Worlds Together, Worlds Apart: A History of the Modern World from the Mongol Empire to the Present - Softcover

W. W. Norton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393977463 ISBN 13: 9780393977462

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2002

Synopsis

This provocative narrative history dramatically departs from the standard "rise of the West" storyline that has driven world historiography for a century.

A stellar group of historians paint a decidedly different modern world history, one in which the rise of the West was not predetermined and where global integration has manifested itself in fits and starts rather than as a smooth process over the last seven centuries. This fresh interpretation, driven by powerful ideas and colorful stories, promises to engage readers for decades to come.

About this title

About the Author:

Robert Tignor (Ph.D. Yale University) is Professor Emeritus and the Rosengarten Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at Princeton University and the former three-time chair of the history department. With Gyan Prakash, he introduced Princeton’s first course in world history nearly twenty years ago. Professor Tignor has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in African history and world history and written extensively on the history of twentieth century Egypt, Nigeria, and Kenya. Besides his many research trips to Africa, Professor Tignor has taught at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria and the University of Nairobi in Kenya.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0393977463
• ISBN 13: 9780393977462
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 544