Jürgen Osterhammel Livres

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 forces that drove global change during the "long nineteenth century," taking readers from New York to New Delhi, from the Latin American revolutions to the Taiping Rebellion, from the perils and promise of Europe's transatlantic labor markets to the hardships endured by nomadic, tribal peoples across the planet. Osterhammel describes a world increasingly networked by the telegraph, the steamship, and the railways. He explores the changing relationship between human beings and nature, looks at the importance of cities, explains the role slavery and its abolition played in the emergence of new nations, challenges the widely held belief that the nineteenth century witnessed the triumph of the nation-state, and much more. -- Provided by publisher

The book explores the significant transformations that occurred globally after 1750, highlighting the interconnectedness of states and regions through commerce and conflict. It delves into the historical developments that shaped the modern world, focusing on events and changes outside the Western perspective. As part of a comprehensive six-volume series, it provides a detailed analysis of this pivotal era in world history, emphasizing the emergence of new dynamics that influenced global interactions.

During the long eighteenth century, Europe's travelers, scholars, and intellectuals looked to Asia in a spirit of puzzlement, irony, and openness. In this panoramic and colorful book, Jürgen Osterhammel tells the story of the European Enlightenment's nuanced encounter with the great civilizations of the East, from the Ottoman Empire and India to China and Japan. Here is the acclaimed book that challenges the notion that Europe's formative engagement with the non-European world was invariably marred by an imperial gaze and presumptions of Western superiority. Osterhammel shows how major figures such as Leibniz, Voltaire, Gibbon, and Hegel took a keen interest in Asian culture and history, and introduces lesser-known scientific travelers, colonial administrators, Jesuit missionaries, and adventurers who returned home from Asia bearing manuscripts in many exotic languages, huge collections of ethnographic data, and stories that sometimes defied belief. Osterhammel brings the sights and sounds of this tumultuous age vividly to life, from the salons of Paris and the lecture halls of Edinburgh to the deserts of Arabia, the steppes of Siberia, and the sumptuous courts of Asian princes. He demonstrates how Europe discovered its own identity anew by measuring itself against its more senior continent, and how it was only toward the end of this period that cruder forms of Eurocentrism--and condescension toward Asia--prevailed

In this work, Jurgen Osterhammel and Niels Petersson make the case that globalization is not so new, after all. Arguing that the world did not turn "global" overnight, the book traces the emergence of globalization over the past seven or eight centuries. In fact, the authors write, the phenomenon can be traced back to early modern large-scale trading, for example, the silk trade between China and the Mediterranean region, the shipping routes between the Arabian Peninsula and India, and the more frequently travelled caravan routes of the Near East and North Africa, all conduits for people, goods, coins, artwork, and ideas.

The book explores the parallels between the global mercantile expansion of European powers from the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries and the political imperialism of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It emphasizes the distinct intentions of various colonies, categorizing them into those exploited for resources, those intended for settlement, and those established as military outposts. Each category exhibits unique ethno-cultural characteristics and economic management, resulting in diverse outcomes upon gaining independence. A new bibliography is included in this edition.

30 Jahre WISSEN "Klug systematisierend ... ein fundierter Zugang zur Materie." Andreas Eckert, Die ZEIT Kaum ein Vorgang veränderte die Welt im 20. Jahrhundert so sehr wie das Ende kolonialer Herrschaft in Asien und Afrika. In systematischen und chronologischen Kapiteln beschreibt das Buch diesen Prozess mit seinen weiten Ausläufern im gesamten Jahrhundert und bietet lokale, imperiale und globale Erklärungen an. Es fragt nach den Auswirkungen der Dekolonisation auf Weltwirtschaft, internationales System und Ideengeschichte sowie nach den vielfältigen langfristigen Folgen für die ehemaligen Kolonien und Metropolen.

"EINE ... SCHWER ZU ÜBERTREFFENDE DARSTELLUNG, DIE AUCH INTERNATIONAL IHRESGLEICHEN SUCHT." - ANDREAS ECKERT, DIE ZEIT Koloniale Herrschaft war ein herausragendes Merkmal der Weltgeschichte zwischen etwa 1500 und 1975. Die Autoren schildern an Beispielen aus allen Kolonialreichen der Neuzeit Methoden der Eroberung, Herrschaftssicherung und wirtschaftlichen Ausbeutung, Formen des Widerstands, das Entstehen besonderer kolonialer Gesellschaften, Spielarten kultureller Kolonisierung sowie die Grundzüge kolonialistischen Denkens und von Kolonialkultur, deren anhaltende Wirkung wieder stark diskutiert wird.

Asien war eines der großen Themen der Aufklärungsepoche. Im 18. Jahrhundert wurden auch entlegene Teile Asiens bereist und erschlossen. Um 1780 waren die Gebildeten Europas über Asien hervorragend informiert. Asien wurde damals zugleich entzaubert und besser verstanden als in den Jahrhunderten davor. Für eine kurze Zeit wurden Araber, Inder, Perser oder Chinesen zu entfernten Nachbarn, mit denen sich trotz offenkundiger Kommunikationsschwierigkeiten ein Dialog führen ließ. Weltoffenheit und wissenschaftliche Neugier kippten um 1800 in eine neue, heute noch nachwirkende Arroganz um. Zur kolonialen Unterwerfung eines entzauberten Kontinents war es dann nur ein kleiner Schritt. Für die Neuausgabe wurde das Buch um ein Nachwort erweitert, das sich kritisch mit der Diskussion um eurozentrischen "Orientalismus" auseinandersetzt.