Contents
Introduction | Michael Adas
Islamic History as Global History | Richard M. Eaton
Gender and Islamic History | Judith Tucker
The World System in the Thirteenth Century: Dead-End or Precursor? | Janet Lippman Abu-Lughod
The Age of Gunpowder Empires, 1450-1800 | William H. McNeill
The Columbian Voyages, the Columbian Exchange, and Their Historians | Alfred W. Crosby
The Tropical Atlantic in the Age of the Slave Trade | Philip D. Curtin
Interpreting the Industrial Revolution | Peter N. Stearns
Industrialization and Gender Inequality | Louise A. Tilly
"High" Imperialism and the "New" History | Michael Adas
Gender, Sex, and Empire | Margaret Strobel
The Contributors