{"id":23339,"date":"2020-10-28T11:51:28","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T11:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/historiografija.hr\/?p=23339"},"modified":"2020-10-28T11:51:28","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T11:51:28","slug":"global-economic-history-editors-tirthankar-roy-giorgio-riello","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/historiografija.hr\/?p=23339","title":{"rendered":"Global economic history. Editor(s): Tirthankar Roy, Giorgio Riello"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What are the problems addressed by the growing field of global economic history? What debates and methodologies does it engage with?

As Global Economic History<\/em> shows, there are many answers to these questions. Riello and Roy, alongside 20 leading academics from the US, UK, Europe, Australia and Japan, explain why a global perspective matters to economic history. The impressive cast recruited by the editors brings together top scholars in their respective areas of expertise, including John McNeill, Patrick O’Brien, and Prasannan Parthasarathi.

An ambitious scope of topics ranges from the ‘Great Divergence’ to the rise of global finance, to the New World and the global silver economy. Chapters are organized both thematically (Divergence in Global History and Emergence of a World Economy), and geographically (Regional Perspectives on Global Economic Change), ensuring the global perspective required on these challenging courses today.

The result is a textbook which provides students with a quick and confident grasp of the field and its essential issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Table of contents<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Introduction: Globalization and Economic Change in History Giorgio Riello (University of Warwick, UK) and Tirthankar Roy (London School of Economics, UK)<\/em>

PART I: DIVERGENCE IN GLOBAL HISTORY<\/strong>
1. The Great Divergence Debate Prasannan Parthasarathi (Boston College, USA) and Kenneth Pomeranz (University of Chicago, USA)<\/em>
2. Data and Dating the Great Divergence Jack A. Goldstone (George Mason University, USA)<\/em>
3. Useful and Reliable Knowledge in Europe and China Patrick O’Brien (University of Oxford, UK)<\/em>
4. Toolkits, Creativity and Divergences: Technology in Global History Karel Davids (VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands)<\/em>
5. Families, Firms and Polities: Pre-modern Institution, Economic Growth and the Great Divergence Regina Grafe (European University Institute, Italy) and Maarten Prak (Utrecht University, the Netherlands)<\/em>
6. Plantations and the Great Divergence Trevor Burnard (University of Melbourne, Australia)<\/em>
7. Consumption and Global History in the Early Modern Period Maxine Berg (University of Warwick, UK)<\/em>

PART II: THE EMERGENCE OF A WORLD ECONOMY<\/strong>
8. Trade and the Emergence of the World Economy, 1500-2000 Giorgio Riello (University of Warwick, UK) and Tirthankar Roy (London School of Economics, UK)<\/em>
9. The Environment and the World Economy since 1500 John McNeill (Georgetown University, USA)<\/em>
10. Labour Regimes and Labour Mobility from the Seventeenth to the Nineteenth Century Alessandro Stanziani (University of Paris, France)<\/em>
11. Varieties of Industrialization: An Asian Regional Perspective Kaoru Sugihara (Kyoto University, Japan)<\/em>
12. Global Commodities and Commodity Chains Bernd-Stefan Grewe (Freiburg University, Germany)<\/em>
13. The Rise of Global Finance, 1850-2000 Youssef Cassis (European University Institute, Italy)<\/em>

PART III: REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES TO GLOBAL ECONOMIC CHANGE<\/strong>
14. Africa: Economic Change South of the Sahara since c. 1500 Gareth Austin, The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland<\/em>
15. The New World and the Global Silver Economy, 1500-1800 Alejandra Irigoin (London School of Economics, UK)<\/em>
16. Economic Change in East Asia from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century Debin Ma (London School of Economics, UK)<\/em>
17. Europe and the World, 1500-2000 Peer Vries (University of Vienna, Austria)<\/em>
18. South Asia in the World Economy Bishnupriya Gupta (University of Warwick, UK)<\/em>
19. Changing Destinies in the Economy of Southeast Asia J. Thomas Lindblad (Leiden University, the Netherlands)<\/em>
Bibliography
Index<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Reviews<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs a stimulating summary of some of the new contributions to global economic history, it is well worth reading.\u201d \u2013  EH.Net<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt last we have a volume containing sophisticated illustrations of the many facets and features of global economic history, endorsing its indispensability. Incorporating divergence and global interconnectedness, delving into the related histories of Africa, Latin America and Asia, as well as Europe, and addressing developments from the 16th to the 20th centuries, this is a perfect tribute to Patrick O’Brien’s broadminded inspiration.\u201d\u00a0\u2013\u00a0 Pat Hudson, Emeritus Professor of Economic History, Cardiff University, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About Author\/Editor(s)\/ Contributor(s)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tirthankar Roy <\/strong>is Professor of Economic History at the London School of Economics, UK. He has published extensively on the economic history of modern South Asia, and is the author of India in the World Economy from Antiquity to the Present<\/em> (2012); The Economic History of India 1857-1947<\/em> (2012); and An Economic History of Early Modern India<\/em> (2013).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Giorgio Riello<\/strong> is Professor of Global History and Culture and Director of the Warwick Institute of Advanced Study at the University of Warwick, UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Published: 01-11-2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edition: 1st<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Extent: 386<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/www.bloomsbury.com\/au\/global-economic-history-9781472588425\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/cadmus.eui.eu\/\/handle\/1814\/65591<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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