Jürgen Osterhammel

A monumental history of the nineteenth century, The Transformation of the World offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transition. Jürgen Osterhammel, an eminent scholar who has been called the Braudel of the nineteenth century, moves beyond conventional Eurocentric and chronological accounts of the era, presenting instead a truly global history of breathtaking scope and towering erudition. He examines the powerful and complex...

¿A qué llamamos "globalización" y cuándo comenzó? La pregunta parece sencilla, porque desde los años noventa del siglo XX el término aparece como el único disponible para dar nombre a una época marcada por pautas de consumo, estilos de vida y modos de comunicación más o menos uniformes. Pero este consenso apurado oculta el potencial polémico del concepto. Los apóstoles de la globalización celebran el inicio de una nueva era de crecimiento...

"Jürgen Osterhammel, Winner of the 2017 Toynbee Prize, Toynbee Prize Foundation" "Jürgen Osterhammel, Winner of the 2012 Gerda Henkel Prize, of the Gerda Henkel Foundation" Jürgen Osterhammel is Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at the University of Konstanz. He has published on modern Chinese history, imperialism, and the theory of history. Niels P. Petersson is Senior Lecturer in History at Sheffield Hallam University and has published...

Christof Dejung is professor of modern history at the University of Bern. David Motadel is associate professor of international history at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Jürgen Osterhammel is professor emeritus of modern and contemporary history at the University of Konstanz. The first global history of the middle class While the nineteenth century has been described as the golden age of the European bourgeoisie, the emergence...