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THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE WORLD - JÜRGEN OSTERH...

A monumental history of the nineteenth century  The Transformation of the World offers a
panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transition. Jürgen Osterhammel  an eminent
scholar who has been called the Braudel of the nineteenth century  moves beyond conventional
Eurocentric and chronological accounts of the era  presenting instead a truly global history of
breathtaking scope and towering erudition. He examines the powerful and complex forces that
drove global change during the long nineteenth century  taking readers from New York to New
Delhi  from the Latin American revolutions to the Taiping Rebellion  from the perils and
promise of Europe's transatlantic labor markets to the hardships endured by nomadic  tribal
peoples across the planet. Osterhammel describes a world increasingly networked by the
telegraph  the steamship  and the railways. He explores the changing relationship between human
beings and nature  looks at the importance of cities  explains the role slavery and its
abolition played in the emergence of new nations  challenges the widely held belief that the
nineteenth century witnessed the triumph of the nation-state  and much more.

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