Reviews

Author:

Robert Tignor Tsin, Jeremy Adelman, Stephen Aron, Stephen Kotkin, Suzanne Marchand, Gyan Prakash, Michael

Reviewer:

Pamela McVay

McVay on Tsin and Adelman and Aron and Kotkin and Marchand and Prakash and Michael, 'Worlds Together, Worlds Apart: A History of the Modern World from the Mongol Empire to the Present'

Robert Tignor Tsin, Jeremy Adelman, Stephen Aron, Stephen Kotkin, Suzanne Marchand, Gyan Prakash, Michael. Worlds Together, Worlds Apart: A History of the Modern World from the Mongol Empire to the Present. New York and London: W.W. Norton & Company, 2002. xxx + 495 pp. $58.75 (paper), ISBN 978-0-393-97746-2.

Reviewed by Pamela McVay (Department of History, Ursuline College) Published on H-World (March, 2003)

Author:

R. J. Barendse

Reviewer:

Anup Mukherjee

Mukherjee on Barendse, 'The Arabian Seas: The Indian Ocean World of the Seventeenth Century'

R. J. Barendse. The Arabian Seas: The Indian Ocean World of the Seventeenth Century. Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe, 2002. xvi + 588 pp. $43.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-7656-0729-4; $110.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-7656-0728-7.

Reviewed by Anup Mukherjee (Independent Scholar, India) Published on H-World (October, 2002)

History on the High Seas

History on the High Seas

Author:

Philip D. Curtin

Reviewer:

David M. Fahey

Fahey on Curtin, 'The World and the West: The European Challenge and the Overseas Response in the Age of Empire'

Philip D. Curtin. The World and the West: The European Challenge and the Overseas Response in the Age of Empire. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000. xiv + 294 pp. $27.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-521-77135-1.

Reviewed by David M. Fahey (Department of History, Miami University) Published on H-World (December, 2001)

Author:

Ross E. Dunn, ed.

Reviewer:

J. B. Owens

Owens on Dunn, 'The New World History: A Teacher's Companion'

Ross E. Dunn, ed. The New World History: A Teacher's Companion. Boston and New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000. xi + 596 pp. $52.55 (paper), ISBN 978-0-312-18327-1.

Reviewed by J. B. Owens (Department of History, Idaho State University) Published on H-World (September, 2001)

The Continuing Discussion: What must we do to teach world history effectively?

Author:

Laura Hein, Mark Selden, eds.

Reviewer:

Paul Barclay

Barclay on Hein and Selden, 'Censoring History: Citizenship and Memory in Japan, Germany, and the United States'

Laura Hein, Mark Selden, eds. Censoring History: Citizenship and Memory in Japan, Germany, and the United States. Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe, 2000. 287 pp. $24.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-7656-0447-7.

Reviewed by Paul Barclay (Department of History, Lafayette College) Published on H-World (May, 2001)

Author:

Kenneth Pomeranz, Steven Topik

Reviewer:

Chris Fons

Fons on Pomeranz and Topik, 'The World That Trade Created: Society, Culture, and the World Economy, 1400 to the Present'

Kenneth Pomeranz, Steven Topik. The World That Trade Created: Society, Culture, and the World Economy, 1400 to the Present. Armonk and London: M.E. Sharpe, 1999. 256 pp. $34.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-7656-0250-3.

Reviewed by Chris Fons (Custer High School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin ) Published on H-World (February, 2001)

Author:

Robert W. McChesney

Reviewer:

Donna Halper

Halper on McChesney, 'Rich Media, Poor Democracy: Communication Politics in Dubious Times'

Robert W. McChesney. Rich Media, Poor Democracy: Communication Politics in Dubious Times. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1999. 427 pp. $32.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-56584-634-0.

Reviewed by Donna Halper (Journalism Department, Emerson College, Boston, MA ) Published on H-World (January, 2001)

Rich Media, Poor Democracy

Rich Media, Poor Democracy

Author:

Anthony J. Parel, ed.

Reviewer:

Eric L. Martin

Martin on Parel, 'Gandhi, Freedom, and Self-Rule'

Anthony J. Parel, ed. Gandhi, Freedom, and Self-Rule. New York and Oxford: Lexington Books, 2000. 176 pp. $70.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-7391-0137-7.

Reviewed by Eric L. Martin (Department of History, Salem State College/Northeastern University ) Published on H-World (December, 2000)

Unlocking Gandhi's Worldview

Unlocking Gandhi's Worldview

Author:

Kenneth Pomeranz

Reviewer:

Peter C. Perdue

Perdue on Pomeranz, 'The Great Divergence: China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy'

Kenneth Pomeranz. The Great Divergence: China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2000. x + 382 pp. $20.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-691-00543-0.

