International History

Akira Iriye is Charles Warren Professor of History (Emeritus), Harvard University, USA. Petra Goedde is Professor of History at Temple University, USA.

• AcknowledgementsList of AcronymsList of IllustrationsIntroductionPart I The Rise of the Modern 1. Dialectics of Nationalism and Internationalism 2. Cross-Cultural Encounter 3. Imagined Communities 4. Modern Consciousness Part II Movement and Empire5. Movements 6. Imperial cultures 7. Racial Formations 8. Cultural Internationalism Part III Global Cultures9. Visions of Modernity 10. Modernity in Crisis 11. Cold War Cultures 12. Challenging the Cold War Consensus Part IV Transnational Connections13. Cultural Globalization, 1970-1990 14. The Growth of Non-State Actors 15. The Post-Cold War World 16. The World Today Conclusion Further Readings Notes Index

A brilliantly conceived book that reshapes the field of international history. Incisively illuminating a breathtaking array of international developments across the world over two centuries, this tour-de-force decisively demonstrates that culture is not an adjunct to international relations but is always constituent of it.