Global Historical Sociology (Hardcover)

Introduction. For a global historical sociology Julian Go and George Lawson; Part I. States, War, and Revolution: 1. Real mythic histories: circulatory networks and state centrism Matt Norton; 2. Soldiers, armies, and wars in global context Tarak Barkawi; 3. A global historical sociology of revolution George Lawson; Part II. Empire, Race, and Sexuality: 4. Following 'the deeds of men': slavery, 'the global' and international relations Zine Magubane; 5. The crisis of Europe and colonial amnesia: freedom struggles in the Atlantic biotope Robbie Shilliam; 6. Sex, gender and sexuality in colonial modernity: towards a sociology of webbed connectivities Vrushali Patil; Part III. Capitalism and Political Economy: 7. The global, the historical, and the social in the making of capitalism Ho-fung Hung; 8. The influence of trade with Asia on British economic theory and practice Emily Erikson; 9. Asian incorporation and the collusive dynamics of western 'expansion' in the early modern world Andrew Phillips; 10. Worlding the rise of capitalism: the multi-civilizational roots of modernity John Hobson; Conclusion. Global historical sociology and transnational history: history and theory against eurocentrism Andrew Zimmerman.