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Jürgen Osterhammel is a German historian and professor emeritus of modern and contemporary history at the University of Konstanz. Born in 1952, he is recognized as one of the leading scholars in global history, with research focusing on the nineteenth century, colonial history, and the theory of global historical processes.
Known for: The Transformation of the World: A Global History of the Nineteenth Century
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The Transformation of the World: A Global History of the Nineteenth Century
A monumental work of global history, 'The Transformation of the World' explores the profound political, economic, social, and cultural changes that shaped the nineteenth century. Jürgen Osterhammel examines industrialization, colonialism, urbanization, the rise of nation-states, and the interconnectedness that defined the modern world. This book is widely regarded as one of the most significant contributions to modern historiography.
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Temporal Framework
I prefer to think of the nineteenth century not as bound by the strict calendar years from 1800 to 1900, but as a "long century"—an era stretching from the late eighteenth century, shaped by the Atlantic revolutions, to the start of the First World War in 1914. This broader temporal framing allows u...
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Spatial Dimensions
Space in the nineteenth century was no longer a static backdrop. It was a field of dynamic interaction, knitted together by expanding trade routes, migration flows, and communication networks. Steamships and railways shrank distances, telegraphs compressed time, and people began to conceive of the w...
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Jürgen Osterhammel is a German historian and professor emeritus of modern and contemporary history at the University of Konstanz. Born in 1952, he is recognized as one of the leading scholars in global history, with research focusing on the nineteenth century, colonial history, and the theory of glo...
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Jürgen Osterhammel is a German historian and professor emeritus of modern and contemporary history at the University of Konstanz. Born in 1952, he is recognized as one of the leading scholars in global history, with research focusing on the nineteenth century, colonial history, and the theory of glo...
Jürgen Osterhammel is a German historian and professor emeritus of modern and contemporary history at the University of Konstanz. Born in 1952, he is recognized as one of the leading scholars in global history, with research focusing on the nineteenth century, colonial history, and the theory of global historical processes.
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