The Long Nineteenth Century, 1750-1914

Part of The Making of the Modern World series, this innovative textbook offers an introduction to the 19th-century world with a focus on human perspectives through social and cultural histories. Taking a period of great transition and change, it shows how the actions and experiences of different communities and individuals across the world constructed, contested and were affected by major trends and events. With a thematic approach, and focusing on social and cultural histories, it connects these major trends and events to experiences of the people who lived through them.

Tackling politics, religion, economics, environment, empire and more, with this book students will critically encounter important global trends and key events from the Industrial Revolution, to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the dawn of the First World War. This fully revised second edition includes updated historiography throughout plus:

- A new chapter on mobility and migration
- Expanded discussion on the interplay between imperialism and the environment
- New further reading sections and notes at the end of each chapter
- A primary source and interlude section in each chapter to provide historical context
- Additional maps and images

The Long Nineteenth Century, 1750-1914 offers an introduction to this era of global transformation and the crucible of modernity.

1st edition reviews:

‘With great subtlety Trevor Getz has taken a common European-focused periodization - the long nineteenth century - and turned it on its head. The text is organized according to recognizable key themes of the period, from political, economic, environmental and intellectual history. While there is plenty of interesting European history here, the book is striking in the key roles assigned to peoples of Africa, Latin America, and Asia. In sum, this is a highly readable global history of the period that belongs on the shelves and in the classrooms of every serious world historian.’

Rick Warner, Associate Professor of History and President of World History Association (2016-2017), Wabash College, USA
‘Trevor Getz’ The Long Nineteenth Century, is a brief, but thorough examination of the dramatic changes the world and its populations underwent between 1750 and 1914. Highly accessible, the work questions assumptions about modernity while simultaneously leveraging it to unfold the dramatic, worldwide shifts taking place across the era. Getz goes beyond artificial boundaries like “East and West” or “Core and Periphery,” to engage students in the complexities of seemingly commonplace terms like Nationalism, Imperialism, and Faith.’ Maryanne Rhett, Associate Professor of History, Monmouth University, USA
‘Trevor Getz has crafted a compelling global narrative of the rise of modernity in the long nineteenth century that brings together critical themes in world history, linking political, economic, intellectual, and environmental histories. Getz presents complex ideas to students, using current scholarship to conceptualize a global experience of modernity, which highlights the diverse perspectives of various groups of peoples and the role of interactions between them in shaping the modern world.’ Urmi Willoughby, Assistant Professor of History, Murray State University, USA

Trevor R. Getz is Professor of History at San Francisco State University, USA. He is a historian of modern Africa and the world. He is the author of Abina and the Important Men, the first of Oxford University Press’ new Graphic Histories series and winner of the James Harvey Robinson Prize from the American Historical Association.

Bennett Sherry is an independent scholar and lead content author for the OER Project. He received his PhD in world history from the University of Pittsburgh, USA.

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