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The birth of the modern world, 1780-1914 : global connections and comparisons
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- ISBN: 0631187995
- ISBN: 9780631187998
- ISBN: 0631236163
- ISBN: 9780631236160
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xxiv, 540 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm. - Publisher: Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2004.
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 514-532) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | List of illustrations -- List of maps and tables -- Series editor's preface -- Acknowledgments -- Notes and conventions -- Introduction -- Organization of the book -- Problem 1: Prime movers and the economic factor -- Problem 2: Global history and postmodernism -- Problem 3: Continuing "riddle of the modern" -- Conforming to standards: bodily practice -- Building outward from the body: communications and complexity -- Part 1: End Of The Old Regime -- 1: Old regimes and "Archaic globalization" -- Peasants and lords -- Politics of difference -- Powers on the fringes of states -- Harbingers of new political formations -- Prehistory of globalization -- Archaic and early modern globalization -- Prospect -- 2: Passages from the old regimes to modernity -- Last Greta Domestication and Industrious -- Revolutions-- New patterns of Afro-Asian material culture, production, and trade -- Internal and external limits of Afro-Asian "Industrious Revolutions" -- Trade, finance, and innovation: European competitive advantages -- Activist, patriotic state evolves -- Critical publics -- Development of Asian and African publics -- Conclusion: Backwardness, lags, and conjunctures -- Prospect -- 3: Converging revolution, 1780-1820 -- Contemporaries ponder the world crisis -- Summary anatomy of the world crisis, 1720-1820 -- Sapping the legitimacy of the state: from France to China -- Ideological origins of the modern left and the modern state -- Nationalities versus states and empires -- Third revolution: Polite and commercial peoples worldwide -- Prospect -- Part 2: Modern World In Genesis -- 4: Between world revolutions, c 1815-1865 -- Assessing the wreck of nations -- British maritime supremacy, world trade, and the revival of agriculture -- Emigration: a safety valve? -- Losers in the new world order, 1815-1865 -- Problems of hybrid legitimacy: whose state was it? -- State gains strength, but not enough -- Wars of legitimacy in Asia: a summary account -- Economic and ideological roots of the Asian Revolutions -- Years of hunger and rebellion in Europe, 1848-1851 -- American Civil War as a global event -- Convergence or difference? -- Reviewing the argument -- 5: Industrialization and the new city -- Historians, industrialization, and cities -- Progress of industrialization -- Poverty and the absence of industry -- Cities as centers of production, consumption, and politics -- Urban impact of the global crisis, 1780-1820 -- Race and class in the new cities -- Working-class politics -- Worldwide urban cultures and their critics -- Conclusion -- 6: Nation, empire, and ethnicity, c 1860-1900 -- Theories of nationalism -- When was nationalism? -- Whose nation? -- Perpetuating nationalisms: memories, national associations, and print -- From community to nation: the Eurasian empires -- Where we stand with nationalism -- Peoples without states: persecution or assimilation? -- Imperialism and its history: the late nineteenth century -- Dimensions of the new imperialism -- World of nation-states? -- Persistence of archaic globalization -- From globalization to internationalism -- Internationalism in practice -- Conclusion -- Part 3: State And Society In The Age Of Imperialism -- 7: Myths and technologies of the modern state -- Dimensions of the modern state -- State and the historians -- Problems of defining the state -- Modern state takes root: geographical dimensions -- Claims to justice and symbols of power -- State's resources -- State's obligations to society -- Tools of the state -- State, economy, and nation -- Balance sheet: what had the state achieved? -- 8: Theory and practice of liberalism, rationalism, socialism, and science -- Contextualizing intellectual history -- Corruption of the righteous republic: a classic theme -- Righteous republics worldwide -- Advent of liberalism and the market: western exceptionalism? -- Liberalism and land reform: radical theory and conservative practice -- Free trade or national political economy? -- Representing the peoples -- Secularism and positivism: transnational affinities -- Reception of socialism and its local resonances -- Science in global context -- Professionalization at world level -- Conclusion -- 9: Empires of religion -- Religion in the eyes of contemporaries -- View of recent historians -- Rise of new-style religion -- Modes of religious dominion, their agents and their limitations -- Formalizing religious authority, creating imperial religions -- Formalizing doctrines and rites -- Expansion of imperial religions on their inner and outer frontiers -- Pilgrimage and globalization -- Printing and the propagation of religion -- Religious building -- Religion and the nation -- Conclusion: the spirits of the age -- 10: World of the arts and the imagination -- Arts and politics -- Hybridity and uniformity in art across the globe -- Leveling forces: the market, the everyday, and the museum -- Arts of the emerging nation, 1760-1850 -- Arts and the people, 1850-1914 -- Outside the west: adaptation and dependency -- Architecture: a mirror of the city -- Towards world literature? -- Conclusion: Arts and societies -- Prospect -- Part 4: Change, Decay, And Crisis -- 11: Reconstitution of social hierarchies -- Change and the historians -- Gender and subordination in the liberal age -- Slavery's Indian summer -- Peasant and rural laborer as bond serf -- Peasants that got away -- Why rural subordination survived -- Transformation of gentries -- Challenges to the gentry -- Routes to survival: state service and commerce -- Men of fewer broad acres in Europe -- Surviving supremacies -- Continuity or change? -- 12: Destruction of native peoples and ecological depredation -- What is meant by Native peoples? -- Europeans and Native peoples before c 1820 -- Native peoples in the age of hiatus -- White deluge, 1840-1890 -- Deluge in practice: New Zealand, South Africa, and the USA -- Ruling savage natures: recovery and marginalization -- 13: Conclusion: Great acceleration, c 1890-1914 -- Predicting things to come -- Agricultural depression, internationalism, and the new imperialism -- New nationalism -- Strange death of international liberalism -- Summing up: globalization and crisis, 1780-1914 -- Global comparisons and connections, 1780-1914: conclusion -- What were the motors of change? -- Power in global and international networks -- Contested uniformity and universal complexity revisited -- August 1914 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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Table of Contents
The Birth of the Modern World, 1780-1914 : Global Connections and Comparisons
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| List Of Illustrations | ||
| List Of Tables And Maps | ||
| Series Editor 's Preface | ||
| Acknowledgements | ||
| Introduction | ||
| The Organization Of The Book | ||
| Problem 1 | 'Prime Movers ' And The Economic Factor | |
| Problem 2 | Global History And Post-Modernism | |
| Problem 3 | The Continuing 'Riddle Of The Modern ' | |
| Conforming To Standards In Bodily Practice | ||
| Building Out From The Body: Communications And Complexity | ||
| Afterword | ||
| Part I | The End of The Old Regime | |
| 1 | Old Regimes And 'Archaic Globalisation ':Peasants And Lords | |
| The Politics Of Difference | ||
| Powers On The Fringes Of States | ||
| Harbingers Of New Political Formations | ||
| The Pre-History Of 'Globalisation ' | ||
| 'Archaic ' And Early Modern Globalisation | ||
| Prospect | ||
| 2 | Passages From The Old Regimes To Modernity:The 'Last Great Domestication ' And 'Industrious Revolutions ' | |
| New Patterns Of Afro-Asian Material Culture, Production And Trade | ||
| The Internal And External Limits Of Afro-Asian 'Industrious Revolutions | ||
| '.Trade, Finance And Innovation: European Competitive Advantages | ||
| The Activist, Patriotic State Evolves | ||
| Critical Publics | ||
| The Development Of Asian And African Ecumenes | ||
| Conclusion: 'Backwardness ', Lags And Conjunctures | ||
| 3 | Convergent Revolutions, 1780 -1820:Contemporaries Ponder The World Crisis | |
| A Summary Anatomy Of The World Crisis, C. 1720 -1820 | ||
| Sapping The Legitimacy Of The State: From France To China | ||
| The Ideological Origins Of The Modern State | ||
| Nationalities Versus States And Empires | ||
| The Third Revolution: Polite And Commercial Peoples Worldwide | ||
| Prospect | ||
| Part II | The Modern World In Genesis | |
| 4 | Between World Revolutions, C. 1815 -1860 | |
| Assessing The 'Wreck Of Nations ' | ||
| British Maritime Supremacy, World Trade And Agrarian Recovery | ||
| Emigration: A Safety Valve | ||
| The Losers In The 'New World Order ', C. 1815 -65 | ||
| Problems Of Hybrid Legitimacy - Whose State Was It?The State Gains Strength - But Not Enough | ||
| Wars Of Legitimacy In Asia: A Summary Account | ||
| Economic And Ideological Roots Of The Asian Revolutions | ||
| The Years Of Hunger And Rebellion In Europe, 1848 -51 | ||
| The American Civil War As A Global Event | ||
| Convergence Or Difference?Reviewing The Argument | ||
| 5 | Industrialisation And The New City:Historians, Industrialisation And Cities | |
| The Progress Of Industrialisation | ||
| Cities As Centres Of Production And Consumption | ||
| The Urban Impact Of The Global Crisis, 1780 -1820 | ||
| Race And Class In The New City | ||
| Working Class Politics | ||
| World-Wide Urban Cultures And Their Critics | ||
| Conclusion | ||
| 6 | Nation, Empire And Ethnicity: C. 1860 -1900: 'Theories ' Of Nationalism | |
| When Was Nationalism?Whose Nationalism?Perpetuating Nationalisms: Memories | ||
| National Associations And Print | ||
| From Community To Nation: The Eurasian Empires | ||
| Where We Stand With Nationalism | ||
| Peoples Without States; Persecution Or Assimilation?Imperialism And Its History | ||
| In The Late Nineteenth Century | ||
| Dimension Of The 'New Imperialism ' | ||
| A World Of Nation States?The Persistence Of Old Patterns Of Globalisation | ||
| From Globalisation To Inter-Nationalim | ||
| Inter-Nationalism In Action | ||
| Conclusion | ||
| Part III | State And Society In The Age of Imperialism | |
| 7 | Myths And Technologies Of The Modern State | |
| Dimensions Of The Modern State | ||
| The State And The Historians | ||
| Problems Of Defining The State | ||
| The Modern State Takes Root; Geographical Dimensions | ||
| Claims To Justice And Symbols Of Power | ||
| The State 's Resources | ||
| The State 's Obligations To Society | ||
| Tools Of The State | ||
| State, Economy And Nation | ||
| A Balance Sheet: What Had The State Achieved?8 | ||
| The Theory And Practice Of Liberalism, Rationalism, Socialism And Science | ||
| Contextualising 'Intellectual ' History | ||
| The Corruption Of The Righteous Republic: A Classic Theme | ||
| Righteous Republics World-Wide | ||
| The Advent Of Liberalism And The Market: Western Exceptionalism?Liberalism And Land Reform: Radical Theory And Conservative Practice | ||
| Free Trade Or National Politic |
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