Thinking History Globally
Thinking History Globally by Diego Olstein, published by Palgrave Macmillan UK on November 4, 2014, offers a comprehensive exploration of contemporary trends in historiography. This edition, comprising 223 pages, presents a framework for understanding history through a global lens, emphasizing the importance of comparing, connecting, conceptualizing, and contextualizing various historical narratives.
Readers will find that the book illustrates these analytical strategies across twelve distinct branches of history, providing insights into how global perspectives can enrich historical understanding. The topics covered include elements of social science, human geography, and the broader implications of history on our understanding of the world. This work serves as a resource for those interested in the intersections of history and geography, as well as the methodologies that shape historical discourse.
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The book brings together many recent trends in writing history under a common framework: thinking history globally. By thinking history globally, the book explains, applies, and exemplifies the four basic strategies of analysis, the big C’s: comparing, connecting, conceptualizing, and contextualizing, using twelve different branches of history.
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