Global Social History
Rethinking Class and Social Transformation in the Modern World
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8955889 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christof Dejung (0000-0002-5200-9790, University of Bern, corresponding author), David Motadel (0000-0002-2218-618X, London School of Economics and Political Science) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 611-633 |
| Publication date | 2024-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Historical Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-246X • E-ISSN: 1469-5103 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0018246x24000207 |
| OpenAlex | W4403607564 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
The rise of global history has fundamentally reshaped historical scholarship over recent years. Questions about class structures, however, have rarely been specifically addressed by global historians. Scholars of social history, meanwhile, have traditionally studied social stratification within national frameworks. The introduction to this special issue addresses these shortcomings, exploring global social history as a new field of historical inquiry. Interweaving global and social history, it demonstrates that we cannot understand the emergence and transformation of social groups across the modern world – groups such as the aristocracy, the economic bourgeoisie, the educated middle classes, the peasantry, or nomadic groups – without considering how they were influenced by global entanglements. Moreover, it points out that we have to examine globalization as a social process that was shaped by particular social groups. The special issue will connect the study of global connectivity with that of the emergence and evolution of social structures
Ancient history · Class (philosophy · Political science · Social change · Social class · Social transformation · Sociology · Transformation (genetics · World class · World history · Artificial Intelligence · Australian History and Society · Computer Science · Engineering · History · Law · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · World Systems and Global Transformations
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |