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1、thecambridgeworldhistory*VOLUMEVIISince1750,theworldhasbecomeevermoreconnected,withprocessesofproductionanddestructionnolongerlimitedbyland-orwater-basedmodesoftransportandcommunication.VolumeVIIofTheCambridgeWorldHistoryseries,dividedintotwobooks,offersavarietyofanglesofvisionontheincreasingl
2、yinterconnectedhistoryofhumankind.Thefirstbookexaminesstructures,spaces,andprocesseswithinwhichandthroughwhichthemodernworldwascreated,includingtheenvironment,energy,technology,population,disease,law,industrialization,imperialism,decolonization,nationalism,andsocialism,alongwithkeyworldregions.
3、Thesecondbookquestionstheextenttowhichthetransformationsofthemodernworldhavebeenshared,focusingonsocialdevelopmentssuchasurbanization,migration,andchangesinfamilyandsexuality;culturalconnec-tionsthroughreligion,science,music,andsport;ligamentsofglobalizationincludingrubber,drugs,andtheautomobi
4、le;andmomentsofparticularimportancefromtheAtlanticrevolutionsto1989.J.R.McNeillisaProfessorofHistoryandUniversityProfessoratGeorgetownUniversity.HisbooksincludeTheAtlanticEmpiresofFranceandSpain:LouisbourgandHavana,1700–1763,TheMountainsoftheMediterraneanWorld:AnEnvironmentalHistory(CambridgeU
5、niversityPress,1992),SomethingNewUndertheSun:AnEnvironmentalHistoryoftheTwentieth-centuryWorld,TheHumanWeb:ABird’s-eyeViewofWorldHistory(withWilliamH.McNeill),andMosquitoEmpires:EcologyandWarintheGreaterCaribbean,1620–1914(CambridgeUniversityPress,2010).KennethPomeranzisaUniversityProfessorofH
6、istoryandintheCollegeattheUniversityofChicago.HispublicationsincludeTheGreatDivergence:China,Europe,andtheMakingoftheModernWorldEconomy,TheMakingofaHinterland:State,SocietyandEconomyinInlandNorthChina,1853–1937,andTheWorldthatTradeCreated:Society,Culture,andtheWorldEconomy,1400tothePresent.Dow
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