Global and Transnational History: The Past, Present, and Future

by Akira Iriye

It is no exaggeration to say that the study of history has been transformed significantly during the last twenty-odd years. Akira Iriye, the world authority on transnational history, examines the emergence and growth of global and transnational history, away from more traditional, nation-centred perspectives.

Genres: History

100 pages, Hardcover

First published October 26, 2012

About the author

Akira Iriye is an historian of American diplomatic history especially United States-East Asian relations, and international issues. A graduate of Haverford College and Harvard University, he taught at the University of California at Santa Cruz, the University of Rochester, and the University of Chicago before accepting an appointment as Professor of History at Harvard University in 1989, where he became Charles Warren Professor of American History in 1991. He was Director of the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies from 1991 through 1995. He served as President of the American Historical Association in 1988, and has also served as president for the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations.

Reviews

[Alexander Hart · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another one of Iriye's "quick reads," suitable for a more general audience than his more academic works. It's a basic discussion of past and future trends in historiography away from national histories and towards international history, mostly told from his own perspective.

[Steven · Rating 5 out of 5]

Iriye's personal reflection on the historical turn from International history to Global and Transnational history. Short and sweet with a nice reading list at the back.

[hoffnarr · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short but useful.

[EvaLovesYA · Rating 3 out of 5]

En rigtig god kilde ifb. med et semesterfag på engelskstudiet.

- Brugt på universitetet (engelsk)

[Nan Mu · Rating 3 out of 5]

比较概述性的书，但实际操作起来不会很容易，但做研究应该有这个视野。