520042483933,"sku":"9780199686063","price":110.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/WrCWph8JX9780199686063.webp?v=1772235529","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/the-oxford-handbook-of-world-history-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}