Broschiertes Buch

The Oxford Handbook of World History

Beschreibung

Thirty-two essays by a stellar collection of distinguished scholars in the field of world history, providing a comprehensive guide to current scholarship and current thinking in one of the most dynamic fields of historical scholarship

Autor

Jerry H. Bentley was professor of history at the University of Hawai`i and editor of the Journal of World History. He wrote extensively on the cultural history of early modern Europe and on cross-cultural interactions in world history, including Humanists and Holy Writ: New Testament Scholarship in the Renaissance (1983), and Politics and Culture in Renaissance Naples (1987), and in later years, concentrated on global history and particularly on processes of cross-cultural interaction, resulting in Old World Encounters: Cross-Cultural Contacts and Exchanges in Pre-Modern Times (1993) and Shapes of World History in Twentieth-Century Scholarship (1996). He passed away in 2012.

Produktdetails

• Oxford Handbooks
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 626
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 1092g
• ISBN-13: 9780199686063
• ISBN-10: 0199686068
• Artikelnr.: 39338757