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THE BLACKWELL HISTORY OF THE WORLD
The sequel and companion volume to C.A. Bayly's ground-breaking The Birth of the Modern World, 1780-1914, this wide-ranging and sophisticated study explores global history since the First World War, offering a coherent, comparative overview of developments in politics, economics, and society at large.
"Christopher Bayly's signature moves are all here: Remaking the Modern World places seemingly peripheral conflicts and small wars at the center of world history, probes inequalities in global capitalism, and highlights changing perceptions of self and community. A capstone achievement of one of the most important world historians of our age." -Lauren Benton, Nelson O. Tyrone, Jr. Chair in History and Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University
"This great work avoids drawing simplistic 'lessons from the past.' But, if a book helps us to understand how the multiple challenges of today came about, it is Remaking the Modern World with its acuity and wisdom." -Jürgen Osterhammel, author of The Transformation of the World: A Global History of the Nineteenth Century
"Christopher Bayly was one of the wisest, most knowledgeable and most humane historians of his generation. This ambitious and challenging history of the contemporary world is his last word." -Dominic Lieven, Senior Research Fellow, Trinity College, Cambridge
"Only Chris Bayly could write a global history of the twentieth century that avoids all clichés. Founded on deep knowledge, and even deeper thought, it both illuminates the past and shines light on the tempestuous present. It is an inspiration." -Ruth Harris, Senior Research Fellow, Professor of Modern History, All Souls' College, Oxford