Comparison and History Europe in Cross-National Perspective

Name: Comparison and History Europe in Cross-National Perspective
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ISBN: 9780415944434

ISBN-10: 0415944430

ISBN-13: 9780415944434

Edition: 2004

Authors: Deborah Cohen, Maura O'Connor

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Historians today like to preach the virtues of comparison and cross-national work. In the last decade, cross-national histories have prospered, yielding important work in the subjects as diverse as the transatlantic trade in slaves and the cultures of celebrity. In the meantime, comparative history has also enjoyed a renaissance, but what is largely missing in the rush beyond the nation is any sense of how to tackle this research. This volume brings together scholars who have worked either cross-nationally or comparatively to reflect upon their own research. In essays that engage practical, methodological, and theoretical questions, these contributors assess the gains--but also the…

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List price: $46.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 8/22/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 6.26" wide x 9.02" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.704
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction Comparative History, Cross-National History, Transnational History-Definitions



Comparing and Generalizing: Why All History is Comparative, Yet No History is Sociology



Comparative History: Methods, Aims, Problems



Forms of Comparison



Comparative History: Buyer Beware



Across Battle Fronts: Gender and the Comparative Cultural History of Modern European War



Comparative History and Women's History: Explaining Convergence and Divergence



The Nation and the Comparative Imagination



Comparative and Cross-National History: Approaches, Differences, Problems



Cross-National Travelers: Rethinking Comparisons and Representations



The Modernization of the European Periphery; Ireland, Poland, and the Two Sicilies, 1820-1870: Parallel and Connected, Distinct and Comparable



Is There a Pre-History of Globalization?


Suggestions for Further Reading


Index