Recently added articles from Journal of World History:
Herodotus and Sima Qian: History and the Anthropological Turn in Ancient Greece and Han China *.
Mar 01, 2008; Stuurman, Siep ... This article presents a comparative investigation of Herodotus and Sima Qian with a focus on their ethnographies of nomadic peoples. Both historians included geography and ethnography in their works because their societies had reached a stage when it was no longer possible to write their ...
When Greek was an African language: the role of Greek culture in ancient and medieval Nubia *.
Mar 01, 2008; Burstein, Stanley M. ... The Nubian encounter with Greek language began in the third century B.C.E. and lasted until the fifteenth century C.E. During the Hellenistic and Roman periods, Nubian interest in Greek was pragmatic, since the Greek language was used primarily as a diplomatic tool for dealing with ...
"Pygmies" of the Far North.
Mar 01, 2008; Seaver, Kirsten A. ... A recurring issue in discussions about the medieval Norse in Greenland is the name Skraeling(j)ar (Skraelings) for the natives whom the eleventh-century Norse encountered in North America. Grappling with this problem involves confronting the nineteenth-century assumption that medieval ...
Caught in the storm of progress: Timoteos Saprichian, Ethiopia, and the Modernity of Christianity *.
Mar 01, 2008; De Lorenzi, James ... This article examines how European concepts of progress and race transformed relations between non-European Christians in the nineteenth century. The travel narrative of Timoteos Saprichian, an Armenian visitor to Ethiopia from the Ottoman Empire, suggests that some Orthodox Christians set ...
The Royal Hunt in Eurasian History.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2008; Reed, Charles V. ... The Royal Hunt in Eurasian History. By THOMAS T. ALLSEN. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006. 416 pp. $55.00 (cloth). Thomas Allsen's The Royal Hunt in Eurasian History is an ambitious and frequently insightful work of world history. It explores how "the hunt," ...
Blacks on the Border: The Black Refugees in British North America, 1815-1860.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2008; Haynes, Douglas M. ... Blacks on the Border: The Black Refugees in British North America, 1815-1860. By HARVEY AMANI WHITFIELD. Burlington: University of Vermont Press, 2006. 200 pp. $65.00 (cloth); $2495 (paper). The African diasporas represent one of the most significant historical phenomena ...
The Heimat Abroad: The Boundaries of Germanness.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2008; Wetzel, David ... The Heimat Abroad: The Boundaries of Gennanness. Edited by KRISTA O'DONNELL, RENATE BRIDENTHAL, and NANCY REAGIN. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2005. 336 PP. $75-00 (cloth); $2995 (paper). This book takes up a theme not common among historians of Germany: it argues ...
Pathways to the Present: U.S. Development and Its Consequences in the Pacific.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2008; Kraft, James P. ... Pathways to the Present: U.S. Development and Its Consequences in the Pacific. By MANSEL c. BLACKFORD. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2007. 288 pp. $48.00 (cloth). In this well-researched and tightly organized study, Mansel G. Blackford considers the importance of ...
European Integration 1950-2003: Superstate or New Market Economy?(Book review)
Mar 01, 2008; Sommers, Jeffrey ... European Integration 1950-2003: Superstate or New Market Economy? By JOHN GILLINGHAM. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. 588 pp. $70.00 (cloth); $25.00 (paper). John Gillingham has written an entertaining and informative history of European integration. He is a ...