Birth of the Modern World 1780 1914 Global Connections & Comparisons by C A Bayly available in Trade Paperback on Powells.com, also read synopsis and reviews. 3 Authoritarianism and Dictatorship Worldwide, c.1900–1950 49. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “We are not makers of history. December 2nd 2003 Essentially, the book argues that the modern world was not, contrary to established wisdom, of purely Western creation. That said, it is too vague and poor in data/facts (even anecdotes are rare) to be truly outstanding. Bayly allows for a much more complex role for religion in the birth of the modern world, for example. The Empire Project: The Rise and Fall of the British World-System, 1830–1970, After Tamerlane: The Rise and Fall of Global Empires, 1400-2000, Bai Ganyo: Incredible Tales of a Modern Bulgarian, Empires in World History: Power and the Politics of Difference. With this similarity in mind, C.A. Discussing every phenomenon (industrialization, rise of the nation state, etc.) How events like the American War of Independence, French Revolution, American Civil War had global causes and consequences. C. A. Bayly. He won the Wolfson History Prize for his distinguished contribution to History in 2004 and received a knighthood for his services to the profession in 2007. - Volume 29 Issue 2 He balanced the need to explain why the nations of the West reached so many milestones first and were able to impose their will on much of the rest of the world with the imperative to avoid overly exceptionalist or Whiggish historiographical tendencies and did it quite well. This is a bloody good book. But at the same time it's the major weakness of the book: the interaction is pushed forward as the innovative element, but not convincingly demonstrated. {{Citation | title=The birth of the modern world, 1780-1914 : global connections and comparisons / C.A. Definitely interesting and certainly not the worst I have read. Global history has become hugely fashionable in the last decade or so, and alongside Pomeranz’s Great Divergence, Bayly’s The Birth of the Modern World is one of its leading titles. The Birth of the Modern World 1780-1914: Global Connections and Comparisons. for Beethoven and Bismarck) but this book casts a new light on the history of Europe when looked at through the new lens provided by C.A. Considers the great themes of the nineteenth-century world, including the rise of the modern state, industrialisation and liberalism. A brilliantly told global story." Although not for popular consumption this book isn't so bad and mean towards the average mortal taxpayer. Too many people got hurt on the way, it seems. Religion in Bayly was not necessarily a backward looking conservative force - it was dynamic, and changeable. Hard to read (difficult words), but the depth and width is awesome. And always after some encounter with the white man from the West, first Europe, then the English-speaking world. By Stephen Howe. Insidious Marxism, but what the hell. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. And always after some encounter with the white man from the West, first Europe, then the English-speaking world. I don't think any other book has so changed my view of 19th century history and it is very well written, cogent, convincing and very well bac. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. Christopher Bayly and the Making of World History xiii. / Oxford 2004, Blackwell Publishing 540 pages, ISBN: 0-631-23616-3 . Blackwell History of the World. Belief systems expanded all over the world in the 19th century by adapting to modernity and making "pacts and concordats...with newly vigorous states and empires." Bayly tells the story of how the period changed the human experience utterly. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 4, 2015. This is a book that historians, foreign policy elites and protagonists on both sides of the debate need to read.... Bayly has produced the most compelling and significant historical synthesis to appear for many years." Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2016. Or, more precisely, Bayly argues that the rise of modernity was a multi-centred affair until the very last decade of the nineteenth century and early twentieth, when Western domination became more marked. What is most interesting is how he shows how global the world was in this period and how much of what happened in Europe was the result of much wider forces. Journal of World History, Winner of the H-Soz-u-Kult Book Prize (World and International History), "[A] magisterial synthesis" Journal of Modern History, "This is a brilliant book. Librarian of Congress James H. Billington has appointed Christopher Bayly, professor of history at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, to the Chair of the Countries and Cultures of the South in the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress. Türkçe pdf si olan gönderebilir mi acaba ? One of the better grand-sweep "meta-histories" I've read. The last 30 or 40 years resemble the late 19th Century in that barriers to trade and movements of people and capital have diminished because of technological change and political initiatives by global powers. Is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers was the Vere Harmsworth of! 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