Die Verwandlung der Welt: Eine Geschichte des 19. Jahrhunderts

Century says Jurgen Osterhammel knowledgeable, enthusiastic and multi-faceted, the story of a world in transition. From an abundance of material and a variety of angles formed while the profound portrait of a fascinating epoch. Osterhammel asks for structures and patterns that marked turning points and continuities, similarities and differences. His cross-cultural, thematic presentations and analyzes fanned connect this to a bold historical panorama that includes not only traditional Eurocentric approaches can be far behind, but also provides significantly more than the usual historiographical paradigms such as industrialization or colonialism.