The Cambridge World History: Volume 7, Production, Destruction and Connection, 1750-Present, Part 2, Shared Transformations?

The Cambridge World History: Volume 7, Production, Destruction and Connection, 1750-Present, Part 2, Shared Transformations?

Editor : J.R Mcneill and Kenneth Pomeranz

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Year of Publication: 2015

Print Length: 549 pages

Genre: Non-Fiction / History

Topic: Abolition, Atlantic, Capitalism, China, Cold War & Post-Cold War, Communism, Drugs, East Africa, England, Europe, Germany, Globalization, History, Indonesia, Industrialization, Migration, Modernity, Modernism, Modern, Music, Ottoman Empire, Postmodernity, Postmodern, Printed English Books, Religion, The United States of America (USA), Urbanization, War, world urbanization, World War II

Since 1750, the world has become ever more connected, with processes of production and destruction no longer limited by land- or water-based modes of transport and communication. Volume 7 of The Cambridge World History series, divided into two books, offers a variety of angles of vision on the increasingly interconnected history of humankind. The second book questions the extent to which the transformations of the modern world have been shared, focussing on social developments such as urbanization, migration, and changes in family and sexuality; cultural connections through religion, science, music, and sport; ligaments of globalization including rubber, drugs, and the automobile; and moments of particular importance from the Atlantic Revolutions to 1989.

Part I. SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTS:
     1. Migrations Dirk Hoerder
     2. World urbanization, 1750 to the present Lynn Hollen Lees
     3. The family in modern world history Peter Stearns
     4. Continuities and change in sexual behaviour and attitudes from 1750 to the twenty-first century Julie Peakman
     5. Abolitions Alessandro Stanziani

Part II. Culture and Connections:
     6. Department stores and the commodification of culture: artful marketing in a globalizing world Antonia Finnane
     7. Religion after 1750 Peter van der Veer
     8. Science since 1750 James E. McClellan, III
     9. Music on the move, as object, as commodity Timothy D. Taylor
     10. Sport Susan Brownell
     11. World cinema: origins and method Lalitha Gopalan

Part III. Moments:
     12. Atlantic revolutions: a reinterpretation Jaime E. Rodríguez O.
     13. Global war 1914–45 Richard Overy
     14. The Cold War Daniel Sargent
     15. 1956 Carole Fink
     16. 1989 as a year of great significance Nicole Rebec and Jeffrey Wasserstrom

Part IV. Ligaments of Globalization:
     17. Transportation and communication, 1750 to the present Daniel R. Headrick
     18. Rubber Richard Tucker
     19. Drugs in the modern era William B. McAllister
     20. The automobile Bernard Rieger
     21. Globalization, Anglo-American style Thomas W. Zeiler

J.R Mcneill is an American environmental historian, author, and professor at Georgetown University. He is best known for “pioneering the study of environmental history”. 

Source: https://gufaculty360.georgetown.edu/

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