Explorations in Comparative History

B. Z Kedar

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Abstract

The present volume charts ways that may allow a larger number of historians to experiment with the comparative method. It contains articles that deal with the history and problems of comparative history as well as studies that demonstrate the potential of symmetrical, asymmetrical, parallel and cross comparisons. The studies include comparisons of the Roman and Inca empires, of Muslim networks of renewal of the eighteenth century, of serfdom in Russia and slavery in the American South, of early modern European expansion and present-day globalization, of modern welfare states, and of multiple modernities. Comparative studies of feudalism exemplify some of the method’s pitfalls. The volume concludes with a report by three faculty members on the problems encountered while teaching a course in comparative history.Contributors: Peter Baldwin, Elisheva Baumgarten, Esther Cohen, Michael Confino, S.N. Eisenstadt, Tamar Herzog, Benjamin Kedar, Jürgen Kocka, Sabine MacCormack, Diego Olstein, Susan Reynolds and Ruth Roded. --
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationJerusalem
PublisherThe Hebrew University Magnes Press
Number of pages242
ISBN (Electronic)9654933926, 9654934426, 9654934736, 9789654933926, 9789654934428, 9789654934732
StatePublished - 2009

Publication series

NamePublication (Universiṭah ha-ʻIvrit bi-Yerushalayim. Makhon le-limudim mitḳadmim)
PublisherThe Hebrew University Magnes Press

Bibliographical note

"Most articles in the present volume are based on papers delivered at the first and second spring Schools in comparative history held at the Institute for Advanced Studies of the Hebre University of Jerusalem. The first School, ... 5 to 9 May 2002 ... The second School, ... 16 to 19 June 2003" -- p. viii

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