International History: A Cultural Approach

Acknowledgements
List of Acronyms
List of Illustrations

Introduction

Part I The Rise of the Modern

1. Dialectics of Nationalism and Internationalism
2. Cross-Cultural Encounter
3. Imagined Communities
4. Modern Consciousness

Part II Movement and Empire
5. Movements
6. Imperial cultures
7. Racial Formations
8. Cultural Internationalism

Part III Global Cultures
9. Visions of Modernity
10. Modernity in Crisis
11. Cold War Cultures
12. Challenging the Cold War Consensus

Part IV Transnational Connections
13. Cultural Globalization, 1970-1990
14. The Growth of Non-State Actors
15. The Post-Cold War World
16. The World Today

Conclusion
Further Readings
Notes
Index

Akira Iriye is Charles Warren Professor of History (Emeritus), Harvard University, USA. He has written extensively on the interaction between Asia and the United States and is an authoritative voice in the field. He is the recipient of the Yoshino Sakuzô Prize.

Petra Goedde is Professor of History at Temple University, USA. Her work focuses on U.S. foreign relations, transnational history, culture, and gender history. She is also the editor of the journal Diplomatic History.