Georg G. Iggers is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo. His publications include Marxist Historiographies: A Global Perspective (2015, co-edited with Q. Edward Wang), Historiography in the Twentieth Century (1997) and The German Conception of History (1968).Q. Edward Wang is Professor of History at Rowan University in the US and Changjiang Professor of History at Peking University in China. Among his publications are Chopsticks: A Cultural and Culinary History (2015), Mirroring the Past: the Writing and Use of History in Imperial China (2005, co-authored with On-Cho Ng) and Inventing China through History: the May Fourth Approach to Historiography (2001).Supriya Mukherjee teaches at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg. Her research interests include German history and the history of historical writing in India.

• Preface and Acknowledgements Introduction 1: Historiographical Traditions in the World: A View of the Eighteenth Century2. The Advance of Nationalism and Nationalist History: The West, the Middle East, and India in the Nineteenth Century 3. Academic History and the Shaping of Historical Profession: Transforming Historical Study in the Nineteenth Century West and East Asia4. Historical Writings in the Shadow of Two World Wars: The Crisis of Historicism and Modern Historiography5. The Appeal of Nationalist History around the World: Historical Studies in the Middle East and Asia in the Twentieth Century6. New Challenges in the Postwar Period: From Social History to Postmodernism and Postcolonialism7. The Rise of Islamism and the Ebb of Marxism: Historical Writings in Late Twentieth Century Asia, the Middle East and the West8. Historiography after the Cold War, 1990-2007: A Critical RetrospectGlossary Suggested Readings Index

"In this period of rapid and unpredictable globalisation, this new edition enables historical insights and perspective that the usual national or language-based surveys just cannot provide. This is the only truly global history of historical writing, from the eighteenth century onward, and it is an essential source for teaching and research. Once again, Georg Iggers and his colleagues have balanced their breadth of knowledge with a lucid style that is a pleasure to read and a reliable source to cite."Adam Budd, University of Edinburgh, UK

Georg G. Iggers is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo. His publications include Marxist Historiographies: A Global Perspective (2015, co-edited with Q. Edward Wang), Historiography in the Twentieth Century (1997) and The German Conception of History (1968).Q. Edward Wang is Professor of History at Rowan University in the US and Changjiang Professor of History at Peking University in China. Among his publications are Chopsticks: A Cultural and Culinary History (2015), Mirroring the Past: the Writing and Use of History in Imperial China (2005, co-authored with On-Cho Ng) and Inventing China through History: the May Fourth Approach to Historiography (2001).Supriya Mukherjee teaches at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg. Her research interests include German history and the history of historical writing in India.

• Preface and Acknowledgements Introduction 1: Historiographical Traditions in the World: A View of the Eighteenth Century2. The Advance of Nationalism and Nationalist History: The West, the Middle East, and India in the Nineteenth Century 3. Academic History and the Shaping of Historical Profession: Transforming Historical Study in the Nineteenth Century West and East Asia4. Historical Writings in the Shadow of Two World Wars: The Crisis of Historicism and Modern Historiography5. The Appeal of Nationalist History around the World: Historical Studies in the Middle East and Asia in the Twentieth Century6. New Challenges in the Postwar Period: From Social History to Postmodernism and Postcolonialism7. The Rise of Islamism and the Ebb of Marxism: Historical Writings in Late Twentieth Century Asia, the Middle East and the West8. Historiography after the Cold War, 1990-2007: A Critical RetrospectGlossary Suggested Readings Index

"In this period of rapid and unpredictable globalisation, this new edition enables historical insights and perspective that the usual national or language-based surveys just cannot provide. This is the only truly global history of historical writing, from the eighteenth century onward, and it is an essential source for teaching and research. Once again, Georg Iggers and his colleagues have balanced their breadth of knowledge with a lucid style that is a pleasure to read and a reliable source to cite."Adam Budd, University of Edinburgh, UK

Georg G. Iggers is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo. His publications include Marxist Historiographies: A Global Perspective (2015, co-edited with Q. Edward Wang), Historiography in the Twentieth Century (1997) and The German Conception of History (1968).Q. Edward Wang is Professor of History at Rowan University in the US and Changjiang Professor of History at Peking University in China. Among his publications are Chopsticks: A Cultural and Culinary History (2015), Mirroring the Past: the Writing and Use of History in Imperial China (2005, co-authored with On-Cho Ng) and Inventing China through History: the May Fourth Approach to Historiography (2001).Supriya Mukherjee teaches at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg. Her research interests include German history and the history of historical writing in India.

• Preface and Acknowledgements Introduction 1: Historiographical Traditions in the World: A View of the Eighteenth Century2. The Advance of Nationalism and Nationalist History: The West, the Middle East, and India in the Nineteenth Century 3. Academic History and the Shaping of Historical Profession: Transforming Historical Study in the Nineteenth Century West and East Asia4. Historical Writings in the Shadow of Two World Wars: The Crisis of Historicism and Modern Historiography5. The Appeal of Nationalist History around the World: Historical Studies in the Middle East and Asia in the Twentieth Century6. New Challenges in the Postwar Period: From Social History to Postmodernism and Postcolonialism7. The Rise of Islamism and the Ebb of Marxism: Historical Writings in Late Twentieth Century Asia, the Middle East and the West8. Historiography after the Cold War, 1990-2007: A Critical RetrospectGlossary Suggested Readings Index

"In this period of rapid and unpredictable globalisation, this new edition enables historical insights and perspective that the usual national or language-based surveys just cannot provide. This is the only truly global history of historical writing, from the eighteenth century onward, and it is an essential source for teaching and research. Once again, Georg Iggers and his colleagues have balanced their breadth of knowledge with a lucid style that is a pleasure to read and a reliable source to cite."Adam Budd, University of Edinburgh, UK