Reviewed by Peter C. Perdue (Department of History, MIT) Published on H-World (August, 2000)

Lucky England, Normal China

Lucky England, Normal China

Author:

Peter Gran

Reviewer:

Boris Kagarlitsky

Kagarlitsky on Gran, 'Beyond Eurocentrism: A New View of Modern World History' and Peter Gran, 'Beyond Eurocentrism. A New View of Modern World History'

Peter Gran. Beyond Eurocentrism: A New View of Modern World History. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, 1996. xiii + 440 pp. $19.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-8156-2693-0; $49.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8156-2692-3.Peter Gran. Beyond Eurocentrism. A New View of Modern World History. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1996. xii + 440 pp.

Author:

Fred Dallmayr

Reviewer:

Adam McKeown

McKeown on Dallmayr, 'Alternative Visions: Paths in the Global Village'

Fred Dallmayr. Alternative Visions: Paths in the Global Village. Lanham, Md: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1998. xii + 307 pp. $34.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-8476-8768-8; $104.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8476-8767-1.

Reviewed by Adam McKeown (Northeastern University) Published on H-World (May, 2000)

Author:

Peter Gran

Reviewer:

Gordon R. Mork

Mork on Gran, 'Beyond Eurocentrism: A New View of Modern World History'

Reviewed by Gordon R. Mork (Purdue University) Published on H-World (July, 1997)

Reconceptualizing World History

Author:

Mary Louise Pratt

Reviewer:

Frances Karttunen

Karttunen on Pratt, 'Imperial Eyes: Studies in Travel Writing and Transculturation'

Mary Louise Pratt. Imperial Eyes: Studies in Travel Writing and Transculturation. London: Routledge, 1992. . $135.00 (library), ISBN 978-0-415-02675-8; $39.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-415-06095-0.

Reviewed by Frances Karttunen (University of Texas at Austin) Published on H-World (December, 1995)

Author:

Joseph Klaits, Michael H. Haltzel, eds.

Reviewer:

Lora Wildenthal

Wildenthal on Klaits and Haltzel, 'The Global Ramifications of the French Revolution'

Joseph Klaits, Michael H. Haltzel, eds. The Global Ramifications of the French Revolution. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994. ix + 209 pp. $57.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-521-45175-8.

Reviewed by Lora Wildenthal (Pitzer College) Published on H-World (September, 1995)

Author:

Frank Dikötter

Reviewer:

Ralph A. Litzinger

Litzinger on Dikötter, 'The Discourse of Race in Modern China'

Frank Dikötter. The Discourse of Race in Modern China. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1992. . $57.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8047-1994-0.

Reviewed by Ralph A. Litzinger (Duke University) Published on H-World (August, 1995)

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McVay on Tsin and Adelman and Aron and Kotkin and Marchand and Prakash and Michael, 'Worlds Together, Worlds Apart: A History of the Modern World from the Mongol Empire to the Present'

Mukherjee on Barendse, 'The Arabian Seas: The Indian Ocean World of the Seventeenth Century'

Fahey on Curtin, 'The World and the West: The European Challenge and the Overseas Response in the Age of Empire'

Owens on Dunn, 'The New World History: A Teacher's Companion'

Barclay on Hein and Selden, 'Censoring History: Citizenship and Memory in Japan, Germany, and the United States'

Fons on Pomeranz and Topik, 'The World That Trade Created: Society, Culture, and the World Economy, 1400 to the Present'

Halper on McChesney, 'Rich Media, Poor Democracy: Communication Politics in Dubious Times'

Martin on Parel, 'Gandhi, Freedom, and Self-Rule'

Perdue on Pomeranz, 'The Great Divergence: China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy'

Kagarlitsky on Gran, 'Beyond Eurocentrism: A New View of Modern World History' and Peter Gran, 'Beyond Eurocentrism. A New View of Modern World History'

McKeown on Dallmayr, 'Alternative Visions: Paths in the Global Village'

Mork on Gran, 'Beyond Eurocentrism: A New View of Modern World History'

Karttunen on Pratt, 'Imperial Eyes: Studies in Travel Writing and Transculturation'

Wildenthal on Klaits and Haltzel, 'The Global Ramifications of the French Revolution'

Litzinger on Dikötter, 'The Discourse of Race in Modern China'

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