This collection of eleven essays furthers the dialogue between early modern history and the social sciences through an analysis of Fernand Braudel's 'The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World of Philip II'. The contributors review various historiographical traditions to arrive at conclusions on contemporary theory and practice in the exchange between history and the disciplines of geography, economics, sociology, anthropology, politics (diplomatic history and the study of revolutions), psychology (law), religion, and area studies (China and the Americas).
Table of Contents:
Part 1—Reconstructing and Representing the Original Landscape
On the Shores of Bohemia: Recovering Geography.....John A. Marino
Part 2—Economic Theory and Practice in Early Modern History
City and Countryside in Spain: Changing Structures, Changing Relationships, 1450–1850 ....Bartolomé Yun-Casalilla
Great Expectations: Early Modern History and the Social Sciences....Jan de Vries
Part 3—Social and Cultural Matrices of Collective Destinies
Images of Society.....Ottavia Niccoli
Civilizations and Frontiers: Anthropology of the Early Modern Mediterranean.....Peter Burke
Part 4—Crises and Transformations: Politics and People
Dust and Ashes: The History of Politics and War.....M. J. Rodríguez-Salgado
The Longue Durée and Cycles of Revolt in European History.....Jack A. Goldstone
Part 5—Constructing Identities from Mentalité
Early Modern Law and the Anthropological Imagination of Old European Culture.....António Manuel Hespanha
Strategies of Survival: Minority Cultures in the Western Mediterranean..... Henry Kamen
Part 6—Worlds beyond the Mediterranean
Braudel and China.....Mark Elvin
Plus Ultra: America and the Changing European Notions of Time and Space.....Anthony Pagden
About the Author :
John A Marino, Editor
Review :
“The breadth of coverage from so many disciplines, combined with the depth in history, make it unique.”
—Helen Nader
