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2、anStrait,afrightenedChinesefarmertriestosteerastolenboat.TheDutchareshootingathim,butthisistheonlyrowboattheyhadontheirship,andiftheywanttochasehimthey’llhavetoraisetheanchor,sohehasaheadstart.Heaimstowardshore,hopingtorunawayintothehighgrass,butthenightcurrentcarrieshimoutto
3、wardtherestoftheirfleet.Ashedriftsbetweentheshadowyhulls,sailorsstir.Theycalldownandaskifhewantstocomeaboard,thinkingtheshotsmighthavebeenanalertabouttheenemyandmaybethismaninaboathasinformation.Inthedarknesstheycan’ttellhe’sChinese.Eachtimetheyaskheanswers“Neen,”onewordsothe
4、ycan’thear*IwishtoacknowledgethehelpofEmoryUniversity’sDepartmentofHistory,EmoryCollege,reviewersoftheJournalofWorldHistory(JerryBentleygaveparticularlyusefulfeedbackonanearlydraft),and,mostofall,mywife,AndreaArtusoAndrade,whoreaddraftsofthisarticleandwhoseenthusiasmencourage
5、dmetoseeitthroughtopublication.JournalofWorldHistory,Vol.21,No.4©2011byUniversityofHawai‘iPress573574journalofworldhistory,december2010hisaccent.Hekeepsrowing.Agroupofthembeginschasinghiminasloop.Theyshootfrombehindbutmissashezigzagswildlythroughthewaves.There’sabumpasthesloo
6、pstrikesthelittleboat.Thesailorsarelashingthetwovesselstogether.Theircommanderisabouttostepaboard.Thefarmerdrawshisknife.1Thisman’sbloodydeathafewsecondslaterisinsignificantinthesweepofglobalhistory.There’snopressinghistoriographicalneedtopiecetogetherhisstoryfromthesandymanu
7、scriptswhereitlayforthreehundredandfiftyyears.Exceptforonething:balance.Worldhis-toryhastendedtowardthesocialsciencesideofhistory.We’vemadegreatstridesbuildingpowerfulmodelsofglobalhistoricalstructuresandprocesses:globalsilverflows,strangeparallels,divergencesgreatandsmall.Bu
8、twe’vetendedtoneglectthehumandramasthatmakehistorycomealive.Ibelieve
