The first global history of the middle class
How Enlightenment Europe rediscovered its identity by measuring itself against the great civilizations of Asia
A concise and accessible history of decolonization in the twentieth century
A panoramic global history of the nineteenth century
"Globalization" has become a popular buzzword for explaining today's world. The expression achieved terminological stardom in the 1990s and was soon embraced by the general public and integrated into numerous languages. But is this...