Explorations in World History

Niv Horesh is Affiliate Temporary Member at the Louis Freiberg Center for East Asian Studies, at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. A China specialist, he has over 20 years of experience ranging across the private sector, public service and academe. Over the course of his academic career, Niv has held teaching and research positions at, China Agricultural University, the University of New South Wales, Western Sydney University, and the University of Nottingham (UK). Niv’s research incorporates four main strands in the following order: Chinese History, World Monetary History, PRC Political Economy, and PRC Foreign Policy with emphasis on the Middle East.

• Chapter 1: Introductions: the Dynamics of World History.- Chapter 2: Review of Kumar's Empire.- Chapter 3: Review of Volume I of the Oxford World History of Empire: Theory.- Chapter 4: Review of Volume II of the Oxford World History of Empire: Storylines.- Chapter 5: Review of Olstein, Thinking History Globally.- Chapter 6: World History and the Chinese World View:  Review of Fan and Ford.- Chapter 7: Conclusions.