This thematic history of the world from 1780 to the onset of the First World War reveals that the world was far more -globalised- at this time than is commonly thought.
- Explores previously neglected sets of connections in world history.
- Reveals that the world was far more -globalised-, even at the beginning of this period, than is commonly thought.
- Sketches the -ripple effects- of world crises such as the European revolutions and the American Civil War.
- Shows how events in Asia, Africa and South America impacted on the world as a whole.
- Considers the great themes of the nineteenth-century world, including the rise of the modern state, industrialisation and liberalism.
- Challenges and complements the regional and national approaches which have traditionally dominated history teaching and writing.
Part of The Blackwell History of the World Series
