A monumental history of the nineteenth century, The Transformation of the World
offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transition. Jurgen Os
terhammel, 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 toweri
ng erudition. He examines the powerful and complex forces that drove global chan
ge during the "long nineteenth century," taking readers from New York to New Del
hi, from the Latin American revolutions to the Taiping Rebellion, from the peril
s and promise of Europe's transatlantic labor markets to the hardships endured b
y nomadic, tribal peoples across the planet.
